Why aren’t colleges doing a better job of providing mental health care to students?
From The Week:
What a successful university mental health program looks like
On May 20, Karen Arkin was standing in the common room of her son’s dormitory at Northwestern University. The day before, in the early morning hours, Jason Arkin...
Just a reminder – Fordham is a Jesuit run university and therefore technically a Catholic school.
Thomas D. Williams of Breitbart reports.
Jesuit University Journal: End ‘Bourgeois’ Institution of Marriage
A law professor at Jesuit-run Fordham University in New York is appealing for an end to the institution of marriage in America, which he...
The reason is how cutthroat it is now.
Los Angeles Times reports.
Why I won’t reenlist as a Yale alumni interviewer
Last year, I conducted alumni interviews for Yale applicants. It’s an easy gig. You take a smart, ambitious 17-year-old out for hot chocolate, ask him about his life and...
Alex Christy of the College Conservative isn’t a fan of Bernie Sanders and explains why in a new post.
No, Bernie, European Socialism Does Not Work
Bernie Sanders and other supporters of “soft socialism” tell us that they think we should be more like Scandinavia. Putting the fact that Sanders and his wife took...
“Save the Baby Humans.”
The College Fix reports.
High school refuses to post pro-life flyers with baby animals: ‘too controversial’
Realizing the power of cute animals long after the Internet discovered them, pro-life activists are changing up their messaging by incorporating friendly critters in addition to smiling babies.
That was simply too much for a...
Renovations unearthed a chemical lab designed by Thomas Jefferson.
From Fox News:
Chemical lab designed by Thomas Jefferson discovered in University of Virginia Rotunda
An ongoing two-year renovation of the University of Virginia’s Rotunda has revealed a chemical lab designed by Thomas Jefferson that dates from the 19th century.
Workers uncovered the early science...
I suppose that’s one solution.
From NPR:
As Migrants Pour In, Germany Launches Online University For Them
In May, 21-year-old Kashif Kazmi fled his hometown of Parachinar in northwest Pakistan. As part of the country’s Shiite minority, Kazmi was targeted by the Pakistani Taliban. The rest of his family are still there.
“I really miss...
Of course, how can we have a Halloween without progressives trying to ruin it?
Peter Fricke reports at Campus Reform.
Wesleyan provides checklist to help students avoid ‘offensive’ Halloween costumes
Now that Columbus Day is over, Wesleyan University is turning its attention toward the next controversial date on the calendar: Halloween.
Wesleyan’s Office of Student...
It looks like this “Diversity” spending was just a big gravy train.
Scott Greer reports at the Daily Caller.
TN Lawmakers Rip Apart University System For Spending Millions On ‘Diversity Programming’
Some Republican legislators in the Tennessee legislature are not happy with the state’s taxpayer-funded university system spending $5.5 million every year on...
She was last seen Oct. 6.
Fox News reports.
Mystery surrounds disappearance of Nevada college student Dianne Thacher
The disappearance of a college student in Santa Barbara, Calif., has police baffled and her East Coast family fearful Tuesday, after a full week of uncharacteristic silence.
Dianne Thacher, who at 23 was in her freshman year...
Will wonders never cease?
The College Fix reports.
Affirmative action hurts students it’s intended to help, UCLA law professor argues
A UCLA law professor critiques affirmative action as detrimental to the very people it strives to aid: minority students.
Over 50 faculty members gathered to rally.
The Tribune reports.
Cuesta College Faculty Members Rally for Pay Raise
Holding signs reading “United for Education. Fair Pay Now!” more than 50 Cuesta College faculty members gathered Wednesday on the San Luis Obispo campus to rally support for the faculty union’s goal to seek a...
This man was essentially forced out by his colleagues, not the school.
Colleen Flaherty of Inside Higher Ed reports.
Putting Harassers on Notice
One of the biggest names in astronomy resigned his professorship at the University of California at Berkeley on Wednesday over the fallout from a damning investigation into his conduct with female...
Being wrong can be costly.
From The Guardian:
University of Sussex to pay student protester £20,000 in damages
The University of Sussex has apologised to a former student, admitting there was “no truth” in its claim that he’d led an unlawful occupation of the university and carried out acts of criminal behaviour.
The university agreed...
Because of course they do.
From our parent site, Legal Insurrection:
97% of Faculty Donors at Cornell Univ. Contribute to Democrats
How politically diverse is the Cornell University faculty?
Not very, according to a study done by The Cornell Daily Sun, the student newspaper. By dollar volume, 96.62% of political donations during 2011-2014 went to...
The school’s by-laws prevent him from being paid for his work.
Hollie McKay reports at FOX News.
Illegal immigrant fights for pay after being elected Cal-Long Beach student body president
Politics pays in college, but not quite as well for illegal immigrants.
Student government representatives at most public universities collect money for their service, including...
File this story under, you couldn’t make this stuff up.
Blake Neff reports at the Daily Caller.
Anti-Rape Activist Resigns After Raping Somebody
Annie Teriba appears to have sterling credentials as an activist. She edited the journal No Heterox**, targeted at Oxford’s “queer and trans*” communities, was a member of the black students’ committee...
60 percent of freshmen said they wished they had “more help getting emotionally ready for college.
NBC News reports.
Survey: Most Freshmen Are Not Emotionally Prepared for College
High school students spend years taking classes that will help them tackle the rigors of college courses.
But according to a new national survey, most freshmen were...
This is just another higher education exercise in leftism and social justice.
The College Fix reports.
Notre Dame replaces PE class with mandatory ‘cultural competency’ lessons
At Notre Dame, tennis, golf and ultimate Frisbee have been replaced with “cultural competence,” “inclusiveness” and “human sexuality.”
The University of Notre Dame this semester replaced its longtime mandatory physical education course...
Let’s take a look at the last debate.
Red Alert Politics reports.
#DemDebate: Who won over younger voters?
With the first Democratic primary debate now behind us, the question now is who won the night? Who will surge in the polls?
And, who will win the youth vote?
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and self-identified...
How can this be true when the left is always telling us the opposite?
From Beliefnet.
Harvard University Study Reveals Astonishing Link Between Firearms, Crime and Gun Control
According to a study in the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, which cites the Centers for Disease Control, the U.S. National Academy of Sciences...
This could certainly help mitigate skyrocketing college expenses.
From the Christian Science Monitor:
How ‘open textbooks’ could ease college sticker shock
A bill introduced in the Senate last week could soften the blow of college textbooks prices.
An average US college student spends about $1,225 per year on books and supplies, according to the College...
