An Auburn University lab tech allegedly used the university’s license to procure date rape drugs.
Fox News reports:
Auburn University lab tech sold date rape drug, police say
A chemistry lab technician at Auburn University was arrested Friday after allegedly selling a large amount of date rape drug, police say.
Police Chief Paul Register told...
Perhaps they were just concerned about getting falsely accused of rape.
Susan Svrluga of the Washington Post reports.
That’s a lot of studying! One in four Harvard students say they never had sex there.
Doesn’t this sound just a little bit lonely? The Harvard Crimson surveyed seniors shortly before graduation, as they do every...
The University of North Carolina system made some substantial changes to their degree offerings.
Time Warner Cable News reports the AP Wire story:
UNC System Drops 46 Degree Programs, Consolidates 10 Others
CHAPEL HILL — The University of North Carolina system has decided to discontinue 46 academic degree programs and consolidate 10 others.
The...
John Stossel has a new column at Reason which is worth a read. I think he makes an excellent point.
Don’t Go to College!
It’s graduation time! Have we learned much? No.
College has become a scam.
Some students benefit: those with full scholarships and/or rich parents so they don’t go deep into debt, those...
There’s no better way to endear yourself to taxpayers than to demand that they give more. Right?
Greg Piper of the College Fix reports.
Oregon students arrested for trying to steal money from taxpayers
Under Oregon law, if tax collections are 2 percent or more above initial projections, the extra money goes back to...
This generation will be studied for years to come. So many people have degrees but can’t find work.
Newsweek reports.
Millennial College Graduates: Young, Educated, Jobless
This spring, an estimated 2.8 million university graduates will enter the U.S. workforce with bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees just as America’s unemployment rate hits its lowest level...
This is an interesting app.
Science Daily reports.
Smartphone app predicts GPA
If you’re a college student wondering how your study and party habits will affect your GPA, wonder no longer. Dartmouth researchers and their colleagues have built the first app that automatically predicts college students’ grade point average based on their smartphone data.
The...
I’m trying to think of any other job where you wouldn’t get fired for saying such a thing.
The Independent reports.
Bahar Mustafa: Goldsmiths Students’ Union diversity officer to keep...
The Boston University professor embroiled in controversy over tweets where she referred to white men as a, “problem population,” was also accused of intentional insensitivity towards a student and rape victim.
Reason has the student’s side of the story:
Boston U. Prof ‘Absolutely Knew’ She Was Taunting a Rape Survivor, Survivor Alleges
Incoming...
After the Rolling Stone controversy and the resulting lawsuits, administrators at UVA must be relieved.
T. Rees Shapiro of the Washington Post reports.
A tumultuous year for U-Va. comes to a close, with sighs of relief
CHARLOTTESVILLE — At the University of Virginia’s commencement exercises, graduates of the Class of 2015 received their diplomas,...
Evidently, traditional graduation gowns and mortarboards are “elitist.” Critics of Oxford’s traditional fare were recently outvoted though.
The Guardian reports:
Oxford University students vote to keep ‘archaic’ subfusc academic dress
Exams are stressful, even without having to balance a mortarboard on your head.
Yet Oxford University students, in what may be a testament to their...
In a new video from Prager University, writer Bret Stephens analyzes this question and the alternatives.
Watch it all below.
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Should America be the world’s policeman? Does the world even need a policeman? Or would humanity be better off if America weren’t the dominant military superpower? Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and...
Is the B.A. worth it?
U.S. News reports.
Community College Continues to Pay Off for Some Grads
Two years ago my colleague Jon Marcus wrote about surprising research showing that many community college grads were out-earning bachelor’s degree holders. It was particularly true for those with vocational two-year degrees, in fields such as air-traffic...
According to Eric Owens of the Daily Caller, it just might be. He makes a compelling case.
Is This Taxpayer-Funded University The Academic Porn Capital Of The World?
For the second consecutive year, the University of California, Santa Barbara is making a strong case that it is the academic porn capital of America,...
Major growth for Columbia online.
Inside Higher Ed reports.
Ed-tech start-up Ranku pitches increased online enrollments sans marketing dollars
Columbia University’s engineering school is experiencing a surge of interest in its online programs after partnering with a start-up that promises to find universities the online students they should be enrolling in the first place.
The...
This story is unbelievable. The guy is a war veteran who has PTSD.
Gabriella Morrongiello of Campus Reform has the story.
Student vet with PTSD suspended, labeled ‘threat’ to peers after requesting to meet with non-Muslim counselor
Months after the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) pledged to improve its treatment of veterans, disabled...
A professor from Temple University was charged with four counts of wire fraud and arrested last week.
Business Insider posted the AP Wire story:
A Temple University professor faces 80 years in prison over charges that he passed tech secrets to China
The chairman of Temple University’s physics department schemed to provide U.S....
And he’s a flag stomper. How charming. I guess this is how higher education opens one’s mind.
Chuck Ross of the Daily Caller reports.
Valdosta State Student Who Stomped US Flag Wants To Kill All White People
Eric Sheppard, the Valdosta State University student who was confronted last month by an Air Force veteran...
Incensed over Oxford University’s plan to divest from oil sands and coal, some 70 alum symbolically gave back their degrees.
From Clean Technica:
Oxford University Divestment Plans Yields No Support From Alum
Oxford University announced last week its intentions to divest from coal and oil sands companies, however, almost 70 Oxford alumni have criticized...
This is a very inspirational story. Congratulations to this young man.
Liz Klimas of the Blaze reports.
College Football Player Who Was Paralyzed His Freshman Year Just Graduated. See the Two Amazing Things He Did Over the Weekend.
More than four years ago, Chris Norton made a tackle on a kickoff that would change...
No talking about God at school!
Accuracy in Academia reports.
School Bans “God” From Homework
Mackenzie Fraiser may be a sixth grader, but she knows more about her constitutional rights than Somerset Academy. The Las Vegas school took a big gamble when it told a 12-year-old girl to drop God from a paper for...
What’s the point of going to college if you end up being unable to support yourself?
From Yahoo News.
Half of college graduates expect to be supported by their families
American college graduates — and their parents — appear to be increasingly reluctant to cut the financial apron strings.
About half of students expect to...
