Remember that scuffle ‘Yeezus’ got into with a paparazzo a while back? Well, he was sentenced to 24 months of probation and 250 hours of community service as a result of it.
Now, Mr. West is spending those 250 hours teaching fashion at the L.A. Trade Technical College.
From MTV:
These Lucky Fashion Students...
A new column by Harvey Silvergate at the Wall Street Journal examines the denial of free speech to Christians on college campuses.
A Campus Crusade Against the Constitution
In my lifetime I have been fortunate to see private associations within civil society promote astonishing social and political advancements in civil rights for African-Americans,...
Another development in the push to make universities about happiness and comfort, not intellectual growth.
Dave Huber at The College Fix has the story:
Where Your Money Goes: Wake Forest Hires ‘Director of Well-Being’
Check it: Wake Forest isn’t just about academics. It has recently started a program for the well-being of students and...
Why is it that concealed carry for college students is controversial and this isn’t?
Emily Le Coz of the Clarion-Ledger reports.
Miss. campuses get military weapons
One hundred state and local law enforcement agencies in Mississippi collectively own 1,354 military-grade items, including two grenade launchers and one mine-resistant-ambush-protected-armored truck that officials say they need...
Even the most basic fundamentals of education aren’t safe from progressive politics.
Dave Huber of the College Fix reported.
Teach For America: Math is the ‘Domain of Old, White Men’
Who knew? Who knew that math … excluded so many? For, according to the Teach For America website, “math has traditionally been seen as...
You should familiarize yourself with the work of Robert Stacy McCain.
The Mythic World of Women’s Studies
Are you tired of reality? Do you feel that you are being oppressed by facts and logic? Then you should consider majoring in Women’s Studies at one of our nation’s elite universities, where your liberated consciousness...
I’m just going to list them here. If you’re interested in reading about them, check out the Daily Caller’s original post.
The Daily Caller Presents: The Ivy League’s 13 Most Daffy, Outrageously Liberal College Courses
Brown...
Our friend Hans Bader has an enlightening new piece at Liberty Unyielding.
White House’s college rape awareness campaign promotes legal myths
Echoing the “War on Women” meme it used in the 2012 election, the Obama administration today announced the start of a poorly-conceived campus rape awareness campaign. Unfortunately, its flaws mean it will...
I’ve been meaning to make a post like this ever since I started working for College Insurrection. Often, as part of my research for this site gathering articles related to college, education, and young people, I go to news.google.com and search “teacher.”
Every time, I am astounded by the results. Google usually...
This is a follow up report on a recent post about Thomas Jefferson School of law. Things don’t look good.
Paul Caron of the TaxProfBlog reports.
S&P Lowers Thomas Jefferson Law School’s Junk Bond Rating to CC (3 Notches Lower Than Venezuela’s); Default Is Expected
Following up on Wednesday’s post, Thomas Jefferson Law School...
Signatories of the statement, which points out the strong Anti-American and Anti-Israeli bias in many Middle East Studies Departments, include the Louis D. Brandeis Center and Accuracy in Academia.
Malcolm A. Kline of Accuracy in Academia has the story:
Groups to Congress: No Taxpayer Funds for Biased, Politicized Middle East Studies
This morning several...
A sad state of affairs as far as free expression is concerned.
Samantha Harris of the FIRE blog reports.
James Madison University Loses Its ‘Green Light’ Rating
After failing to heed several warnings from FIRE about new speech codes, James Madison University—which FIRE
Ian Tarr of the Brown Spectator isn’t a big fan of electric cars and he may have a point.
Think Global, Act Local, and Achieve Nothing: Electric Vehicles Are A Dead End
Most students at Brown are no strangers to the environmentalist movement. An abundance of on-campus groups advocate for conservation, composting, alternative...
When freedom of speech is inconvenient, or makes their life a bit difficult, they’re totally okay with government censorship.
Greg Piper at the College Fix has the story:
Students Love First Amendment… When It’s Convenient For Them, Survey Finds
The Knight Foundation’s new report on First Amendment attitudes among high school students and teachers...
This doesn’t really fit with the liberal narrative, does it?
Dave Huber of the College Fix reports.
Who’da Thought? Millennials Overwhelmingly Oppose Affirmative Action
Writing in the University of Georgia’s The Red & Black, Katelyn Umholtz cannot seem to reconcile how Millennials can believe in a colorblind society … and also oppose affirmative action...
Mark Bauerlein at Minding the Campus details how logic and reason have begun to slip away from university campuses, only to be replaced by ‘identities’ and ‘sensitivities’:
Yale Muslims: Hurt Feelings but No Arguments
As Lauren Noble wrote two days ago here at Minding the Campus, Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s speech at Yale on...
The title of this post is taken from a new report by Julius Kairey of the Cornell Daily Sun which you should read.
THROWDOWN THURSDAY: Should California Redefine Campus Sexual Assault?
When is a kiss considered to be sexual assault?
According to the U.S. Justice Department’s website, almost always. It defines sexual assault as...
Yesterday Campus Reform reported that Clemson University was requiring students to submit information about their drinking behavior and sex lives using identifiable log-in data.
Late last night the university backtracked on its plan, Campus Reform now reports:
Clemson University is no longer prying into its students’ sex lives
In a campus-wide email late Wednesday...
A U.S. Department of Education regulation stating that a for-profit institution cannot offer a program that has a debt-to-student ration of 8% or more is being challenged by representatives from Kaplan, mostly because a huge number of programs at non-profits and public schools don’t pass the same test.
Spencer Irv...
Do college students ever get credit for promoting Republican or Libertarian values?
Derek Draplin of the College Fix has an interesting story here.
Colleges Give Students Academic Credit for Pushing Socialist Causes on Campus
College students can earn academic credit for promoting socialist causes on their campuses through a program run by the Young...
Looking to make ten figures? Go to UPenn (or, more specifically, Wharton). Your second best bets are attending Harvard, Yale, or University of Southern California.
Peter Jacobs reports for the Business Insider:
The 20 Universities That Have Produced The Most Billionaires
More billionaires went to the University of Pennsylvania for their undergraduate degrees than...
Here’s an excerpt from Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s speech at Yale in which she responds to the Muslim student group which sought to silence her.
From the Washington Free Beacon.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali Urges Yale MSA To Refocus Energies
Despite more than 30 student organizations petitioning her appearance, Somali-American women’s rights activist and author Ayaan...
