Ian Grice of North Carolina’s State’s Technician proposes that questions some refer to as “microaggressions” may in fact lead to a stronger appreciation of diversity:
Micro-aggressions aren’t so bad
Racial micro-aggressions are brief and commonplace verbal, behavioral or environmental indignities, whether intentional or unintentional, communicating hostile, derogatory or negative racial slights and insults toward...
This young woman is 21, a legal adult. What a crazy turn of events.
Allahpundit of Hot Air reported.
New Jersey judge orders parents to pay estranged 21-year-old daughter’s college tuition
Alternate headline: “America discovers new reason why no one should live in New Jersey.” If you’re feeling deja vu right now, there’s a...
The banners, which are hung throughout the UCLA campus, feature a variety of UCLA graduates highlighting the university’s proud legacy… and Angela Davis.
Jacob Kohlhepp at The College Fix has the story:
UCLA honors communist revolutionary as role model
Recently, while strolling down Bruin Walk, I admired the UCLA Optimist banners. The marketing campaign...
By this logic we should also ban Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, Tumblr… really, the list goes on.
Greg Piper at The College Fix has the story:
Ban Yik Yak for ‘misogyny, racism and bullying,’ Ohio University student demands
A senior journalism major at Ohio University isn’t too keen on freedom of expression, because she calls for...
Republicans should tackle higher ed reform in real ways and offer better ideas than this tired one.
George Leef of See Thru Edu reported.
Magical Thinking: Tax the Rich More and America’s “Education Gap” Will Disappear
The New York Times provides a constant stream of articles showing the unshakable liberal belief in the benefits...
It’s so nice to report an American university doing something nice related to our country’s veterans…especially around Veteran’s Day.
George Washington University is launching a bachelor of science in nursing program for military veterans, school officials announced.
The veterans BSN program, which will start in the spring 2015 semester, is designed to support...
In a surprising twist for videos like this, most of the answers given are very thoughtful.
Video by Maggie Lit of Campus Reform.
VIDEO: Students explain Republican takeover of the Senate
The 2014 midterm elections went better for Republicans than they had expected, as the GOP captured seven Senate seats to gain a 52-43...
Colleges are now looking to close some legal loops that allow financial advisers to contact athletes who are promising pro prospects and lead them into making bad decisions regarding their money.
The Wall Street Journal‘s Julie Steinberg has this report:
…It is illegal in most states for sports agents to provide gifts or...
I don’t know what anyone’s upset about. Punishing success is one of the hallmarks of Progressivism.
Carla Rivera of the LA Times reported.
Cal State system under fire for success fees on some campuses
As University of California leaders push for a controversial multiyear tuition increase, the larger California State University system is holding...
The hack, which replaced the website’s homepage with a shady picture of a man shrouded in darkness and an Arabic poem, is being referred to by some as an “electronic jihad.”
Jennifer Kabbany at The College Fix has the story:
Electronic Jihad? USC College Republican’s website hacked
When USC College Republicans President Jennifer Massey...
Faculty contracts are being negotiated at Pensacola State and the administration has told faculty they will be violating the law if they speak to student journalists.
Ry Rivard of Inside Higher Ed has the story.
Gag Order in Sunshine State
Administrators at a Florida community college are leaning on faculty and student journalists to...
In the wake of a very aggressive police search, one university is standing up for its students’ civil liberties.
Lindenwood University in Missouri demanded a “written apology” from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department after “close to 15″ officers detained two student journalists for 90 minutes, searched their vehicle...
I suppose it’s a nice option to have if you can afford it.
Barbara Booth of the Fiscal Times reports.
The Crazy Price Tag for College Consultants
Two months before 17-year-old Alexa of northern New Jersey—a national merit scholar, Girl Scout Gold Award recipient and standout soccer player—planned to submit her application to Amherst,...
He apparently forgot about The Streisand Effect: any attempt to hide, censor, or cover up information only makes that information even more widely publicized.
UO student leader regrets giving free publicity to blogs that mock him
Litigation expert says blogs could have First Amendment claim if shut down by university
Syracuse University’s fight with its...
I can’t wait to see what’s on the agenda for next week.
Blake Seitz of the College Fix reported.
University of Georgia students take field trip to Planned Parenthood, sex shop
ATHENS, Ga. – A University of Georgia student group took a field trip to Atlanta on Saturday to visit a Planned Parenthood clinic...
Someone somewhere is writing a list of things you can never wear, say, or do without being offensive. Eventually, everything will be on that list.
Jennifer Kabbany at The College Fix has the story:
University of Minnesota apologizes for Fiesta-themed student bowling party
The University of Minnesota has apologized for a “Galactic Fiesta” bowling party...
I hadn’t heard of conservative comedian Michael Loftus until I saw this video on Weasel Zippers but he’s pretty good.
He certainly makes some valid points about the cost of college.
The Great Ripoff: Why College Isn’t for Everyone
There are some great lines in this rant from conservative comedian Michael Loftus on how...
It’s apparently an “ableist slur”, as are, I would assume, “blind”, “deaf”, and “wheelchair-bound.”
Greg Piper at The College Fix has the story:
You can’t say ‘crazy’ at Smith College: Student paper replaces with ‘ableist slur’
There’s a long list of words you can’t say at Smith College – or apparently reproduce in the...
Getting accused of rape can ruin your life. Ruth Marcus of the Washington Post notes one situation at Yale that came close to doing so for one young man.
Campus sexual assault charges carry dangers for boys as well
Today, no parent of girls should send them off to college without a lecture:...
File this story under “Unintended Consequences.”
“Home schooling has steadily risen in North Carolina since it was legalized in 1985 by the state Supreme Court,” T. Keung Hui reported on News Observer.com on August 13, 2014. “Twenty-five years ago, there were about 2,300 home-schooled students in North Carolina.”
“But concerns about school violence,...
This is a nice piece of news right after Veterans Day.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.
Online university offers new scholarship to active-duty military, veterans
WGU Missouri is offering a new scholarship to help veterans, active-duty military, and their spouses go back to school. Its parent university, Western Governors University, is partnering with the...
Given the failure to scientifically prove that man-made global warming occurs, a professor has just proposed a new theory based on the second greatest evil for progressives….after conservatives.
War.
University of Georgia professor James Porter said at a recent lecture that “war is more destructive to the environment than any other normal activities...
