No college lectures and smoking on planes please.
New York Daily News reports.
SEE IT: Penn State-Abington professor arrested for ranting, smoking on Nicaragua-Miami flight
She couldn’t save it for the lecture hall.
A Pennsylvania college professor got arrested for launching into a recorded rant about U.S. relations with Venezuela halfway through a flight from...
This issue was put to bed at the school last year but the BDS activists won’t take no for an answer.
Matt Lamb of the College Fix reports.
Divestment resolution against Israel back on the table at Jesuit university
More support as a queer, feminist and black issue
Despite a veto from the student government...
He is the Ivy League food psychologist. He knows what makes you consume more calories.
Mother Jones reports.
This Fast-Food-Loving, Organics-Hating Ivy League Prof Will Trick You Into Eating Better
The Chicken Quesadilla Grande is calling to me. I am jet-lagged, starving, and fairly certain that a giant pile of melted cheese will dramatically...
Caleb Bonham of Campus Reform recently spoke with some students about their share of the national debt.
Take a look below.
VIDEO: Students shocked by their share of the national debt
Campus Reform hit...
Straight from the horse’s mouth.
Ed Morrissey writes for Hot Air:
Former Obama law prof: EPA is “burning the Constitution” with its CO2 regulations
What happens when two Constitutional law scholars collide? Usually, the more learned of the two prevails, but don’t bet on it in this case. Harvard University Professor Lawrence Tribe, described...
This could be a reality before you know it.
The Herald Tribune reports.
Concealed weapons on college campuses closer
TALLAHASSEE — Emotionally charged legislation that would allow concealed weapons on Florida’s college campuses gained momentum Monday, easily clearing a second Senate committee following impassioned testimony from gun control advocates and gun rights supporters.
The bill...
China is taking young talent from America’s tech giants.
Why one Ivy League grad turned down Amazon for a job in China
Fresh out of business school in the U.S., Belinda Chen had her pick of jobs — including a plum offer from Amazon. But she headed east instead to join online retailer...
This is hardly surprising. The last time we checked this story, the damage had topped $400,000.
USA Today reports.
Party’s over for frat after ski-resort rampage
The University of Michigan’s Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity has been permanently disbanded by its parent organization for not only wrecking a northern Michigan resort but also for not...
No need for a diploma to get a badge.
WTSP reports.
Sarasota police no longer require college degree
Sarasota, Florida-The Sarasota Police Department is running low on police officers there are 12 vacancies and more are expected due mostly to retirements.
“Over the next 4 years we’ll lose 38 officers,” says Sarasota Police Chief Bernadette...
As Inside Higher Ed reports, this deal is supposed to make it easier for students to move from school to school if they choose.
Crossing State Lines
California’s 112-campus community college system is making it easier for graduates to attend historically black colleges and universities across the country.
The system is launching a new...
This D.C. university gets the Title IX probe:
Nick Anderson reports for the Washington Post:
Feds launch a sexual violence investigation at American University
The U.S. Education Department has begun an investigation of how American University responds to sexual violence, officials disclosed Wednesday, pushing the total of colleges and universities under federal scrutiny...
A need to find meaning in one’s life and left wing indoctrination combined to create the atmosphere at UC Irvine.
Dennis Prager explains at Real Clear Politics.
Why UC Students Voted to Remove American Flag
Here are three reasons:
1. Outside of the natural sciences, math, and a few other departments, our universities are essentially...
This report from Ashley Dobson of Red Alert Politics should raise a few eyebrows.
Report: Department of Education still paying fired federal student loan debt collectors
Like a case of bed bugs, this is a problem the U.S. Department of Education can’t seem to get rid of.
Two of...
Further proof that bullying isn’t limited to boys and men.
FOX News reported.
5 university lacrosse players in Maryland accused of threatening teammates are suspended
Five women’s lacrosse players at the University of Maryland Baltimore County are accused of threatening freshman teammates in text messages and have been suspended indefinitely.
UMBC athletic director Tim Hall...
It’s heartening to see these students fighting back against such hatred.
Samantha Watkins of the College Fix reports.
Law students combat anti-Semitic incidents at Emory with legal help and advocacy
Following a string of anti-Semitic acts on campus, Emory University law students last month formed a campus chapter of the Louis D. Brandeis Center...
Here’s a thought. If you don’t like this college’s views on homosexuality, don’t go there.
Greg Piper of the College Fix reports.
Embattled evangelical college sticks with its defense of traditional sexuality
Gordon College near Boston isn’t changing its theological approach to sexuality, even at the risk of losing its accreditation.
The evangelical school found...
Anti-fossil fuel tree huggers are all riled up over Oxford University’s decision to defer endowment investment decisions.
Karl Mathiesen reports at The Guardian:
Students occupy Oxford university in fossil fuel divestment protest
Students occupied an administrative building at Oxford university on Monday in protest at the university’s decision...
The professor notes that anonymity can sometimes be a good thing.
Susan Kruth of the FIRE blog reports.
Education Prof Writes in Defense of Yik Yak and Online Anonymity
The popular phone app Yik Yak, which allows users to anonymously share comments with nearby app users, has been attacked by college administrators and student...
I really hope this isn’t true…
Ray Sanchez reports for CNN:
Penn State fraternity suspended over alleged nude Facebook pictures
(CNN)A Pennsylvania State University fraternity has been suspended after allegedly posting on a private Facebook page compromising photos of women, including some who appeared to be asleep or passed out.
The suspension of Kappa Delta...
It’s hard to imagine what possesses someone to do something so vile.
Kelly Halom of the Vanderbilt Hustler reports.
Administration, Hillel respond to swastika graffiti at AEPi
Early Saturday morning, two swastikas were spray-painted in the elevator of the Tau Chapter of Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity house, and another swastika was painted on a...
This Economist article argues it’s a matter of body chemistry.
The weaker sex
“IT’S all to do with their brains and bodies and chemicals,” says Sir Anthony Seldon, the master of Wellington College, a posh English boarding school. “There’s a mentality that it’s not cool for them...
This is great news. Now if we can just get every other school with free speech zones to do the same thing, we’ll be in good shape.
Victoria Webb of Campus Reform has the story.
U. of Georgia abandons free speech zones
The University of Georgia released a new free speech policy earlier this...
