As Professor Jacobson writes, “welcome to our world.”
From our parent site, Legal Insurrection:
Shocked at Yale and Mizzou? Pro-Israel students have lived with intimidation for years
The recent incidents at Yale University and U. Missouri of students-gone-wild against open discussion and press freedom have shocked not just conservatives, but also liberals.
This has...
It’s truly astounding that we’ve come to the point where college students think their higher education experience is supposed to happen in a “safe space” and administrators agree.
Paul Mirengoff reports at Powerline.
Yale President Apologizes to Minority Students for Failing to Make Them Feel Safe
In...
The top 3 schools are Stanford University, Amherst College and Cornell University.
Campus Reform reports.
Announcing the winners of the biased course contest!
Campus Reform received an outpouring of submissions for its first annual Biased Course Contest, with readers identifying 37 classes currently being offered at U.S. colleges that present a skewed perspective on...
The fallout from the false rape story continues. I hope these students end up owning Rolling Stone.
The Washington Post reports.
U-Va. fraternity files $25 million lawsuit against Rolling Stone
The Phi Kappa Psi fraternity chapter at the University of Virginia filed a $25 million lawsuit Monday against Rolling Stone magazine, which published an...
Over 100 Yale students made him face their firing line.
Yale Daily News reports.
Students protest Buckley talk
After a comment made by speaker Greg Lukianoff during a private William F. Buckley, Jr. Program conference on free speech was posted on the Facebook group “Overheard at Yale” Friday afternoon, over 100 students gathered around...
Dan Joseph of MRCTV visited this university during the last GOP debate and asked students to explain socialism and their support for Bernie Sanders.
You are so not ready for this.
A not so stellar phenomenon.
From Forbes:
Intentional Underemployment After Expensive College Education
Graduates of elite liberal arts colleges earn less than graduates of elite universities, according to a recent article in The Wall Street Journal. “Administrators at some liberal arts colleges say the disparity can be explained in part by the fact...
Following threats of student boycott and faculty walk-outs, University of Missouri’s President resigned.
The New York Daily News reported:
University of Missouri president Tim Wolfe resigned Monday morning after a parade of protests over r...
Howard University has been having cash flow problems for a while but this seems like a drastic solution.
The Washington Post reports.
Howard University considers selling its airwaves. Is this the end of WHUT?
Howard University might sell its valuable TV airwaves as a part of the Federal Communications Commission’s controversial auction, a move...
An experiment at Southern Utah University is set to find out the answer to this question.
Paul Fain reports at Inside Higher Ed.
Eight Professors, 43 Students
The way most colleges teach general education to undergraduates is hopelessly broken, according to a group of professors and administrators at Southern Utah University.
Introductory-level courses typically are...
At least we know the campus censorship issue isn’t limited to the United States.
The College Fix reports.
Anti-ISIS fighter prevented from speaking at University College London
The head of the University College London’s Kurdish Society is livid after his invited speaker was prevented from discussing experiences fighting against ISIS.
Kavar Kurda had asked...
The next Republican debate is Tuesday night on the FOX Business Network. Here’s what the college Democrats at UC Berkeley will be up to.
Pardes Seleh reports at Campus Reform.
Berkeley Dems to host ‘mass live-tweeting’ of GOP debate’s alleged racism
Student Democrats at the University of California (UC), Berkeley announced Sunday that they...
The students are doing this based on a Halloween email.
Yale Daily News reports.
Students confront Christakis about Halloween email
Following a three-hour-long impromptu confrontation on Cross Campus with Yale College Dean Jonathan Holloway about the lack of administrative response to allegations of racial discrimination that surfaced this week, around 100 students ga...
Grad students in labor unions? This should end well.
The Associated Press reports.
Union Push Gains Steam Among Yale, Harvard Grad Students
Efforts to unionize graduate students at private universities are gaining momentum as the National Labor Relations Board shows new openness to arguments that they are not just students, but also school employees.
A...
After the University of Colorado discovered Coca Cola created an advocacy group to “downplay” the link between coke-drinking and obesity, the university’s med school sent the cash back.
From the New York Times:
University Returns $1 Million Grant to Coca-Cola
The University of Colorado School of Medicine...
Didn’t we defeat mumps a long time ago?
The Gazette reports.
University of Iowa campus reports more than 100 mumps cases
The University of Iowa campus this semester has seen more than 100 cases of mumps, prompting UI health officials to offer free doses of the measles, mumps...
Upset over the university’s handling of racial tensions, a handful of black football platers have said they’ll be boycotting the football team until Mizzou’s president resigns.
From the New York Times:
Missouri Football Players Boycott in Protest of University President
Dozens of black football players at...
It’s all due to a cold, refreshing conspiracy.
The New York Times reports.
University Returns $1 Million Grant to Coca-Cola
The University of Colorado School of Medicine announced Friday that it was returning a $1 million gift from Coca-Cola after it was revealed that the money had been used to establish an advocacy group...
A hiring freeze has been made to deal with this issue.
Asbury Park Press reports.
Ocean County College faces $3 million budget shortfall
TOMS RIVER – Ocean County College, faced with a 7 percent drop in enrollment, has instituted a hiring freeze to help erase a resulting $3 million budget shortfall.
In addition, college leaders...
It’s a good thing this person isn’t a conservative or someone might protest.
This is from the MIT Newspaper, The Tech.
Opinion: Why is a supporter of the 9/11 attacks being hosted at MIT?
The very first person killed on 9/11 was an MIT student, Daniel Lewin, someone I knew well. Before I moved...
University of Vermont banned bottled water from its campus and it backfired!
The College Fix reports.
Northwestern to phase out bottled water despite study that found trash increased after ban
When the University of Vermont banned bottled water from its campus, in a bid to reduce plastic waste, it completely backfired: Waste went up...
Students at elite liberal arts colleges don’t make as much early in their careers as those who attend highly selective research universities.
The Wall Street Journal reports.
Parents’ Fears Confirmed: Liberal Arts Students Earn Less
For the first time, government data back up what some parents have long suspected: Students who choose elite liberal...
