Here’s another one of those stories you won’t hear about in the MSM.
Greg Piper of the College Fix reported.
Anti-abortion activists attacked and threatened by mob at U. of Oregon
This Daily Emerald headline – “Protestors damage graphic anti-abortion sign” – really downplays what happened this week at the University of Oregon:
Several students surrounded...
There is censorship at Boston College’s bookstore as it bans the entire “Fifty Shades of Grey” trilogy.
The Boston Globe reports.
Boston College Bookstore pulls ‘50 Shades’
The Boston College Bookstore will not be promoting Christian Grey. According to the campus newspaper The Heights, the store has decided to pull E.L. James’s S&M-themed bestseller...
I’ve never been a big math person so I’ll probably skip the festivities.
Kaitlin Mulhere of Inside Higher Ed reports.
Pi Day of the Century
Math’s annual day in the headlines is approaching, and this year, the spotlight is extra exact. That’s because Saturday is the most accurate Pi Day of the entire...
A major case of hate through graffiti has unfolded at John Jay College.
CBS Local New York reports.
Swastikas, Other Hate Graffiti Found On John Jay College Campus
Messages of hate were discovered this week on the campus of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice on the West Side of Manhattan.
Bigoted graffiti was...
Sounds good to me. Matthew Dragonette makes his case in a new post at the College Conservative.
America Needs a Constitutional Convention
America needs a constitutional discussion about the role and structure of government. From executive order abuse to overreaching legislative action, the federal government is straining the bounds of the Constitution. Eminent domain...
This is the kind of mistake no one wants to make.
Joshua Siegel reports for The Eagle:
Texas A&M admits to putting faculty, graduate assistants’ Social Security numbers and personal info online
Texas A&M may have inadvertently compromised personal data belonging to fewer than 5,000 university faculty members and graduate students, according to an...
If you’re looking for a way to keep your brain in tip top condition, consider writing in cursive.
Terre Haute, writes at Pal-Item:
Another view: Twists and turns of writing by hand
Those of a certain age can still see, in the classrooms of their minds, those oh-so-exact, even ornate, examples of proper handwriting...
If you go to Marquette, be sure not to cause anyone emotional discomfort.
Samantha Harris of the FIRE blog reports.
Speech Code of the Month: Marquette University
FIRE announces its Speech Code of the Month for March 2015: Marquette University.
This New York college wants to know the identities of students that posted offensive and threatening language on Yik Yak.
N.Y. college seeks identities of Yik Yak users
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The University of Rochester is demanding a social media site turn over the names, e-mail addresses and o...
Sometimes, students decide they don’t like a person that a campus building is named after and they make an effort to change it.
As Bernie Reeves of National Review points out, their choices are rather selective.
Campus Activists Airbrushing History
Colleges and universities across the country are victims of revenge politics, usually instigated by...
She is half the age of her classmates!
10-year-old UK girl begins college classes for math degree
She may love playing with her dolls and watching Disney movie “Frozen.”
But Esther Okade is unlike almost all other 10-year-old girls — she’s just started studying for a degree in math, reports CNN.
The British-Nigerian youngster enrolled...
I will never understand why California taxpayers put up with this at their public universities.
Gabriella Morrongiello of Campus Reform reported.
Public university opens taxpayer-funded campus center for illegal immigrants
Forget multicultural or women’s centers, a public university in California is debuting a new center for students residing in the country illegally called the...
Move along, nothing to see here… except that according to Fox News, “the school’s other co-founder, Hatem Bazian, who serves as the school’s chairman of academic affairs, has been accused of whipping up anti-Semitism on campuses across the nation through another organization he helped establish, the anti-Israel Students for Justice...
I thought this story would be over when the students behind the vote apologized, but there’s more.
Todd Starnes of FOX News reports.
Legislators love to wax poetic about defunding entities and seldom do. But South Carolina’s House made good on their defund promise.
From the AP Wire published on islandpacket.com:
SC House votes to defund higher education commission
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Commission on Higher Education could be forced to close next fiscal year under a...
With so many recent college graduates unemployed and suffocating under student loans, is college still a worth while investment?
R. Bowen Loftin, University of Missouri Chancellor writes in the Springfield News-Leader:
Loftin: Higher education is worth the investment
Choices define who we are, affecting our career goals, dreams and even how we handle challenges...
New York’s education reforms have left teachers feeling attacked and maligned by the system.
Elizabeth Ganga, Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy and Mareesa Nicosia write at The Journal News:
Education reform has teachers feeling under attack
Teachers are feeling under-appreciated and under attack.
A series of education reform proposals under consideration in Albany, along with an increased...
I’d get one of these immediately if I was a college student. What a handy resource to have.
The FIRE blog reports.
FIRE Releases New ‘Guide to Due Process and Campus Justice’
PHILADELPHIA, March 10, 2015—The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) is proud to announce the publication of the second edition of...
Another sad story caused by the higher ed bubble.
The Washington Post reports.
She got into her first-choice college. Then found out on Facebook it was closing.
Amelia Currin, a 17-year-old from rural North Carolina, survived all the stress of the college-admissions process — or so she thought. She writes ab...
It looks as though young journalists at the University of Wisconsin are preparing to join the MSM.
David Hookstead of the College Fix reported.
U. of Wisconsin campus paper fills pages with mostly anti-Scott Walker op-eds
Count by The College Fix finds roughly three times as many anti-Walker pieces than pro-Walker pieces in Wisconsin...
Campus carry hits Montana’s state house. Will it pass?
Charles S. Johnson reports at the Missoulian:
Bill for concealed carry on Montana campuses sparks debate
HELENA – Some legislators are trying again to pass a bill to allow people to carry concealed guns on Montana university campuses, even through Gov. Steve Bullock vetoed a...
Zaytuna College in Berkeley is now the first accredited Muslim college in America.
The Daily Caller reports.
California School Is Now USA’s Only Accredited Islamic College
A small college in California has become the country’s first accredited Muslim college.
The college, Zaytuna College in Berkeley, Calif.,...
