A new study may may offer some inspiration to students everywhere!
When it comes to success in education, certain personality traits may be more important than intelligence, according to a recent study.
Researcher Arthur Poropat of Griffith University in Australia has conducted the largest ever reviews of personality and academic performance. He based...
The saga of New Jersey student Caitlyn Ricci’s tuition lawsuit against her parents continues.
In today’s chapter, Samantha Walkins of Point Loma Nazarene University reports the case is now headed to appeals court.
A New Jersey student is suing...
This video shows scenes from Hillsdale College accompanied by students singing Carol of the Bells.
Enjoy and Merry Christmas!
The College Conservative contributor Joseph Schartz has a problem when someone promotes a minimum wage hike in the name of young Americans such as himself.
The day after the November election, the Sioux Falls Argus Leader ran a story on South Dakota’s monstrous minimum wage increase. It quoted 54 year-old voter Mary...
It doesn’t sound like this was a political decision. People don’t seem to want the building renamed for anyone.
Inside Higher Ed reported.
Texas A&M Drops Plan to Name Building for Rick Perry
The Texas A&M University Board of Regents called off a planned meeting Thursday at which members had been expected to rename...
The campus outrage machine never sleeps.
Kaitlyn Schallhorn of Campus Reform reported.
College president accused of sexism after posing with male students raising money for charity
Faculty at East Stroudsburg University are questioning whether the school is too cavalier about sexual assaults and has a double standard when it comes to gender after the university’s president...
I don’t know what piece of music the student choir is singing in this video but it’s beautiful.
From all of us at College Insurrection, may you have a blessed and Merry Christmas.
Now for some positive news from the campus of Bowdoin College.
Bowdoin College in Maine will provide the son of one of the slain New York City police officers full financial aid to finish out his education.
The private college announced Monday that beginning in January, or “whenever he is ready to return” it...
While the University of Virgina struggles to find ways to clean the tarnish off the school’s reputation in the wake of a discredited rape story, the publisher of that article is now turning to a famous journalism school for an independent...
The college’s president says they must be “open to all points of view”, soon after removing an anti-racist KKK statue from campus. Hypocrisy? I don’t know the meaning of the word!
Greg Piper at The College Fix has the story:
University of Iowa: We didn’t censor anti-racist statue, we protected ‘inclusiveness’
The University of...
He took a poke at the people who protested him but he had to jab the GOP too, naturally.
Ashley Dobson of Red Alert Politics reports.
Bill Maher finally gives his much contested commencement...
Fifty years ago this was obvious to anyone with a brain, but somehow we’ve so degraded as a society that “Porn Hurts Couples” is now an actual headline.
Tony Perkins of Accuracy in Academia has the story:
Study: Pornography hurts Couples and Relationships
There are certain givens in life, things we take for granted...
So much for changing your attitude in the face of new facts.
Dave Huber of the College Fix reports.
Vandals uf UVA’S Phi Kappa Psi House Unrepentant
Although the Rolling Stone “gang rape” story at the University of Virginia has fallen apart, the apparent ringleader of the attack on the Phi Kappa Psi house...
Arizona State University is giving the students of a struggling business school a real gift this year: A second chance.
Arizona State University has completed its deal to take over the Thunderbird School of Global Management, the last chapter in what has been a yearslong saga for the troubled Glendale, Ariz.,...
You don’t have to be a Christian to enjoy Christmas. These students seem to be making a bigger deal out of it than most Christians.
Canton Winer of USA Today reports.
Students speak: Celebrating Christmas as an atheist
When University of New Hampshire freshman Rebekah Londoff returns home for winter break this year, she...
The small group of activists also demanded a mandatory “Privilege Summit” and more “racially diverse” curriculum.
Greg Piper at The College Fix has the story:
College blocks Yik Yak following racial demands from a few dozen students
Augustana College, a private school in Illinois, gave the appearance of caving into a small band of...
The recent controversy over SodaStream at Harvard was motivated purely by the company’s affiliation with Israel.
The administration has now stepped in to clarify.
Dave Huber of the College Fix reports.
Harvard backtracks on SodaStream decision
It seems that President Obama can bring people together!
Not only do academic leaders have problems with the Obama Administration’s new college rating system, but so do Republican Party leaders.
…Congressional Republicans, outraged, are already going on the attack.
“They’re getting involved in something they have no business getting involved with,” said Rep. Virginia...
It’s a good thing this student resigned from her position. Leaders aren’t supposed to say things like this. Leaders are supposed to know better.
Daniel Mael of Truth Revolt reported.
Student Leader Resigns After Stating She Has ‘No Sympathy’ for Murdered Cops
The Brandeis University student leader who publicly stated that she had “no sympathy”...
Apparently, without a free place to hang their coat, there’s a significant risk of “young women freezing to death.”
Dave Huber at The College Fix has the story:
Oxford complaint: Cloakrooms should be free because hypothermia (or something)
The title possibly says it all: “Cloakrooms should be free...
The title of this post is taken from a column at the New York Times by Callie Marie Rennison who recently released a study on the real numbers for campus rapes.
Privilege, Among Rape Victims
LATELY, people have been bombarded with the notion that universities and colleges are hotbeds of sexual violence. Parents...
Perhaps imbibing too many seasonal spirits explains one Pennsylvania fraternity’s choice for their card.
The downside: The groups has been suspended by the school.
The upside for the frat? Its choice is generating more “conversations.” According to progressive academics, that’s a good thing.
A University of Pennsylvania fraternity has been suspended pending an investigation...
