More and more college campuses are arming their police forces.
USA Today takes a look:
Universities increasingly arming their cops
For years, an increasing number of university police departments have been arming their officers to deal with threats posed by active shooters and the fear of encroaching criminal activity, according to law enforcement...
Imagine that. Due process rights for college students.
Jake New reports at Inside Higher Ed.
Fraternity Justice
Congressional Republicans on Wednesday introduced legislation designed to strengthen the due process rights of students accused of sexual assault and to prevent campus investigations from taking place unless a victim also reports the allegations to law enforcement....
64 lecturer positions were cut to save money.
The Chronicle of Higher Education reports:
Bergen Community College Cuts 64 Lecturer Positions to Save Money
Bergen Community College has cut 64 full-time lecturer positions in an effort to save money, The Record, a New Jersey newspaper, reports. The college says the move will...
Prager University is doing an extensive series on environmental issues this week which is why we’re featuring a second video from them.
In this video, Greenpeace co-founder Patrick Moore explains why climate change activists have got the whole thing wrong and why “climate denier” is such an offensive term.
This is great, watch...
Teaching quality is less important than the university name on the degree?
The Independent reports.
University world-ranking position is more important that quality of teaching when it comes to graduate employment, students tell survey
A university’s position in world rankings is more important than the quality of teaching it offers if graduates want to...
There’s too much misinformation on this subject out there.
Blake Neff of the Daily Caller reports.
Major Study On Campus Sex Assault Debunked
A college professor’s research on campus sexual assault that was used by the Obama administration to justify sweeping action on college sexual assault has been called into question in a pair...
There is liberal favoritism at the 8 Ivy League colleges.
National Law Journal
Professor Says Ivy League Stiffs Conservative Justices
Are the nation’s Ivy League schools giving short shrift to conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices when they confer honorary degrees? A survey by one law professor suggests the answer is yes, and that the...
I guess we now know where the College Democrats stand on this issue.
Nick Pappas of Breitbart reported.
College Democrats of America President Threatened With Impeachment, Attacked for Israel Support
The College Democrats of America (CDA) is in turmoil this week, with its president facing impeachment after being accused of pro-Israel allegiances and charged...
Thanks to Obamacare mandates, Wheaton College will no longer be offering student health care plans.
USA Today reports:
Wheaton College ends student health plans over birth control
WHEATON, Ill. (AP) — Wheaton College in suburban Chicago will stop offering health insurance plans to students beginning Friday in an effort to avoid providing birth control...
Wouldn’t it be wrong to suggest that gay students should be housed separately?
Matt Lamb reports at the College Fix.
Top-ranked university for LGBTQ students now lets them self-segregate in their own dorm
‘A safe space for those people who feel they need it’
One of the most gay-friendly universities in the country is becoming...
While some colleges might be studying prospective student social media history as an admission consideration, prospective students are beginning to do the same.
Forbes reports:
Starting The College Search From Your Smartphone
One thing drilled into every college applicant: What you put on social media may affect what a college thinks about you. But...
It didn’t take long for this plan to become a reality.
Michael Stratford reports at Inside Higher Ed.
Politics of Pell for Prisoners
The Obama administration’s plan to open up Pell Grants to some incarcerated students, which will be announced formally on Friday, is already drawing criticism from some Republicans.
The U.S. Department of Education...
The same thing is happening to college football.
ESPN reports.
Back to school: NBA coaches return to college ranks
Avery Johnson thumbed through a roster book at a recent recruiting stop, searching for a player’s biography while the night’s final game began. Tipoff was close to 10 p.m., a time when many of the...
According to a new report, minorities have a harder time getting out of college debt and accumulating wealth.
Sean Higgins of the Washington Examiner has the story.
Student debt undermining advantages of college for minorities
The average black household headed by a college graduate has a median wealth of $23,000, about $160,000 less than...
A large domestic and international network of libertarian students is being been created.
The Libertarian Republic reports.
Something Is Happening in the Student Liberty Movement… And It’s Big!
The two largest libertarian student organizations in the world, Students For Liberty (SFL) and Young Americans for Liberty (YAL), may soon be more connected then they...
It’s been a very bad year in the world of for-profit higher education.
CNN reports.
University of Phoenix is the latest college under investigation
The University of Phoenix, one of the largest for-profit colleges still operating, is the next one the government is going after for allegedly deceptive pr...
How would you like to pay for college using frequent-flyer miles?
Bloomberg reports:
In Canada, You Can Pay for College With Frequent-Flyer Miles
All those frequent-flyer points can pile up, especially now that airlines are making it harder than ever to redeem them for flights.
Why not spend them on something re...
Valdosta State isn’t paying out the $900K. another party is and that might actually be a good thing.
Greg Piper of the College Fix explains why.
Guess who’s paying for college’s $900,000 settlement with...
Just how “expert” is an expert that struggles to answer questions about the sources that define his theory?
Reason writes:
Campus Rape Expert Can’t Answer Basic Questions About His Sources
David Lisak’s serial predator theory of campus rape has made him a celebrity. Once a virtually unknown associate professor at the University of Massachusetts-Boston,...
Can you blame them? There are so many nutty codes and laws, their lives must be hell.
Ashe Schow of the Washington Examiner reports.
No more campus sexual assault legislation, begs national group of college administrators
Colleges don’t need any more sexual assault laws or policies, says Kevin Kruger, president of NASPA — Student...
About a quarter of the students were on the school’s health coverage.
The Chicago Tribune reports.
Wheaton College ends student health coverage over contraception mandate
Wheaton College will stop providing any health insurance for students to avoid complying with the government’s controversial contraception mandate.
The decision, announced July 10 and going into effect Friday, will...
Remember when the Hillary Clinton campaign was corralling the press with ropes?
The College Republicans of New Hampshire have a fix for that and they’re sharing the technology with journalists.
This is hilarious.
The NH College Republicans are giving
journalists "First Amendment Scissors" to cut any white rope that
may appear. pic.twitter.com/WSECkd8Fze
— Dan Merica...
