Students are having some interesting extracurricular activities on campus.
Reuters reports.
Daily pot smoking on U.S. college campuses at 35-year high: study
The number of U.S. college students smoking marijuana every day or nearly every day is greater than it has been in 35 years, according to a study released on Tuesday.
Nearly 6 percent...
Baylor University has retained the services of outside counsel for an internal investigation into the school’s handling of sexual abuse cases.
Yahoo News reports:
Outside lawyers to probe Baylor University’s handling of sex abuse
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Baylor University President Ken Starr, who gained prominence for his investigation of former U.S. President...
Give this young woman some points for creativity.
And having a good sense of humor.
Should've kept my Barbie jeep… pic.twitter.com/O5j2PNNJNa
— Emily Cowles (@ECowles4) August 29,
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Surrounded by athletic greats like Texas A&M University, The University of Texas, Baylor University, and Rice University, the University of Houston his pumping major bucks into their athletic programs.
The Texas Tribune writes:
University of Houston Pours Millions into Athletics
As classes wrap up at the University of Houston on Thursday, marching band members...
Yikes. These seem like pretty valid grievances for college students.
From Yahoo News.
Students at Washington’s Howard University complain about mold, rats
Officials at Howard University on Thursday met with students who have been complaining about rats, mold, high tuition and other issues at the school, one of the oldest historically black U.S. colleges.
Howard...
It is hard to find a conservative law professor. It also looks like this is something that will not change.
The College Fix.
Law schools dominated by Democrat professors, research finds
Legal scholars educating the next generation of attorneys and judges are mostly Democrats, according to a wide swath of research, a troubling trend...
In all fairness to these professors, I bet most people over the age of 30 wouldn’t know these words.
This is pretty funny.
ABC News in Los Angeles has more.
Lehigh University in Pennsylvania challenged some of its instruc...
The reading score is at a low not seen since 1972.
Inside Higher Ed reports.
SAT Scores Drop and Racial Gaps Remain Large
SAT scores dropped significantly for the class of college-bound seniors this year. All three sections saw declines — and the numbers were down for male and female students alike.
At the same...
It looks like this student hasn’t really thought about this very clearly.
The College Fix reports.
Student argues Kanye could make an awesome president
If you wondered whether any millennial could possibly take Kanye West’s alleged 2020 presidential bid seriously, look no further than this op-ed published Wednesday by a University of North Carolina...
If your college goes belly under, you too might have your college debt paid for from the tax payer coffers.
U.S. News and World Report writes:
Thousands of students ask government to erase college loans, claiming fraud or school closure
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 3,000 former Corinthian College students will have their college...
He and she just aren’t enough for the ivy league school.
Jennifer Kabbany reports at the College Fix.
At Harvard, students can pick ‘ze, hir, hirs’
Gender-neutral pronouns have hit Harvard.
“The Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ registration tool now gives students the option to choose preferred gender pronouns for the first time,” The Harvard...
With so many different ways to determine where a school sits on the political spectrum, this particular report looks at faculty political donations.
From the Cornell Review:
Cornell is 4th Most Liberal College as Measured By Faculty Political Donations
Surprise, surprise?
According to political data analytics firm Crowdpac, Cornell is the fourth most liberal university...
Some professors can’t even believe that some of their students don’t think like them.
The Liberty Standard reports.
Occidental College Professor Lisa Wade ‘Horrified’ by Conservative Student Group, Calls Economics Majors “anti-social”, More
Lisa Wade is an associate professor of sociology at Occidental College. She is also a writer and editor for the blog...
Let’s see what prices were in 1915.
Time Money reports.
What College Cost 100 Years Ago
A century ago, you could buy a first-class postage stamp for 2¢, a gallon of gas for 15¢, and a dozen eggs for 34¢. If those sound like bargains, consider this: A year’s tuition at Harvard would have...
Young America’s Foundation spoke to some college students about the gender pronouns highlighted in a recent story at the University of Tennessee Knoxville.
Students react to bizarre new gender pronouns
Young Americans for Freedom at the University of Tennessee, where administrators have suggested students use a bizarre new set of gender neutral pronouns,...
Cooper Union used to be free to attend.
Inside Higher Ed reports.
A Path Back to Free for Cooper Union?
New York State’s attorney general plans to announce a deal today that will substantially change the governance of Cooper Union and could create a path back to restoring the institution’s longstanding but recently abandoned...
If you read the report below, you’ll see that the school, while sympathetic, isn’t taking any responsibility.
From the Washington Post.
Woman sues Oregon State University over 1999 sexual assault
A woman who says she was raped while attending Oregon State University in 1999 seeks $7.5 million in a federal Title IX lawsuit against...
No charges were filed, no reason was provided as to why the charges were dropped either. San Diego State University sent a campus-wide email when Francisco Paiva Sousa was arrested, but failed to do so when charges were dropped. Needless to say, this is yet another mess created by a University...
According to a new report from Life News, Colorado State is now caught up in the ongoing Planned Parenthood controversy.
Colorado State University Caught Signing Contract With Planned Parenthood to Buy Aborted Babies
New documentation shows Colorado State University (CSU) signed a five-year contract with the local Planned Parenthood abortion business to purchase...
Columbia’s sexual assault policies received an overhaul thanks to new state laws.
The Columbia Spectator explains:
Columbia revises sexual assault policy to include reforms to hearing and appeals processes, additional clarifications
In accordance with a New York state law passed this summer, Columbia’s new sexual assault policy includes changes to the appeals process...
Not good news.
The Poughkeepsie Journal reports.
Report: Majority of Hudson Valley students unprepared for college
Are Hudson Valley students ready for college and careers?
The short answer is “No.” At least, not at the rate they should be, according to report published by the Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress Monday.
Despite a high amount of...
Humanities goes up once in college.
Inside Higher Ed reports.
Analysis considers contradictions in high school and college students’ interest in humanities
Humanities professors spend a lot of time debating trends in humanities enrollments. Are they really down or does it just seem that way because women have more options than they did a...
