The conservative student group was trying to make a point but the administration wasn’t buying it.
FOX News reports.
College conservatives’ ‘murder-free zone’ a no-go on Oregon campus
It was supposed to be a stunt to point out the silliness of banning unwanted activity by decree, but a college conservative group in Oregon was...
The faculty protested and voted no-confidence against the president. Take a look at what is going on at this California campus.
89.3 KPCC reports.
Pasadena City College placed on probation following accreditation review
After visiting the campus in March, the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges found significant problems with how Pasadena City...
We’re from the government and we’re here to help.
Eric Owens of the Daily Caller reported.
Federal Government Grants $300K To Make Engineering Classes ‘LGBTQ-Affirming’
The National Science Foundation is granting almost $300,000 in taxpayer funds for a two-year “diversity research” study examining aspects of engineering culture that serve as “impediments” to increased numbers...
This powerful Democrat preaches Common Core except for his kids.
The Daily Caller reports.
Obama’s Education Secretary Loves Common Core For Your Kids, BUT NOT HIS
Education Secretary Arne Duncan’s wife has moved to Chicago so the couple’s two daughters can attend the University of Chicago Lab School, arguably the most elite private school...
It doesn’t sound like the professor has thought this plan through very well.
Katherine Timpf reported at National Review.
Professor’s Manifesto: Vegans Must Illegally Overthrow Society to Save the World
A professor at the University of Texas at El Paso wrote a manifesto saying that animal-rights activists must rise up...
A temporary agreement concerning student loan debt has been reached between the Department of Education and students of the now closed Corinthian College.
The Hill reports:
Corinthian College students reach agreement with Education Dept.
The Department of Education has agreed to suspend all judicial actions to collect on student loan debt from former...
Colleges should be completely transparent when it comes to policies on such sensitive subjects.
Greg Piper of the College Fix reports.
Regents grow a pair and demand review of UMinn’s new ‘affirmative consent’ standard for sex
We noted earlier this week that the University of Minnesota’s new regents were making trouble for the administration...
I’m sure museums will be thrilled.
National Review’s David French writes:
Professor Calls for Punishing Private Confederate Flag Displays as a “Hate Crime”
We’re officially at the “can you top this” stage of the Confederate flag debate, where the intolerant Left competes to make the most extreme cultural and legal demands. As Memphis votes...
It’s nice to get good news like this from a blue state once in a while.
If there’s anyone who deserves a break on college tuition, it’s the men and women who have volunteered to defend America.
Letty Burgin of Campus Reform reported.
Vermont offers in-state tuition to vets
Veterans from around the country will...
In case you were wondering, it took the school 4 hours to count them all.
USA Today reports.
Student pays parking fines with 11,000 pennies in protest of funding allocations
Most students groan and begrudgingly pay (or procrastinate on paying) their parking tickets. But Stephen Coyle, a 26 year-old rising senior at the University...
It sounds like the building needed the work.
WOWKTV reported.
Marshall University spending $500,000 to renovate president’s house
Marshall University is taking advantage of the fact the president’s house is currently vacant and undertaking some long-overdue renovations and upgrades.
Marshall Spokeswoman Ginny Painter said the $500,000 project will correct some structural issues and bring the...
Want tenure? You better pass the “Diversity” and “Inclusion” litmus test.
National Association of Scholars reports.
“Diversity” and “Inclusion” Litmus Tests for Tenure
When a faculty member goes up for promotion and tenure, he prepares to have his whole academic career put under the microscope. That’s appropriate for the prospect of lifetime job security...
The same media that protected Obama’s sealed academic records now wants to make an issue out of Scott Walker’s lack of them.
Are people supposed to interpret this article by Nicholas Carnes and Naom Lupu in any other way? Media bias against Republicans isn’t just real, it’s stunning.
Scott Walker didn’t finish college....
Beware of falling bears.
The Independent reports:
Tranquilized bear falls out of a tree on Colorado university campus, becomes second bear to do this in three years
A university in Colorado was forced to call authorities on Friday when a two year old bear was spotted high up in a tree.
The authorities waited...
You wouldn’t want to encounter one of these on a nature hike.
The LA Times reported.
Mountain lion spotted near Stanford University
Watch out budding tech moguls, there is a large furry feline roaming near Stanford University’s campus.
A mountain lion was spotted on the south side of the university, near Gerona Road and Junipero...
What’s in a name? Money, apparently.
The Huffington Post reports an AP wire story:
Switching From A College To A University Could Mean More Money, More Students
CASTLETON, Vt. (AP) — What’s in a name? For colleges looking to gain prestige along with more students and precious out-of-state tuition dollars, plenty.
Faced with declining enrollment,...
The professor made his opinion known in a piece at Salon but I’ll refer you to this report from Blake Neff of the Daily Caller.
Prof: Make Confederate Flag A Hate Crime
“Let’s make the Confederate flag a hate crime: It is the American swastika and we should recoil from it in horror.”
So...
Being off and on a deficit is something this school has struggled with for decades.
KWCH 12 reports.
Bethany College on probation for financial problems
Bethany College found out this week the school is on probation because it’s finances are not in order. For decades the school h...
History has finally caught up to one of the best known progressives.
Dave Huber reports at the College Fix.
The name change craze continues: Add Woodrow Wilson to the list
A history teacher at (Woodrow) Wilson High School in Portland, Oregon is demanding that the school change its name.
Hyung Nam tweeted “(Expletive) Wilson and...
Walker has another big victory!
The Daily Caller reports.
Walker Wins: New Budget Will Repeal University Tenure
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is poised to win a huge victory on education as the state legislature passed a budget that repeals state tenure guarantees while also slashing the budget of the University of Wisconsin.
The victory was...
Also caught up in the confederate flag deabte — Dixie State University. Supporters say, “name honors Mormon settlers from south and is separate from the history of slavery.”
The Guardian reports:
Utah’s Dixie State university back in focus as Confederate flags come down
Amid the removal of Confederate flags from public property and displays...
I took a sociology course in college and I wish my professor had done this.
What a boring subject.
Jacqueline Thomsen of Inside Higher Ed reports.
Celebrations, Not Tests
Students entering a classroom to take a test can be filled with a sense of dread. But in one classroom at Baylor University, students in some...
