The hacker community at this school must be pretty excited.
Technically Delaware reports.
Wilmington University is giving out a hacker award in bitcoin
For the first time, Wilmington University is holding a contest for its computer and network security (CNS) students — and the grand prize is $313.37 in bitcoin.
The contest is the brainchild...
Democrats just don’t believe people should be able to defend themselves.
The Journal Times reported.
Democrats propose banning guns outright on college campuses
Three Democrats introduced legislation Wednesday to ban weapons on college campuses, two days after Republicans proposed their own bill to allow concealed carry license holders to bring guns inside the buildings...
In a year of left wing campus protests, this is pretty god news.
The Wall Street Journal reported.
At Last, Some Campus Sanity: ROTC Gains
In a year marred by campus strife, at least one bright spot emerged in American higher education: the comeback of the Reserve Officer Training Corps, known as ROTC, at...
We’ve come to this. Students meeting in secret to debate ideas without speech codes.
The Extract reports.
Leftist speech codes force Brown University debate club to meet in the shadows
The founder of an “underground” debate group formed in response to the anti-free-speech activism taking place on college campuses across the U.S. recently explained...
They’re boycotting the free food until they get “fresher food, healthier food, a larger portion, food that [they] can actually eat.”
Daily Times reports.
Calling for higher quality” : High schoolers fixing the problem of gross school lunch
A group of students at a Chicago public high school on the city’s northwest side is...
This happens all the time. Left wing groups often share the same goals so they band together.
Red Alert Politics reports.
New race protest strategy: Build coalition with anti-oil, anti-Israel groups
Campus divestment movements, which seek to change how universities invest endowments and other financial resources, have started to unite, even when their...
A shift toward competencies that demonstrates skills is expanding on what college internships aim to accomplish.
Red Alert Politics reports.
New model for college? Instead of credits, students earn skills
According to one vision of the future of higher education, the allure of prestige and signaling could falter in favor of proven skills.
Jeffrey J....
So the world is officially out of control now, right?
The College Fix reports.
Student can be punished for criticizing lesbian movie in film class, court rules
Update on this First Amendment lawsuit filed against the University of New Mexico last year: A federal judge has dismissed the case by former student Monica Pompeo, saying the...
A typo on a billboard for the University of South Dakota is small but important.
CBS News in Minnesota reported.
Oops! University Of South Dakota Billboard Contains Grammar Error
A University of South Dakota billboard with a grammatical error reflects badly on the university and will be replaced, the school’s spokeswoman says.
The billboard along...
The way some schools are responding to campus protests could give some donors pause and that’s a big problem.
Forbes reports.
Amid Campus Protests, Universities Worry About . . . Fundraising
The recent rash of campus protests has caught the national eye, causing some to ask, “What exactly are students taught in college today?”...
Wouldn’t you love to see just one university tell student protesters to shut up and mind their own business?
CNN reports.
University of California dumps private prison stocks after student protests
The University of California is taking its money out of prisons.
Student activists won a victory by convincing the University of California to dump...
If Trump continues to do well in the polls, we can expect much more rhetoric like this from the left.
Campus Reform reports.
USC prof. says Trump supporters are ‘least educated segment of the population’
Professor Marty Kaplan of the University of Southern California published an op-ed in the Huffington Post called “The 7...
Following a student’s anti-Semitic outburst on Facebook, UCLA officials will not consider suspension or other disciplinary action.
Daily Bruin reports.
Vice chancellor criticizes student’s anti-Semitic Facebook comments
A UCLA official criticized anti-Semitic comments made by a UCLA student on Facebook in an email statement sent to the student body Wednesday.
Janina Montero, vice chancellor for...
This is where the jobs are for Ph.D.s.
Scott Jaschik reports at Inside Higher Ed.
More Jobs for Econ Ph.D.s
It’s a good time to have a new Ph.D. in economics and be seeking a job in academe. Or outside of academe.
A new report by the American Economic Association found that its listings for...
Dean Martha L. Minow challenged a crowd of about 900 graduating students from the University of Michigan.
The Harvard Crimson reports.
Minow Calls on Michigan Graduates to Combat Injustice
At a time when she faces immense pressure to address what some have alleged is racism...
What college education would be complete without these elements?
The College Fix reports.
American University plans to insert ‘race and multiculturalism’ into general education curriculum
American University students of color are demanding more “inclusion” and an environment that makes them feel “welcome and safe,” according to The Eagle.
What that means in practice is largely...
Just what American education needs. More unions.
The Nation reports.
Adjuncts at Loyola University Chicago Want a Union. Will the Jesuit University Respect Their Demands?
As a wave of labor organizing rolls across college campuses around the country, Loyola University Chicago now faces the challenge of putting its Jesuit principles into practice as frustrated...
A list of 10 old artists every Millennial should know is included in the article.
Red Alert Politics reports.
Millennials: Who are the Beatles and why are they on Spotify?
On Thursday, the largest band in the history of recorded music will have their songs available for streaming on Spotify, Apple Music, and Google...
Who will get to decide what counts as Islamophobic speech?
The College Fix reports.
Muslim Student Association demands all ‘Islamophobic speech’ be punished
The Muslim Student Association at San Diego State University is demanding that administrators combat Islamophobia by developing a “zero tolerance policy explicitly for Islamophobic speech and actions.”
The demands, modeled after similar...
Higher education has drifted so far from its purpose; the free exchange of ideas.
Campus Reform reports.
REPORT: Nearly half of public colleges restrict student speech
An annual report on speech policies at major colleges and universities finds that while some progress was made toward lifting speech restrictions this year, much work remains to...
Its wounds are self-inflicted.
The Weekly Standard reports.
Is Political Science Dying?
While the campus grievance mongers cry for Justice! and continue their drive for power and safe spaces, I note an extraordinary story in the latest issue of Stanford, the bimonthly magazine of the Stanford Alumni Association. Take this in very slowly:
UNDECLARED UNDERGRADUATES...
What better way to get people into the spirit of the holidays.
Red Alert Politics reports.
Professor in NY Times: White Americans should ‘admit to the racist poison inside you’
Nothing says “Merry Christmas” like a letter to white Americans calling them racist. Make no mistake, if you are white, you are racist.
As theBlaze ...
