This should go over well.
Michael Stratford of Inside Higher reports.
‘Bill of Rights’ for Student Borrowers
The Obama administration will announce Tuesday that it plans to create a centralized complaint system for federal student loan borrowers as well as a single Web site where they can manage their loan payments.
In remarks at the...
At least eight students were injured in the accident.
Carter Evans of CBS News reported.
Calif. university alarmed over collapse at roof party
Officials at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo are investigating a pre-St. Patrick’s Day party that ended when a roof collapsed. This comes after a recent crackdown on wild...
An Arizona budget deal has significant cuts to higher education.
Inside Higher Ed reports.
Killing All State Support
Arizona has a reputation for frugality with regard to state support for higher education, but a deal reached this week between Governor Doug Ducey and legislative leaders is leaving educators in the state stunned. The agreement...
The battle isn’t over yet, but this was a major step for the Catholic school.
David G. Savage of the Columbus Dispatch reported.
U.S. Supreme Court backs Notre Dame in Obamacare contraception case
The Supreme Court has revived the University of Notre Dame’s effort to shield itself from an Obama administration policy...
These colleges have the highest amount of students living on campus. Harvard leads with 99% of undergraduates living on campus.
U.S. News reports.
10 National Universities Where Students Usually Live on Campus
The U.S. News Short List, separate from our overall rankings, is a regular series that magnifies individual data points in hopes of...
Anti-gun students have taken up the tactics of the anti-Israel BDS movement. The natural question is, who gets targeted next?
Where does this end?
Pardes Seleh of Truth Revolt reported.
UCSA Votes To Divest From Gun Companies
According to a recent tweet from Campaign to Unload, an anti-gun-owning divestment campaign, the University of California Students...
The UC Irvine students who banned the American flag are now apologizing.
The College Fix reports.
UC Irvine students apologize, explain their decision to ban the American flag
Three members of a UC Irvine subcommittee that voted to ban the American flag on campus have apologized. In a statement posted on Facebook, they said:
Fellow...
Yes, they said some vile things, but that doesn’t justify expulsion.
Eugene Volokh writes at the Washington Post.
No, it’s not constitutional for the University of Oklahoma to expel students for racist speech [UPDATED in light of the students’ expulsion]
University of Oklahoma president David Boren said, “If I’m allowed to, these students will...
Firing someone for being rude seems a bit extreme.
Greg Piper of the College Fix reports.
Spanish professor to be fired for being ‘rude’ to guest lecturer
Marquette University’s John McAdams is being fired for publicly criticizing a graduate teaching instructor. Now he has company – sort of.
The University of North Georgia is moving...
The headline alone is pretty spectacular.
Al Jazeera Staff write:
Campus gun proponents slammed for ‘grotesque’ opportunism on student rape
Gun control advocates have swung out at an NRA-sponsored push to promote the proliferation of guns as a safeguard against campus sexual assault, saying so-called “campus carry” proposals amount to a “grotesque display...
In a new video from Prager University, British historian Andrew Roberts explains the history that led up to the war in Iraq.
There are some details I’d forgotten. Check it out.
Here’s more information:
Course Description
Why did America invade Iraq in 2003? Was it for oil? Or was it because Saddam Hussein was a...
A bomb threat at Broward College in Florida was recently investigated.
Luckily, the alarm turned out to be false.
Emily Miller from the Sun Sentinel reports.
Authorities investigate bomb threat at Broward College campuses
The Broward Sheriff’s Office is looking for the caller who made a bomb threat toward Broward College on Friday night that...
Who knew George Clooney was married to such an accomplished woman?
Kipp Jones of Breitbart reported.
Amal Clooney to Join Faculty at Columbia Law School
International human rights attorney Amal Clooney, wife of George Clooney, will lecture at Columbia Law School this spring as a visitor to the faculty and senior fellow with Columbia’s...
Party invitations can now be offensive too. Especially, at Harvard it seems.
The Harvard Crimson reports.
Spee Club Apologizes After Party Invitation Controversy
The Spee Club issued an apology on Thursday night after it circulated a controversial invitation promoting a party scheduled for Saturday night.
The invitation, which students received over em...
If you’re not familiar with Pat Condell, he’s a popular YouTube personality whose videos get hundreds of thousands of views.
In a new video, he addresses progressives and the suppression of free speech on college campuses.
Watch it all below.
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The University of Oklahoma dissolved ties with Sigma Alpha Epsilon today. The decision was rendered after a video surfaced showing members of SEA engaging in racist chants like, “there will never be a n***** SAE.”
Warning: Offensive language
Officials rule the game a ‘double forfeit.’
Via AP wire as reported by Click2Houston:
TSU releases statement after fight at women’s basketball game
HOUSTON –
Southern and Texas Southern were playing for the Southwestern Athletic Conference women’s basketball regular-season title Saturday night when a bench-clearing fight broke out midway through the second half.Officials ruled the...
When universities go into debt, guess who pays.
Cleveland.com reports.
Ohio public universities pile up debt for fancy facilities — and students pay, expert says
Ohio’s 14 public universities owe $6.5 billion for debt mostly created by what some education experts have called unnecessary campus building booms.
College officials say they have been constructing necessary...
A Progressive Republican Club? Students at the Progressive College Republican Club plan to change perceptions of conservatives with a more socially progressive platform.
The The Diamondback: The University of Maryland’s Independent Student Newspaper reports.
Senior political science major Bobby Lindsey is determined to change the Republican Party’s image, one issue at a time.
The...
It looks like they thought better of this idea.
CNN reports.
American flag ban vetoed by student leaders at University of California at Irvine
Student leaders at the University of California-Irvine vetoed a resolution on Saturday that would have banned hanging flags of any nation, including America’s Stars and Stripes, in the lobby of...
Cornell has classes ranging from a vast array of disciplines. A wine class is among them!
USA Today reports.
Voices: At Cornell, learning about wine is serious business
Day drinking can be a lot of fun, especially when you’re hanging out with a bunch of your classmates on campus. Wouldn’t it be even better...
What a mature way to express your point of view.
Blake Neff of the Daily Caller reported.
Missouri Students Erase Anti-Abortion Message, Brag On Twitter
Pro-abortion students at the University of Missouri vandalized anti-abortion messages at the school on Thursday, and then immediately took to Twitter to brag about their feat.
Mizzou Students for Life(SFL)...
