Gosh. I wonder why the Obama administration felt compelled to hide this information?
Michael Grunwald of Politico reports.
The College Loan Bombshell Hidden in the Budget
In obscure data tables buried deep in its 2016 budget proposal, the Obama administration revealed this week that its student loan program had a $21.8 billion shortfall last...
A tenured professor might be out of a job if Marquette University has their way.
Robby Soave writes at Reason:
Marquette University Trying to Fire Prof for Criticizing Pro-Gay Instructor
Marquette University is moving forward with its plan to fire a tenured professor over his criticisms of an instructor who wouldn’t let any of...
Not only were conservative and libertarian student groups not invited to the event, they weren’t even told about it.
Way to be inclusive, UNC.
Michael Cipriano of the College Fix reports.
Republicans, pro-lifers, libertarians shunned from university’s ‘diversity’ event
The leadership at UNC-Chapel Hill has made it clear that it supports diversity on its campus...
The college lied to have its ranking improved and the Princeton Review responded with punishment.
‘Princeton Review’ strips college of ranking for first time ever
The Princeton Review for the first time stripped a college of its rankings Monday after learning that the University of Missouri-Kansas City knowingly submitted false data.
The company first...
Governor Walker is seemingly fearless when it comes to decisions that will enrage his critics on the left.
No wonder he’s so popular among conservatives.
Monica Davey of the New York Times reports.
Walker’s Wisconsin Budget Has a National Message
Gov. Scott Walker, a possible contender for the Republican presidential nomination, on Tuesday proposed a...
The long battle between the first amendment and university speech zones wages on.
Katherine Sweet writes at Alabama.com:
University of South Alabama speech zones are unconstitutional: guest opinion
Over a year ago, the club I had just founded, Students for Life USA at University of South Alabama, requested permission to a hold a “Cemetery...
Is this professor suggesting that Obama is somehow powerless? I think he would disagree.
Jennifer Kabbany of the College Fix reports.
Professor: ‘We may have a black president, but it’s white people running the show’
Three sociology professors have offered a spirited defense of Arizona State University’s controversial new “The Problem of Whiteness” course...
First it was Swastikas on a Jewish fraternity, but it has gone further than that.
It’s not a good time to be a Jewish student at UC Davis.
Adam Kredo reports from the Washington Free Beacon.
Hamas On Campus
Anti-Israel activists at the University of California, Davis heckled Jewish students and shouted “Allahhu Akbar” at...
The young woman profiled in this story is named “Rocko.” I can’t help but wonder if that was her given name at birth.
Julie Scelfo of the New York Times reports.
A University Recognizes a Third Gender: Neutral
Rocko Gieselman looked like any other undergraduate at the University of Vermont but perhaps a little...
There’s a lot of buzz about Scott Walker as a viable, possibly dark horse presidential contender for 2016. But what are his views on higher education?
Peter Augustine Lawler writes at National Review Online:
Scott Walker, Mad Men, and Higher Education
So my reservations about Scott Walker as presidential candidate have to do with...
Leftists on campus have found something new to demand divestment from. Luckily, Boston University had more sense.
Inside Higher Ed reported.
Boston U. Won’t Divest From Gun Companies
The board of Boston University announced Monday that it has rejected a proposal from a campus group that the university sell investments in companies that produce...
Remember Emma Sulkowicz, the Columbia student who’s carrying her mattress around as long as her alleged rapist is allowed to remain on campus?
Her alleged rapist is speaking out.
We reported at Legal Insurrection:
Columbia student fights back amidst rape allegations
Remember Emma Sulkowicz, the Columbia student who’s carrying...
In a new video from Prager University, Professor Haroon Ullah of Georgetown examines the issue of freedom vs. Sharia using the nation of Pakistan as an example.
Watch below.
Here’s more information.
Course Description
Pakistan is the world’s fifth largest democracy. It is also deeply influenced by Islamic law (Sharia). Can these two traditions, Western...
The University of Manitoba’s student paper chose to publish the photo with Mohammad along with a message to defend free speech from radical Islam. Tufts didn’t get it. Greg Piper from College Fix reported.
Canadian student paper publishes Mohammad, Tufts calls satire ‘dangerous’
Much like plutonium in a DeLorean, the Charlie Hebdo massacre...
FIRE has been on a roll lately. This is their fourth recent free speech victory.
They reported on their blog Monday.
Students, FIRE Go Four-for-Four as Ohio U. Settles Speech Code Lawsuit
ATHENS, Ohio, February 2, 2015—In a settlement signed today, Ohio University (OU) agreed to revise several policies that restricted free speech on...
A measles outbreak is occurring and has hit college campuses. Scott Jaschik from Inside Higher reports.
Responding to Measles Outbreak
A monument to honor a protest? Isn’t this a bit much?
Nathan Rubbelke of the College Fix reports.
Saint Louis University to erect monument honoring anti-police protest
Saint Louis University has commissioned a sculpture to be erected on campus that administrators say they hope “captures the spirit and importance” of a weeklong “Occupy SLU”...
The president has asked for more than $70 billion in discretionary spending for the Department of Education.
Melissa Korn and Caroline Porter of the Wall Street Journal report:
Obama’s Proposed Budget Seeks More for Education
President Barack Obama ’s fiscal 2016 budget proposal calls for $70.7 billion in discretionary funding for the Department...
Obama’s pal Bill Ayers was unavailable for comment.
Eric Owens of the Daily Caller reports.
America 2015: Proposed Illinois Law Would Ban TERRORIST PROFESSORS
An Illinois state legislator has introduced a bill that would prevent anyone who has been convicted of crimes related to terrorism from teaching courses at taxpayer-funded colleges and universities.
The author...
Yes, we raised our eyebrows, too.
Susan Svrluga writes at the Washington Post:
Teachers’ union: We have seen free community college succeed
President Obama’s call to make community college free was one of the most sweeping proposals in his State of the Union address. It was immediately controversial, with some alarmed by its...
It’s good to know some people in academia are willing to stand up to the hysteria of rape culture on college campuses.
From the Wall Street Journal.
Harvard Law Pushes Back
The University of Virginia held a two-day conference last February on “Sexual Misconduct Among College Students.” One of the speakers was the Education...
A Princeton professor is offering take lashes for a blogger. You read that right, lashes.
Leonardo Blair of the Christian Post reports.
Conservative Princeton Professor Robert P. George and Others Offer to Take 1,000 Lashes for Saudi Blogger
Conservative Princeton University professor and vice chairman of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, Robert...
