These are the schools where parents and students dream of attending.
PR Newswire reports.
The Princeton Review’s 2015 “College Hopes & Worries Survey” Reports On 12,000 Students’ & Parents’ “Dream Colleges” And Application Viewpoints
NEW YORK, March 18, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Some call it “the other March madness.” It’s nail-biting se...
When I first saw the headline for this New York Times piece by Judith Shulevitz, I thought it must be parody.
Sadly, it isn’t.
In College and Hiding From Scary Ideas
KATHERINE BYRON, a senior at Brown University and a member of its Sexual Assault T...
Here’s how a book caused a fraternity to be suspended.
WRAL reports.
NC State fraternity placed on interim suspension after ’embarrassing, scary’ book found
RALEIGH, N.C. — Pi Kappa Phi has placed its North Carolina State University chapter on interim suspension pending the outcome of an investigation into the contents of a book that...
James Lundgren of Northwestern University law school has been studying law faculty diversity since 1997, Measuring Diversity: Law Faculties in 1997 and 2013, and finds that white male Christian Republicans are the most underrepresented:
The data show that in 1997 women and minorities were underrepresented compared to some populations, but Republicans and...
This is tragic.
Stephanie Ritenbaugh reports for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Students involved in shooting near Edinboro University campus
A shooting that happened Friday night near Edinboro University’s campus involved university students, officials confirmed Saturday.
Two individuals were shot in the 100 block of Meadville Street and were transported to the hospital. Their condition was...
I have to say, I’d hate to live in a town that got invaded during spring break.
Patrik Jonsson of the Christian Science Monitor reports.
Spring Break crackdown: Has the college ritual really gotten worse?
It may be the ultimate love-hate relationship: the annual spring migration of hordes of college-aged Spring Breakers into sunny...
Will Cruz announce a Presidential bid at this ‘important speech?’ The tension mounts…
Fox News reports:
Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz is set to deliver an “important speech” at a Virginia university...
The worst part? It was all about school politics.
Blake Neff of the Daily Caller reports.
College President Accused Of Pushing Fake Sex Harassment Claims
The president of Chicago State University pressured a high-level administrator at the school to file a bogus sexual harassment claim against a faculty member who criticized him.
According to new...
Hate college tours? You’re not alone. This could be the solution.
New Orleans, LA Local News reports.
Justin Bayer’s Big Idea: College tours with personal insight
Justin Bayer is on a mission to save college campus tours from boring.
Bayer has been on dozens of campus tours over the 12 years he spent working in...
So, half of the human beings on Earth are incapable of sexism? Good to know.
Kaitlyn Schallhorn of Campus Reform reported.
Female student: women can’t be sexist
Women cannot be sexist, a journalism student at Ohio University argued in a recent editorial.
In a guest column for the Post, OU’s student publication, Erin Davoran, a...
UNC just spent a lot of money to settle a complaint.
The Dartmouth Review reports.
UNC and Folt Settle with Willingham
When UNC learning support specialist Mary Willingham came forward with allegations that UNC had allowed sub-standard athletes to take non-existent courses, Chancellor Carol Folt was quick to respond — by attacking Willingham so...
Thankfully, their conference questioning Israel’s right to exist has been condemned as anti-semitic.
Patrick Sawer, and Jonny Paul report for The Telegraph:
University’s ‘anti-Semitic’ Israel conference condemned
A leading British university has been condemned for hosting a conference questioning Israel’s right to exist which critics say will legitimise anti-Semitism.
Pressure is growing on Southampton...
These students are lucky to have FIRE on their side.
David Deerson of the FIRE blog reports.
Media Report on Latest Stand Up For Speech Case: Censorship at Dixie State
Earlier in the month, students William Jergins, Joey Gillespie, and Forrest Gee filed a First Amendment lawsuit against Utah’s Dixie State University, the eighth...
Could a teacher be too Catholic to teach? Not at a public school, but a Catholic school!
Accuracy in Academia reports.
At NJ School, Chalk It up to Intolerance
Is it possible to be too Catholic to teach at Catholic school? New Jersey’s Immaculata High School thinks so. In a story that would be...
Evans obviously touched many lives with his work.
Greg Piper of the College Fix reports.
Honoring a luminary of the conservative college journalism movement
Vivian Hughbanks, a Hillsdale College student and our former intern at the Student Free Press Association, has written a short Townhall account from last Friday’s tribute to conservative college journalism...
Is it better to get the degree or dropout?
Forbes reports.
Is College Still Worth It?
Mark Zuckerberg. Bill Gates. Steve Jobs. Sir Richard Branson. These are some of the world’s most illustrious college dropouts. Of course, they’re also outliers – extraordinary individuals who probably didn’t need college to be successful in the first...
Apparently, social justice is a key component of being an effective writer.
Colleen Flaherty of Inside Higher Ed reports.
Write Privilege
TAMPA, Fla. — White privilege — the concept that whites benefit from structural racism in ways that similarly situated nonwhites don’t — has been hotly debated among academics for decades. But recent events...
Yesterday it was reported that a student from Reed College was banned from class because of his views on rape. Today, more details reveal the issue was not one of opinion, but one of behavior.
From our parent site, Legal Insurrection:
College student banished from class for his views on rape?
Yesterday, BuzzFeed News...
Sigma Chi is the latest fraternity to find itself suspended.
Michal Graczyk from the Associated Press reports for ABC News:
University of Houston Suspends Fraternity for Alleged Hazing
University of Houston officials are promising swift punishment, including expulsion and criminal charges, if allegations of hazing...
Of course they do. Nothing that happens at Berkeley surprises me anymore.
FOX News reported.
Student group demands California university rename building after convicted cop killer
A black student organization at the University of California at Berkeley is demanding the university rename a building on campus after Assata Shakur, a former Black Panther, convicted...
This is a tragic story.
NBC News reports:
University of South Carolina Fraternity Member Found Dead
A University of South Carolina fraternity member was found dead at an off-campus home, authorities said. The national organization of Pi Kappa Alpha has suspended the chapter.
Authorities identified the student as Charles Terreni Jr., 18, a freshman. Richland...
You can’t question rape culture in today’s academic environment. The narrative will not be challenged.
Blake Neff of the Daily Caller reported.
Student Barred From Class For Disputing Rape Statistics
A student at Reed College has been banned from class for denying the existence of “rape culture” in...
