Wesleyan University recently received $250,000 to establish a faculty support fund.

Students of that school may be interested to learn that this donation is eligible for a $250,000 major-gift match, which increases the value of the endowment to $500,000…just in case the faculty needs even more support.

Fifty years after earning his degree...

Here’s something nice to kick off the holiday season.

The video was just uploaded yesterday and these students are incredibly talented.

We hope you’re having a wonderful Thanksgiving.

The College Conservative’s Chelsea Gruenwald reviews the status of student rights related to the Second Amendment on campuses across the country.

And while the news is good, more work needs to be done.

The majority of the 4,400 colleges and universities in the United States prohibit their students from carrying firearms on campus....

If you’re just about to eat Thanksgiving dinner, you may want to save this story for later.

Caitlin Grimes of Campus Reform has the story.

Prof. blames Thanksgiving on consumerism, suggests spirit of holiday is apologizing

The modern portrayal of Thanksgiving is filled with historical inaccuracies based on a consumer culture, according to a...

Some students are seeing their “beard passes” revoked, and those who managed to keep them are being required to wear the passes on a lanyard around their neck.

Greg Piper at The College Fix reports:

BYU refuses to renew ‘beard passes’ for some students in claimed crackdown

Update on our summer story about the...

It’s a catch 22. College helps you get a better job but there’s no guarantee you’ll get one.

Robert Reich writes at the Huffington Post.

Why College Is Necessary But Gets You Nowhere

This is the time of year when high school seniors apply to college, and when I get lots of mail about...

It only took two weeks.

Greg Piper at the College Fix has the story:

UC-Davis quickly caves when challenged about sexual-assault training coercion

That was fast: Less than two weeks after the University of California-Davis defended its sexual-assault training materials that require students to agree that certain words and phrases (“pimp,” “slut”) are “problematic,”...

Someday in the not too distant future, we’re going to run out of things to ban on college campuses.

Sonny Bunch of the Washington Free Beacon reported.

UVA Faculty Want Abolition of Greek System, Emails Reveal

University of Virginia faculty members are floating the abolition of Greek life on campus after an explosive Rolling...

There are some people you just can’t help. This young man might be one of them.

Maggie Lit of Campus Reform reported.

Student mugged, says he deserved it because of his ‘privilege’

A Georgetown University (GU) student who says he was mugged at gunpoint says he “can hardly blame”...

I, for one, am absolutely flabbergasted by the idea that parents being involved in their children’s lives is beneficial.

Dave Huber at The College Fix reports:

Who knew? Parental involvement good for high schoolers

University of Pittsburgh researchers have done some research — and they’ve concluded that “parents should have strong relationships with their...

We’ll probably see more of this in the coming months.

Eva Palmer of the GW Hatchet reported.

D.C. college students protest Ferguson decision at White House

Students from GW and Georgetown, American and Howard universities gathered outside the White House on Monday night to protest a St. Louis County grand jury’s decision not to...

University of Tennessee student Treston Wheat has some good advice for the Republican leaders in the next session of Congress, so they won”t squander the mandate they have been given by the American people.

Now that the GOP has taken back the legislature, if they want to change this country for the...

The purchase is so exorbitant that at least one lawmaker is calling for an inquiry.

CBS News in New York reported.

Lawmaker Calls For Review After Kean University Buys $219K Table

When it comes to pricey tables, you might have to go to Las Vegas to sit at one more expensive than what they’ve...

Emily Yavitch at The College Fix notes that there’s some irony in this:

The ultimate irony of feminism

Women are now liberated! No longer must we be judged solely on the children we bear. Now, we can find satisfaction outside the home, in a fulfilling career. And have a lot of free,...

Let’s face it. We all knew college students would take this up as a cause.

Tim Tooten of WBAL reported.

Maryland university students protest Ferguson decision

BALTIMORE —Activists and students at many Baltimore-area universities organized protests against the decision by a grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri, not to indict Officer Darren Wilson in the...

The list of male students whose due process rights have been violated in sexual assault cases is starting to rival the list of female students who have been sexually assaulted.

Jennifer Kabbany at The College Fix has the story:

Add another to the list: Male student sues CU Boulder over baseless sexual...

Matthew Dragonette of the College Conservative may be onto something here.

Congressional Republicans have been handed a golden opportunity and they would be foolish to waste it. For two years, they will have control of both the House and the Senate, which will prevent Democratic legislation from ever passing muster and allow...

In 1992, 60 women were elected to Congress, and liberals called it the “Year of the Woman.” In 2014, 100 women are elected to congress, and liberals call it “really incremental gains.”

Malcolm A. Kline at Accuracy in Academia has the story:

Liberals Can’t Believe their Eyes: More Women in Congress after...

Using drugs to study is never a good idea. Not only is it dangerous but you probably won’t retain anything you learned.

University Herald reported.

1 in 5 College Students Abuse Prescription Stimulants to Keep Up With Demands of School

Between academics, work and maintaining a social life, college students are turning to prescription...

Thank God, he just might have hurt someone with that “gun made from his hand.”

Dave Huber at The College Fix has the story:

Kid suspended for using finger like a ‘laser gun’

Good thing we have school administrators on the prowl for budding wannabe Luke Skywalkers.

At Stacy Middle School in Milford, Massachusetts, ten...

In a new video from Prager University, Adam Carolla explains why you have to make your own luck in life through hard work.

Here’s more information.

Course Description

Can bad luck be a good thing? Comedian Adam Carolla, best-selling author and the world’s most popular podcaster, well understands this riddle. He’s lived it. Using...

A trade group of 1,400 for-profit colleges and universities sued in federal court to force the U.S. Department of Education to rescind regulations designed to prevent the schools from taking billions in federal aid if they also stick students worthless degrees.

The Daily Caller Education Editor Eric Owens files this report:

Mainly at...