Arizona State also has the highest student loan default rate in the nation.
The AZ Central reports.
Arizona’s college graduation rate is lowest in nation
WASHINGTON – Arizona tied Alaska for the lowest college completion rate in the country in 2013, with just 29 percent of students able to earn a four-year degree in...
A language guide at UNH is supposed to point out biases.
Peter Hasson of Campus Reform reports.
Bias-Free Language Guide claims the word ‘American’ is ‘problematic’
American,” “illegal alien,” “foreigners,” “mothering,” and “fathering” are just a handful of words deemed “problematic” by the University of New Hampshire’s Bias-Free Language Guide.
According to...
Will tracking down students who’ve unknowingly earned an associates degree encourage them to continue their education? The University of Texas thinks so.
The Texas Tribune writes:
Program Aims to Give College Credit Where it’s Due
Across Texas, tens of thousands of students have earned enough college credit for an associate degree without knowing it....
Students who don’t like to take standardized tests will no longer be required to do so if they’re applying to George Washington University.
Nick Anderson reports at the Washington Post.
George Washington University applicants no longer need to take admissions tests
George Washington University dropped its testing requirement for most freshman admissions Monday, becoming...
This is troubling to say the least.
NBC San Diego reports:
A man dressed in a crop top, miniskirt and blonde wig sexually assaulted ano...
In a new video from Prager University, Greenpeace co-founder Patrick Moore explains that he left the organization because it became politicized and anti-science.
Watch below.
Here’s more information:
Course Description
Patrick Moore explains why he helped to create Greenpeace, and why he decided to leave it. What began as a mission to improve the environment...
From college back to high school for some recent grads. This time from another perspective.
Lansing State Journal reports.
Recent college grads being deployed as high school advisers
Two words likely to strike fear into the hearts of any high school student eyeing college or trade school. But figuring out how to pay is...
People in American prisons may be able to earn a college degree if proponents of this plan get their way.
Joe Palazzolo reports at the Wall Street Journal.
Philanthropists, Lawmakers Behind New Push for College Education in Prison
Philanthropy groups and lawmakers are giving college education for prisoners a fresh look, as criminal-justice policies...
The plastic card is not the best choice.
Time Money reports.
Why Bank Accounts Are Better Than Credit Cards for College Kids
If you want your college student to learn money management skills, get him or her a checkbook instead of a credit card.
In fact, a recent survey of 42,000 first-year college students found...
The University of California system is going a little crazy with gender identity choices on their applications.
Jacob Kohlhepp reports at the College Fix.
Calif. students now given six ‘gender identity’ choices on college admissions applications
Questions about gender identity and sexual orientation have been added to admissions applications used by the University of...
The study will also dig into stalking and dating violence.
The El Paso times reports:
University of Texas launches system-wide study on sexual assault
The University of Texas System is launching a multiyear study of sexual assault and dating violence on its campuses, including the University of Texas at El Paso.
The effort aims to...
It looks like there’s more publicity and trouble for Trump on the horizon.
CNN reports.
Donald Trump still battling lawsuits from defunct Trump University
Presidential candidate Donald Trump wants to “Make America Great Again!” Before he can do that, he has to answer to allegations that his now-defunct Trump University was a scam.
Trump is...
Another win for the pro-BDS crowd on college campuses.
A debate urging the adoption of the the State Department’s definition of anti-Semitism has been squashed in favor of a broader discussion on tolerance at the University of California.
This is Salon’s side of the story:
A win for activists in University of California’s...
The gift was part of a donor’s will but he recently cut it over the Tim Hunt controversy.
Dave Huber reports at the College Fix.
College cut out of over $1.5 million in donor’s will due to treatment of Nobel scientist Tim Hunt
A alumnus of University College London h...
Why do so many institutions of higher education seem to have this problem?
The FIRE blog reports.
Due Process Duly Unavailable at UD
This month, the University of Delaware (UD) changed its sexual misconduct procedures from a full hearing to a one-on-one investigation by a “trained professional,”...
This sounds like something out of a movie but it’s a real story from the Telegraph UK.
Three scientists investigating melting Arctic ice may have been assassinated, professor claims
A Cambridge Professor has made the astonishing claim that three scientists investigating the melting of Arctic ice may have been assassinated within the space...
Traditional retirements are now unusual among professors.
Press-Citizen reports.
Colleges face growing costs from ‘reluctant retirees’
Having worked 35 years at the University of Iowa, Betsy Altmaier was absolutely “ready for a new environment” on May 15, her last day as a professor.
With changes on the horizon in her field and college, Altmaier decided...
This is a pretty bad sign for the Democratic Party in 2016.
Mariana Barillas reports at Campus Reform.
DNC speaks to empty College Democrat event
Emphasizing the importance of Millennial voters in upcoming elections, progressive activists spoke to a nearly empty auditorium at the College Democrats of America annual conference on Friday.
Despite offering a...
A summer immersion program targeting minority, first-generation students is attempting to improve retention and graduation rates.
The Lafayette Journal & Courier reports:
Wabash College gives minority students ‘head start’
While driving around Crawfordsville during a recent visit to Wabash College, Byshup Rhodes noticed the Confederate flags hoisted above porches and displayed in windows.
“You see...
Just what academia needs. More unions.
The Daily Chronicle reports.
Northern Illinois University workers forming union
A group of 645 Northern Illinois University workers have signed petitions to unionize.
The move follows what many in the group of clerical, paraprofessional, technical and administrative employees lament as years of working without pay increases.
The workers are organizing...
Yet another college moves to disassociate itself from Bill Cosby.
CNN reports:
Spelman College discontinues professorship funded by Cosbys
Atlanta (CNN)Spelman College, a historically black women’s school in Atlanta, has officially terminated a professorship endowed by actor Bill Cosby and his wife Camille.
While the university did not cite a reason, the move comes one...
You can imagine some parents getting carried away with this.
Dave Huber reported at the College Fix.
Keeping on top of your kids’ grades online: boon or bane?
Another school year is right around the corner, and school districts and colleges across the country seek to improve communication between teachers/professors and parents/students.
A few days...
