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June, 2015  (Page 4)

The Newest Victims on Campus: Gluten-Free Students

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Posted by    Monday, June 22, 2015 at 11:00am

As Eric Owens of the Daily Caller reports, at least two American colleges have given gluten-free students their own separate dining area.

Fancypants Colleges Segregate Gluten-Free Students

Two fancypants liberal arts colleges in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pa. are now segregating students who have been diagnosed with celiac disease‎ and students who have...

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Sweet Briar Saved as Settlement is Reached

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Posted by    Monday, June 22, 2015 at 9:30am

Saved! The door is not closing for this college!

WRIC reports.

Sweet Briar saved: Settlement reached to keep university open

Richmond, VA – Saving Sweet Briar, Inc., the non-profit group formed to save Sweet Briar College, celebrated today the announcement of a settlement agreement that will save Sweet Briar College.

On Saturday, Attorney General Mark...

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U. Wisconsin Residence Hall Features ‘Heterosexual Privilege’ Bulletin Board

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Posted by    Monday, June 22, 2015 at 8:00am

Who has the time to even think this stuff up? Don’t these students have classes to attend?

Bethany Salgado reports at Campus Reform.

‘Heterosexual privilege’ board displayed in Univ. of Wisconsin residence hall

Heterosexual privilege” is the newest trend beginning at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW) thanks to a bulletin board exhibited in one...

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How Every Student At This Inner-City High School Is Going To College

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Posted by    Sunday, June 21, 2015 at 5:00pm

More success stories like this, please!

Here and Now reports:

Every Student At This Inner-City High School Is Going To College

For the eighth year in a row, the entire senior class at Verbum Dei High School – an all-male college and career preparatory Jesuit high school in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles...

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Campus Speech Codes Causing Political Disengagement Among Some Millennials

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Posted by    Sunday, June 21, 2015 at 3:30pm

This is what happens when people are afraid to speak their minds.

From the FIRE blog.

The ‘Chilling Effect’ in Action: Campus Speech Codes and Political Disengagement

By one measure, millennials are the United States’ least politically engaged generation, with voter turnout rates 20–30 percent lower than other age groups. And within that age...

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Mid-Continent University Plans to Sell Campus

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Posted by    Sunday, June 21, 2015 at 2:00pm

Anyone in the market for a college campus?

Lexington’s NBC affiliate shares the AP Wire story:

Bankrupt Mid-Continent University plans to sell campus

MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) – Leaders of the bankrupt and shuttered Mid-Continent University plan to put the campus up for sale.

The Paducah Sun reports (http://bit.ly/1QGlA9F ) the university’s...

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Prof Suggests Charleston Killer Won’t be Called a Terrorist Because He’s White

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Posted by    Sunday, June 21, 2015 at 12:30pm

What a divisive and inaccurate thing to say after such a horrible event.

Dave Huber reports at the College Fix.

Prof: ‘Power of whiteness’ means S. Carolina killer won’t be called ‘terrorist’

Anthea Butler, associate professor of religion and Africana studies at the University of Pennsylvania, says that the murderer of n...

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‘Genius Girl’ Enrolled at Harvard and Stanford Was a Hoax

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Posted by    Sunday, June 21, 2015 at 11:00am

This lie became an international scandal involving two elite universities and Mark Zuckerberg?

The Washington Post reports.

Harvard-Stanford admissions hoax becomes international scandal

The Korean math prodigy at one of the nation’s top high schools had Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg on the phone, personally encouraging the teenager to attend...

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Report Says Dylann Roof Planned to Attack a College

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Posted by    Sunday, June 21, 2015 at 9:30am

Since most colleges are gun free zones, any such attack would have been devastating.

The Associated Press reported.

Man Accused of Church Killings Spoke of Attacking College

A black drinking buddy of the white man accused of killing nine people at a Charleston church says the suspect told him a week earlier that he...

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Audit Reveals Trustee of College of DuPage Breached Ethics Policy

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Posted by    Sunday, June 21, 2015 at 8:00am

What did this trustee do?

The Chicago Tribune reports.

Audit: College of DuPage trustee Hamilton breached ethics policy

An internal audit, conducted during a contentious board of trustees campaign, found that College of DuPage Chairwoman Katharine Hamilton violated the school’s ethics policy by using her position to help political allies win seats on the...

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Indian Law School Uses ‘Mx’ For Students Who Don’t Identify as ‘Mr.’ or ‘Ms.’

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Posted by    Saturday, June 20, 2015 at 5:00pm

NALSAR University of Law in Hyderabad India seems to have found a solution for those that can’t figure out their preferred pronoun.

Imaan Sheikh writes at BuzzFeed:

This University Agreed To Use “Mx.” On Diplomas For Students Who Don’t Identify As A “Mr.” Or “Ms.”

What makes this certificate gender-neutral is...

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ASU Spends $500K to Host Clinton Conference While Other Universities Got it for Free

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Posted by    Saturday, June 20, 2015 at 3:30pm

Just another thing to keep in mind the next time Hillary starts talking about income inequality.

David Hookstead of the College Fix reports.

ASU spent $500K to host Clinton conference – but other universities got it for free

Several campuses hosted Clinton Global Initiative University for free. So why did ASU shell out a...

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How the Watchdogs of Higher Education are Failing the System

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Posted by    Saturday, June 20, 2015 at 2:00pm

What good is accountability if no one is ever held accountable?

From the Wall Street Journal:

The Watchdogs of College Education Rarely Bite

Most colleges can’t keep their doors open without an accreditor’s seal of approval, which is needed to get students access to federal loans and grants. But accreditors hardly ever kick out...

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U. Maryland Prof Blames “American Sniper” for Charleston Shooting

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Posted by    Saturday, June 20, 2015 at 12:30pm

Must every incident of violence be politicized by the left?

The Social Memo reported.

Professor Blames “American Sniper” for Charleston Shooting

aheem Younus, an Associate Professor at the University of Maryland, believes that films like “American Sniper,” as well as Fox News, are at fault for the tragic shooting in Charleston that left...

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Either the College Board is Lying or the SAT is 30 Percent Too Long

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Posted by    Saturday, June 20, 2015 at 11:00am

An analysis of what went wrong with this June’s SAT.

Forbes reports.

Either the College Board Is Lying, Or the SAT Is Too Long

A printing error on the June SAT gave some students an...

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Conformity of Campus Thought Through Diversity

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Posted by    Saturday, June 20, 2015 at 9:30am

The editors of the New York Post have noticed that we have a little problem on college campuses.

The ‘don’t you dare say that’ drive for campus ‘diversity’

Faculty leaders at a top US university system are being told to avoid such offensive statements as “America is the land of opportunity,” “Everyone can...

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Cuesta College Employee Charged with Data Breach

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Posted by    Saturday, June 20, 2015 at 8:00am

The breach exposed private information of college staff.

San Luis Obispo reports.

Cuesta College employee charged in data breach; husband charged in drug case

UPDATE 4:40 p.m.: The San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office announced Thursday it has filed charges against Lacey and Chad Fowler.

Lacey Fowler has been charged with a felony count...

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Microsoft Will Fund Program Between Chinese University and U. of Washington

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Posted by    Friday, June 19, 2015 at 6:30pm

Good? Bad? Does it matter? You be the judge.

Stephanie Mlot writes at PC Magazine:

Microsoft Funds Joint University Program

The University of Washington and China’s Tsinghua University have teamed up to create the Global Innovation Exchange, or GIX.

Just 10 miles from the UW campus in Seattle, the new institute will feature computing and...

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Minnesota State May Raise Tuition by 3.4 Percent

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Posted by    Friday, June 19, 2015 at 5:00pm

This is bad news for the students. Couldn’t the school find something to cut?

The Star Tribune reports.

Minnesota state university students may see 3.4 percent tuition hike

Students at Minnesota’s seven state universities would pay an average of $233 more in tuition starting this fall — 3.4 percent more than last year —...

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What’s Really Happening On College Campuses

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Posted by    Friday, June 19, 2015 at 3:30pm

These little petri dishes of progressivism we fondly refer to as “College” seem to be getting nastier by the week. What’s really happening on our college campuses?

Katie Jerkovich writes at The Grizz:

WTH Is Happening On College Campuses

Maybe when you went to college it was a place for free thinkers with exciting...

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Anti-Capitalist Prof Makes Students Buy His Book

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Posted by    Friday, June 19, 2015 at 2:00pm

Umm, shouldn’t he be giving his book away for free?

The College Fix reports.

Anti-capitalist professor makes students buy his book, then ignores it in class

‘A socialist who is truly a capitalist feeding on the naivetés of college students’

A government professor at Columbia University has been accused of exempting his own financial interest...

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Are Humanities Degrees Really Doomed?

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Posted by    Friday, June 19, 2015 at 12:30pm

Students are ditching the humanities for job prospects.

The Wall Street Journal reports.

Are Humanities Degrees Doomed? Experts Weigh In.

Humanities majors at Harvard are becoming harder to find.

Students, worried about landing a job post-graduation, fear humanities degrees don’t hold the value they once did in a rapidly changing job market, the Journal reports.

Humanities...

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