After a decade of surging prices, the steep tuition climb may finally be over.
From Boston.com:
High rising college tuition might be leveling off
Even though students at four-year public colleges and universities pay 40 percent more for school than their peers did a decade ago, college costs seem...
Tolerance.
From our parent site, Legal Insurrection.
Protesters shout down Israeli Professor at U. Minnesota law school
Moshe Halbertal is a law professor at New York University, and Professor of Jewish Thought and Philosophy, Hebrew University in Israel. He lectures widely on the ethics of war, particularly asymetric war of the type...
Nothing is ever enough for the left. The cycle of outrage just goes on and on.
The College Fix reports.
LGBT student activists shut down LGBT film screening because it’s too white
The film Stonewall shows a fictionalized grand opening of the gay-rights movement, but in a bid for commercial success, the filmmaker allegedly replaced (historical)...
The left has convinced itself that the Kochs are evil, no matter how untrue it is. They’re also using big money from liberal groups to promote an anti-Koch campaign at colleges.
Lachlan Markay reports at the Washington Free Beacon.
Deep-Pocketed Donors Behind Campus Anti-Koch Movement
Liberal foundations financing a nonprofit news venture that is...
This is a week after Fox News was kicked off campus.
The Cornell Review reports.
Fox News Releases More Watters’ World Cornell Video
More footage from Fox News’ recent visit to Cornell’s campus aired on tonight’s O’Reilly Factor.
Last week, Jesse Watters of Fox News released video of him interviewing Cornell students about a Cornell...
The school’s seal is the coat of arms of a family that once owned slaves.
The Harvard Crimson reports.
At Harvard Law School, Students Call for Change of Seal
A new student movement at Harvard Law School is organizing to change the seal at the school, which the students argue represents and endorses a...
Here are 7 ways to avoid those loans.
WFLA reports.
Ways to pay for college without student loans
College isn’t cheap — and the price continues to rise year after year. Student loans are the first place most prospective students look to, but they are not always the right option.
Federal student loans can cover...
James O’Keefe and his group Project Veritas recently visited Vassar College and the footage they caught on video may surprise you.
Watch below.
Campus Reform has more.
VIDEO: Administrators literally shred Constitution after reporter calls it ‘oppressive’ and ‘triggering’
Administrators at V...
What changes are they making?
The Houston Chronicle reports:
College system set for start of campus carry law
It is illegal for a concealed handgun licensee to bring a firearm into a college building, and it will continue to be that way for almost two years at Lone Star College-Tomball or LSC-University Park although...
It looks like everyone is getting tired of PC culture on campus. Finally.
The College Fix reports.
Students who squelch ‘hate speech’ make themselves ‘dumb and dogmatic,’ left-wing U.K. author says
‘Let yourself be offended because it’s really good for you’
Colleges have it backward: “Hate speech” should not only be accepted but embraced, because...
Probably not.
The Washington Post reports:
Expanding tax credits has done little to help college students
Despite the billions of dollars the government spends on education tax credits, new research shows nearly 40 percent of undergraduate college students are ineligible to receive them, raising questions about whether the benefit is a good way...
In the newest video from Prager University, Greg Gutfeld explains how many liberals live by very conservative principles if they want to be successful.
Here’s more information.
Successful liberals live by conservative values. It’s true. The liberal musician, the liberal chef, the liberal writer — all swear by things conservatives love, like competition,...
30% of students reported that stress has affected their academic performance in the last year.
USA Today reports.
Stress in college: Experts provide tips to cope
For many students, stress is part of the college experience. The good news? According to some, it doesn’t have to be.
According to the 2015 National College Health Assessment,...
Lots of people in higher education still support Affirmative Action.
Scott Jaschik reports at Inside Higher Ed.
Defending Affirmative Action
No consensus exists in American society about the practice of colleges considering race in admissions decisions. Since the 1970s, colleges have been doing so to try to enroll diverse classes of students (and of...
Nationally, seven in 10 go into debt to reach graduation day.
Star Tribune reports.
College graduates cope with the debt that follows
Some are consumed with regrets.
Some say they would do it again in a heartbeat.
For this generation of college graduates, it’s the norm to f...
Our friend Professor Glenn Reynolds has a new column at USA Today which is well worth reading.
To reduce inequality, abolish Ivy League
The problem of “inequality” looms over America like a storm cloud. According to our political and journalistic class, inequality is the single biggest problem facing our nation, with the possible...
Striking always creates more demand, right?
The BBC reports:
Manchester university staff in strike ballot over job cuts
The University and College Union says more than 250 staff are in fear for their jobs after managers ignored agreed procedures.
“We now feel we have no alternative but to ballot for industrial action,” said UCU regional...
You know what they say — the proof is in the survey. Or something.
From FIRE:
New Survey Exposes Threats to Free Speech on Campus
On Monday, Yale University’s William F. Buckley, Jr. Program released a national survey measuring U.S. college students’ attitudes towards free speech on campus. The results were troubling.
The 2015 Buckley...
What a financial nightmare this situation has turned into.
The Chronicle of Higher Education reports.
Judge Rules Defunct For-Profit College Is Liable for $530 Million in Damages
A federal judge has ruled that the defunct Corinthian Colleges is liable for roughly $530 million in damages to former students, concluding a lawsuit brought by the...
If you have a bachelor’s degree and no marketable skills, what does that tell you?
The Hechinger Report has the story.
Graduates of four-year universities flock to community colleges for job skills
Lliana Ibarra’s bachelor’s degree in business administration from Washington State University couldn’t save her from...
The plan will put in place mandatory sensitivity training along with other implementations.
The College Fix reports.
Ithaca College rolls out sweeping diversity plan in wake of ‘People of Color’ student protests
Ithaca College administrators this week rolled out a massive diversity plan that includes mandatory sensitivity training, creating a “safe space” for multicultural...
Other Republican candidates would be wise to address higher education issues as well.
Meghan Keenan reports at Red Alert Politics.
It’s Personal: Marco Rubio’s plan to address student loan debt
Sen. Marco Rubio stands out in the Republican field of presidential contenders for his plan to reform the higher education system and address the...
