This investigation could take a while, considering the number of students who were enrolled in the course.
Jane Stancill of the Durham News reports.
Duke University investigates cheating in computer science classes
Duke University is investigating academic misconduct in a computer science course that enrolled hundreds of students.
University spokesman Keith Lawrence said Monday that...
I’m pretty sure we’ve hit the point where we can’t even call Jesuits Catholics.
Matt Lamb at The College Fix has the story:
Student told he can’t openly disagree with gay marriage in class at Jesuit college
In an exclusive interview, student tells The College Fix...
The higher ed bubble cometh. If these students are angry now, just wait.
From the Huffington Post.
Students Take Over University Of Southern Maine Trustees Meeting In Protest
University of Southern Maine students frustrated over budget cuts that eliminated programs and led to staff reductions disrupted University of Maine System trustees on Monday, marching...
The new bathrooms pair nicely with the pagan student club that has just been approved.
Loyola University Chicago’s student government is considering whether to recommend all restrooms on campus be made “gender-neutral.”
What’s not clear from the sponsor, however, is whether multi-stall restrooms would be open to men, women and trans students for...
It may look like something out of The Onion but it isn’t.
From AZFamily.com.
UA professor accused of siphoning funds from student-run meat store
University of Arizona police are looking into allegations that a professor siphoned funds from a student-run meat store.
The Arizona Daily Star reports that authorities on Tuesday seized computers, cash, inventory...
Harvard has apparently instituted a strict cap on the admission of Asian American students.
Greg Piper at The College Fix has the story:
Harvard discriminates against Asian-Americans, ‘similar challenges’ planned
It started with Jews in the 1920s and it continues with Asian-American students today, according to a lawsuit filed against Harvard for its...
It’s worth noting, as we have before, that Professor Turley is a liberal who voted for Obama.
Here’s more from Brendan Bordelon of National Review.
Liberal Law Prof: Obama’s Executive Amnesty ‘Tearing at the Very Fabric of the Constitution’
Georgetown law professor Jonathan Turley, a political liberal but a longstanding critic of President Obama’s...
Hoping to add to its numbers, a prominent teachers union wants another big perk: free tuition.
Despite massive losses by the candidates it supported, the National Education Association is proceeding headlong this week with its “Degrees Not Debt Week of Action.” The week of political theater seeks to rally support for new...
There’s such a thing as getting off too easy.
Dave Huber of the College Fix reported.
Florida State football players barely disciplined for hit and run accident
FSU cornerbacks P.J. Williams and Ronald Darby were involved in a hit and run accident back in October which totaled both cars … but were given a...
Seems like they’re not even trying the do part anymore, just skipping straight to teach.
Rebecca Koenig at The Chronicle of Higher Education has the story:
Do Education Programs Dole Out Too Many Easy A’s?
Are teacher-training programs rigorous enough? A new study, completed by a group that has long criticized the quality of teacher preparation,...
An excellent question. It was apparently the focus of a panel at the National Lawyers Convention.
Paul Caron of the TaxProfBlog reported.
Federalist Society Panel: Is Higher Education Run for the Benefit of Students, Faculty or Administrators?
At today’s 2014 National Lawyers Convention: Millennials, Equity and the Rule of Law:
Showcase Panel III: Higher Education:...
West Virginia University (WVU) has suspended all fraternity and sorority activity after a student, who was originally found unconscious at a frat house, has died.
Nolan Burch, the 18-year-old student at West Virginia University (WVU) who was found at a fraternity house unconscious and without a pulse early Thursday morning, has died.
WVU...
It’s hard to believe these words were printed by the New York Times.
Jed Rubenfeld writes.
Mishandling Rape
OUR strategy for dealing with rape on college campuses has failed abysmally. Female students are raped in appalling numbers, and their rapists almost invariably go free. Forced by the federal government, colleges have now gotten into...
One Fresno State student just couldn’t handle the stress of exams, and just needed an outlet. Unfortunately, that outlet turned out to be a nearby sheep.
Dave Huber of the College Fix cites this report by Erik Rosales at KMPH Fox 26:
Fresno State Student Arrested For Having Sex With Sheep
Fresno State University...
It sounds like these students missed the whole “ethics” thing in this ethics course.
Peter Jacobs of Business Insider reported.
43 Dartmouth Students Suspected Of Cheating In Ethics Class Designed For Athletes
Forty three students at Dartmouth College have been “implicated in an academic dishonesty case” in an ethics course, student newspaper The...
The service is called “InstyMeds.”
What could possibly go wrong?
CBS News Las Vegas reported.
University Installs Prescription Drug Vending Machine On Campus
An InstyMeds vending machine has been installed on Arizona State University’s campus, allowing any student or university employee to pick up prescription drugs from the dispenser.
Any ASU student or university employee...
President Obama recently announced Loretta Lynch as his nomination to replace the soon-to-be former Attorney General, Eric Holder
Sam Leanza, a student at Concordia University, takes a look at the nominee and the why she is being selected now, when her background shows her to be a potentially better fit that Eric...
That’s a very generous gift. The newspaper was struggling and Bill O’Reilly is an alum who wrote for the paper at one point.
Peter Jacobs of Business Insider reported.
BILL O’REILLY: Here’s Why I Donated $10,000 To Save Boston University’s Student Newspaper
Earlier this week, Boston University student newspaper The Daily Free Press —...
This is the problem with the “fraternities are dangerous and drive students to drink excessively” narrative: fraternities are in fact the most regulated sources of alcohol on campus, whereas student drinking off campus is entirely lawless.
Chris Byrns at The Cornell Daily Sun reports:
Students Push for Review of Greek Quarter System
Students on campus...
The students stacked mattresses in front of the college president’s because that’s symbolic or something.
Sam Frizell of Time reported.
Columbia University Charging Student Group $1,500 After Anti-Rape Protest
A Columbia University student group said it is being charged $1,500 by the school after a demonstration against sexual assault last month.
Hundreds of Columbia students...
Can anyone name a professional field other than academia that welcomes so many people who were involved in domestic terrorism?
Michael Cipriano of the College Fix reported.
University of Illinois OKs hiring of former radical with domestic terrorist group
Leaders of the University of Illinois on Thursday paved the way for the school to rehire...
The BDS activists at UCLA are obviously afraid of letting people know what they’re all about. They are also trying to control the narrative.
Kudos to the Daily Bruin’s editorial board for calling them out.
Editorial: USAC must not limit press, student access to divestment meeting
The focal point of the undergraduate student government’s...
