Created in 1929, the Hazelwood Act allows, “qualified veterans and dependent children of certain disabled or deceased veterans from specific tuition and fee charges at public institutions of higher education in the state of Texas. The exemption is for a maximum of 150 credit hours and may be awarded regardless of...
One of the things that makes college so expensive is all the line item fees and charges for things besides tuition. That’s what makes this plan so attractive.
Kelly Heyboer of NJ.com reports.
Bloomfield College to simplify tuition, offer ‘one cost’ for attendance
In an effort to be more “straight forward” about how much...
My friend and professional harvester of leftist beta tears, Kurt Schlichter, has a plan for liberal academia; one that starts with an ‘S’ and ends with ‘corched Earth.’
Kurt Schlichter writes at Townhall:
Let’s Destroy Liberal Academia
It’s time to give current university system the Old Yeller treatment, except normal Americans will giggle when...
This is probably not the most appropriate comparison. In fact, it’s offensive.
Eric Owens of the Daily Caller reported.
UCLA Workshop: Illegal Aliens Are Just Like Dying AIDS VICTIMS; US Government Is To Blame
The University of California, Los Angeles hosted a workshop last week comparing the “mass deaths” of illegal aliens “along the...
Just keep pumping up that higher ed bubble.
ABC 11 reports.
Duke University Leaders Raise Tuition by About 4 Percent
Duke University students will pay higher tuition bills next fall, with undergraduates paying 4 percent more and those seeking graduate or professional degrees seeing similar increases.
The Durham school’s Board of Trustees on Saturday approved...
Not a good sign for the former Florida governor’s 2016 prospects.
Watch.
Kaitlyn Schallhorn and Gabriella Morrongiello of Campus Reform reported.
VIDEO: College students stage Jeb Bush walkout during CPAC speech
Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush was met with protest during a speech Friday afternoon at the 2015 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).
Conference-goers, including a...
Academic leaders have serious problems with the Obama Administration’s new college rating system, mostly about the level of regulation.
One Republican is proposing new legislation, with an eye to “deregulation.”
The response to his proposal by the academics should be….fascinating.
Senator Lamar Alexander on Tuesday committed to finishing a rewrite of the Higher...
Should we just pretend that type of crime doesn’t exist?
From the Daily Californian.
Graduate students voice concerns about professor’s comments on Black Lives Matter movement
Graduate students at the School of Social Welfare held a teach-in Tuesday to voice concerns about comments made by a professor in relation to the Black Lives...
Sober parties at college? These events are held by participants in the Collegiate Recovery Program.
The New York Times reports.
Not the Usual College Party (This One’s Sober)
It started with a wine cooler, said Paige Cederna, describing that first sweet, easy-to-down drink she experienced as a “magic elixir.”
“I had no inhibitions with alcohol,”...
When a University of Michigan frat trashed a ski resort, initial damage estimates were around $75,000. After further assessing the damage, Treetops Resort says they’re now estimating $430,000 in damage.
Patricia Montemurri and Robert Allen report at the Detroit Free Press:
Treetops Resort: Fraternity damage could top $400,000
One day after the University of...
Couldn’t make it to CPAC or perhaps you just want to read a recap? Well, learn all about what occurred from the point of view of a young college conservative.
Elizabeth Marcello from The College Conservative reports.
CPAC 2015 According to a College Kid
Several of us from TheCollegeConservative have been lucky enough to cover CPAC...
It appears as though even academia isn’t safe from these terrorists.
Eric Owens of the Daily Caller reports.
ISIS Is Now Threatening To Murder A COLLEGE PROFESSOR IN TENNESSEE
Leaders of ISIS are now calling on followers to assassinate an American college professor in the group’s propaganda magazine.
The professor is Yasir Qadhi, reports Memphis...
Showing there is no such thing as a “free lunch.”
Mayor Bill de Blasio ’s administration has no plans to expand a free-lunch program to elementary and high school students, New York City’s schools chancellor said Wednesday, setting up a battle with the City Council and advocates who have been championing free...
The greeks literally almost got kicked off campus recently. Now, what is the future for the Greeks at the college on the hill?
The Dartmouth Review reports.
What Moving Dartmouth Forward Means for Greek Life
Despite the 8:30 AM start time, which Daily Dartmouth columnist Michael McDavid found unfairly burdensome, hundreds of Greek-affiliated students...
Given how poorly America’s public education system serves our boys and young men, an innovative proposal for an all-boys high school sounds sensible.
However, the usual suspects are lining up to challenge the plan. The Washington Times reporter Andrea Noble files this report:
With D.C. Public Schools graduating less than half of its...
“Ignorance and apathy” is a warning to Jewish college students from America’s rabbi. Why did he say this? The warnings and advice follow anti-Israel resolutions.
‘Ignorance and apathy are infecting the Jewish student body politic,’ rabbi says
The man known as “America’s rabbi” issued a call to action to Jewish college students in...
The newest piece of legislation from California a least makes more sense that the “Yes Means Yes” affirmative consent rules for campuses it recently passed.
Illegal possession of so-called date-rape drugs would become a potential felony under a bill in California to reverse what supporters say is an unintended consequence of a...
College ‘rape culture’ is repeatedly discussed. Could greater gun rights be the solution?
New York Times reports.
As gun rights advocates push to legalize firearms on college campuses, an argument is taking shape: Arming female students will help reduce sexual assaults.
Support for so-called campus carry laws had been hard to muster despite efforts...
We recently reported that a University of Illinois at Chicago student leader was arrested and charged with raping a fellow student, saying that he used “50 Shades of Grey” as inspiration.
For another take on “50 Shades of Grey” and its impact on campus/feminist lifestyles, here is the perspective from University of...
