In a recent column for Politico, writer Peg Tyre defended fraternities from the many stereotypes which are heaped upon them.
Don’t Blame the Frats
This year’s monster: Fraternities. As Gawker put it, “No fraternity, no gang rape.” As the Guardian said, “It’s time to talk about banning fraternities.” Bloomberg View decided: “On balance,...
This is an update to this story. All of a sudden, the editors decided that the writer’s long running columns in both the Michigan Daily and The Michigan Review were a “conflict of interest.”
Greg Piper at The College Fix has the story:
‘Michigan Daily’: We fired column...
Cheyney University is about to succumb to the effects of the higher ed bubble.
David Dekok of Reuters reports.
Oldest U.S. black college on verge of financial collapse
The nation’s oldest black college, Cheyney University, one of Pennsylvania’s 14 state-run universities, is on the verge of a financial meltdown that threatens its ability to...
About this time of year, most college students are focused on finals.
However, at the University of California – Los Angeles, many of them are drafting grievance demands instead.
I wonder if the grades they get this semester are dependent on the quality of their grievances.
More than 100 individuals at a student-led town...
Dan Joseph of MRCTV recently visited George Mason University and asked students to sign a petition supporting Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber for secretary of defense.
Not all the students he asked would sign but 12 of them did.
From CNS News.
“Wow, I never expected that!” said the federal government, who apparently do not have a single economist on staff.
Here’s more from the College Fix:
UC-San Diego researchers: 1.4 million jobs lost because of minimum-wage hikes
The federal minimum-wage hikes between 2007 and 2009 were accompanied by severe drops in the “employment-to-population ratio” for...
Dissent from the liberal position will not be tolerated.
Turning Point USA reported.
BREAKING: Conservative professor banned from campus!
Marquette University has banned a tenured professor, John McAdams, from Marquette University until further notice. This is because he published a controversial blog post about another professor, Cheryl Abbate, who told a student, “If you...
Darla Kashian is vice president-financial adviser at RBC Wealth Management in Minneapolis.
In The Wall Street Journal, she offers some sage advice about students’ education costs.
…Children are more likely to value the educational opportunity they’ve been given if they have some skin in the game. Taking responsibility for funding part of one’s...
Rob Jenkins of the Chronicle of Higher Education seems to think so.
Straight Talk About ‘Adjunctification’
It’s unclear precisely when the term “adjunctification” was borne. It’s mentioned as far back as 2000 in articles about the job market in the humanities. Linda Collins used the phrase in a speech in 2002 when she...
To summarize: “No.”
Dave Huber at The College Fix has the story:
Prof’s epic response to Ferguson-related exam delay request
It’s probably safe to assume to that Oberlin student Della Kurzer-Zlotnick was not prepared for her professor’s response when she asked him about delaying exams due to Ferguson-related stress.
Seemingly anointing herself a (white) spokesperson...
This is the second such incident in two months.
Chris Caesar of Boston.com reported.
Police Investigate ‘Several’ Swastikas Painted on Tufts Campus Building
Police are investigating “several” swastikas painted on the south side of a Tufts University campus building Saturday morning.
The markings were seen on the rear of Lewis Hall along Powderhouse Blvd. and...
Truly, timing is everything in life.
This may be the first time Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Sweet Home Alabama” got an on-duty cop in trouble.
The Chicago Police Department has suspended a cop for 10 days who says he was honoring the University of Alabama by playing the Southern anthem in his patrol car on Saturday. (UA...
Nothing gets challenged or debated when everyone agrees with each other.
Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry writes at The Week.
How academia’s liberal bias is killing social science
I have had the following experience more than once: I am speaking with a professional academic who is a liberal. The subject of the underrepresentation of conservatives in academia...
Damn the facts, let’s keep this legislation going!
Dave Huber at The College Fix has the story
NY Senator Gillibrand: ‘Yes means yes’ should go nationwide
New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is pushing to make affirmative consent laws — figuratively known as “only yes means yes” when engaging in any kind of sexual activity...
University of Michigan Communications professor Susan J. Douglas sure is comfortable explaining why she hates Republicans.
Her column was published by In These Times.
It’s Okay To Hate Republicans
I hate Republicans. I can’t stand the thought of having to spend the next two years watching Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, Ted Cruz, Darrell Issa...
In an interview with The Washington Post, Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust expresses some serious concerns about the Obama Administration’s new federal college ratings plan.
“I think it raises the issue of what do you rate them for?” Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust told The Washington Post. “It goes back to what...
A sad story. Authorities suspect drugs were involved.
Chelsia Rose Marcius and Barry Paddock of the New York Daily News reported.
Columbia University student critically injured in apparent jump from eighth floor of Wien Hall dorm
A Columbia University student believed to be high on drugs was critically injured when he apparently jumped from...
File this story under “School Choice”.
The Minnesota State High School League has voted to allow boys who identify as girls, and girls who identify as boys, to play and compete on sports teams of their “preferred gender.”
The new rule will take effect in the 2015-2016 season.
Fox News reports:
The policy requires transgender...
I hadn’t heard about them until I read the post excerpted below by Jane S. Shaw of National Review.
There are concerns about socialist propaganda possibly being taught here.
So, What about Those Confucius Institutes?
The government of China is promoting Chinese language and culture at “Confucius Institutes” at 97 schools in the United...
The College Conservative’s Kyle Sabo notes that when it comes to news coverage, some deaths are deemed more worthy than others.
On December 1, 2014, the fate of a young man’s life rested with a Brooklyn jury. As grand juries in Ferguson, Missouri and Staten Island, New York handed down no true...
They also had no idea that she hasn’t driven a car since 1996.
Watch the video below.
Jennifer Kabbany of the College Fix reported.
VIDEO: Students shocked to learn Hillary Clinton is 67, hasn’t driven since 1996
College students at Florida International University were shocked recently to discover that not only is Hillary Clinton 67...
See, that’s how you deal with negative speech: you don’t silence it, you spread positive speech to take its place.
Kaitlin Mulhere at Inside Higher Ed has the story:
Yik Yak Take-Back
During the September sit-in, associate biology professor Geoff Holm knew faculty members who posted tried to spread some Colgate campus love on...
