Ghost authors exist in academia.
Inside Higher Ed reports.
Who Gets Credit?
CHICAGO — If you are reading a research paper, and scan the authors (in some disciplines, an increasingly long list), do you know who played a meaningful role in the work?
Probably not, according to research released here Saturday at the annual meeting...
Everyone is talking about the heroes who stopped the terror attack on a French train and rightly so, but apparently there was another man who helped; a college professor.
The FOX News Insider reported.
French-American Professor Was Shot Trying to Take Down Train Gunman
Another hero has emerged in the French train attack: a...
Sweet Briar College was set to close but alumnae and friends took swift action.
FOX News reports.
Saving Sweet Briar: Women’s college alumnae stave off shutdown, buy time for new president
Students are returning to classes at Sweet Briar College, months after the women’s college in the foothills of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains seemed...
This is certainly a creative way of dealing with the rising cost of tuition.
Natalie Sportelli of Forbes reports.
Meet The Millennials Crowdfunding Their College Tuition
Christopher Pena is a rising sophomore at the College of Saint Rose and, like millions of other college students, he grapples with enormous tuition bills. Even after grants,...
Increasing college attendance is no guarantee of generating more prosperity.
National Review reports.
The Tragedy of “College for All”
Phi Beta Cons readers are well aware that state and federal policymakers’ drive to increase college access has had disastrous effects. Student debt has increased; academic standards have slipped; many colleges have focused more on...
Kudos to Bob Goodlatte of Virginia for standing up for free speech on campus.
Meghan Keenan of Red Alert Politics reports.
Rep. Bob Goodlatte tells 160 colleges to change their speech policies to comply with the First Amendment
House Judiciary Committee chairman Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) sent a letter to 160 colleges with “restrictive”...
Student activists at Ohio University might learn the hard way that you can’t go around making blanket accusations.
The College Fix reports.
Fraternity accused of ‘raping girls’ can sue student activists for libel, professor says
Advice to student activists: If you’re going to accuse an entire organization of “raping girls,” you’d better have a...
Hillary Clinton is promoting plans for dealing with college debt but Bruce Bialosky of Townhall has a lesson for her.
Free College Is Not Free, Hillary
I hate to kick a lady when she is down, but once again Hillary has forced me to respond to her. This time it is her recent...
Classes haven’t even started up yet, but the USC College Republican President is already defending himself.
The College Fix reports.
Accused of discrimination and white privilege, USC College Republicans president fights back
“Fight On” is the fight song of the University of Southern California, and it’s a mantra USC College Republicans President Jacob Ellenhorn...
A page on the Rutgers University website said ‘There’s no such thing as free speech’ but has been changed since The Liberty Standard filed this report yesterday.
Rutgers University Says There is No Such Thing As Free Speech
Rutgers University has reached a new low by declaring on their website that “There is...
This dam is eventually going to break and all bets will be off.
Zero Hedge reports.
7 Million People Haven’t Made A Single Student Loan Payment In At Least A Year
Of course one reason no one is panicking – yet – is that the severity of the problem is masked by artificially suppressed...
According to Matt Krupnick of the Hechinger Report, this is going to become the norm in many states.
Californians increasingly can’t get into state’s public colleges
They were once the envy of the world for the access they offered to high-quality education for all students at a low price. But California’s public colleges...
The information could be used against students applying for admission and financial aid.
Inside Higher Ed reports.
Ending the FAFSA List
The U.S. Department of Education plans to end its longstanding practice of giving colleges certain student information that some institutions may use against students as they apply for admission and financial aid.
Starting next...
This development is starting to raise red flags for many who are concerned about student loan debt.
Josh Mitchell reports at the Wall Street Journal.
Grad-School Loan Binge Fans Debt Worries
Virginia Murphy borrowed a small fortune to attend law school and pursue her dream of becoming a public defender. Now the Florida resident...
Nothing new, but just expansion of the status quo. Raise taxes and add to the national debt.
New York Post reports.
Hillary’s ‘cure’ for college costs only spreads the disease
Millennials are used to empty promises from policymakers seeking our support for their proposals. Unfortunately for millions of us facing higher college tuitions and...
The higher ed bubble. Coming soon to a state near you.
Nola.com reports.
Louisiana is already cutting its state budget and, again, higher education takes the hit
Louisiana lawmakers — a mere six weeks into the current state budget cycle — are already being forced to cut $4.6 million from higher education and other...
Now there is “scientific proof” that the Iran deal was negotiated by the worst Secretary of State.
Newsmax reports.
Kerry Rated Worst Secretary of State by Foreign Policy Profs
John Kerry was at the bottom of the list of academics’ picks for the most effective U.S. secretary of state in the past 50 years,...
Study of the performing arts in higher education sure has changed.
Katherine Timpf reports at National Review.
College Freshmen Required to Attend a Musical about How to Not Rape Each Other
All freshmen at Indiana University at Bloomington have to attend a musical performance teaching them them how to not rape each other as...
We there no U.S. citizens who were worthy of such a tremendous advantage?
Peter Fricke and Christian Spencer of Campus Reform report.
Illegal immigrant granted $15K scholarship in Calif.
A community college student in California will soon be attending the University of California, Los Angeles on a $15,000 scholarship, despite her status as an...
Good news for college grads.
The Chronicle of Higher Education reports.
Fewer Good Jobs for College Grads? Not So, Says New Study
The emerging conventional wisdom is that America’s post-recession recovery was dominated by the rise of low-paying, part-time service jobs. But a new analysis challenges that narrative, finding that 2.9 million of the...
Just because people don’t like something, doesn’t mean it’s no longer part of history.
Nick Anderson of the Washington Post reports.
William & Mary drops a Confederate emblem and moves a plaque
The College of William & Mary, one of the most historic locales in Virginia, said Friday it is scrubbing imagery of the...
Should a student work a job in college?
The Sun Herald reports.
Kids and Money: Holding down a job in college requires juggling skills
Not long ago, the standard advice to college students was that hitting the books and holding down a job didn’t mix during the school year.
Now, whether out of necessity to...
