The UNC faculty is merely undergoing the same wage dynamics as the rest of the country.
National Review reports.
Show Me the Money–I’ve Got a Ph.D.!
Pity the poor faculty of the University of North Carolina system, who have only gotten one across-the-board raise in the last four years, and whose average wages have...
This is a ridiculous suggestion. There is no industry more obsessed with diversity than higher education.
Columbia professor John McWhorter writes at CNN.
Diversity on campus: Does it have a future?
Diversity is under threat on college campuses across the land — from exactly the students cherished for their diversity by admissions committees.
Let us...
Think of a number and then go lower. Keep going. Lower. Lower.
Forbes reports.
Harvard’s Tuition in 1840 Was $75
The annual tuition at Harvard in 1840 was $75 a year. What if the price of Harvard over time had risen at the same rate as prices generally – that is equaled the rate...
Campus carry is taking hold in more states now than ever. Who will be next?
Ozarks First reported.
Southwest Missouri Lawmaker Proposes Campus Carry Bill
A southwest Missouri state senator wants to remove the all-out ban on guns on college campuses.
Currently, college campuses are one of several places in Missouri where concealed-carry permit holders...
Many black college students want more black professors but there aren’t enough to meet the demand.
The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports.
Black college students demanding more black professors don’t realize ‘they are demanding the impossible.’
In recent weeks, America’s campuses have been on the front page. Instances of racial insensitivity and acts have caused...
College sure has changed over the years.
The LA Times reported.
Colleges offer massages, snacks and more to help stressed-out freshmen prepare for their first finals
Just before winter break, Kristina Reed began to feel a bit off. She developed a sore throat and cough. The Pomona College freshman was fatigued and lethargic. She...
It is starting a $250 million VC fund.
Re/code reports.
Here’s Why the University of California Is Getting Into the Venture Capital Business
In September of last year, the University of California Board of Regents approved the creation of an independent venture fund that would launch with $250 million, and primarily invest in startups...
James Miller of Frontpage Mag points out that college students should be treated like adults.
What College Safe Spaces Should Be
I would love to see the results of an experiment where black students make a deliberately preposterous demand of their college to test how their school’s white liberal...
Three members of the fraternity profiled in a debunked account of a gang rape in a retracted Rolling Stone magazine story filed a lawsuit.
The Wall Street Journal reports.
Rolling Stone Urges Court to Reject University of Virginia Graduates’ Lawsuit
Rolling Stone magazine is urging a judge to throw out a lawsuit filed by...
It’s probably a good rule to just avoid orgies altogether.
The College Fix reports.
Male students arrested for orgy initiated by female student, lawsuits claim
William Paterson University in New Jersey has apparently never considered the possibility that women can initiate orgies.
That’s the thrust of two lawsuits by students who were charged with “aggravated sexual...
Anti-Semitism is a serious problem that needs to be addressed on American college campuses.
The Jerusalem Post reported.
Jewish student at Brooklyn college told to ‘leave the school you Jew’
In an incident being investigated as a hate crime, a 24-year-old Jewish student at a Brooklyn college was assaulted on campus.
The student, who was...
The higher ed bubble cometh.
Oregon Live reports.
Enrollment plunges at Marylhurst University, as feuds, financial losses threaten recovery
At first glance, nothing appears amiss at Marylhurst University.
The private liberal-arts school sits 10 miles south of Portland between Lake Oswego and West Linn, its manicured lawns...
Here’s a college administrator who needs to meet some struggling, debt laden students.
Campus Reform reported:
College president says inclusivity more important than diversity, tuition costs
The President of the College of St. Scholastica (CSS) says he will devote the final year of his tenure to promoting inclusivity, arguing that diversity is more important...
Will it attract new voters?
Red Alert Politics reports.
Tinder for politics? New app wants to engage millennials
Millennials want to improve voter turnout and fix politics through the magic of apps.
Think Tinder, but for political philosophy.
Hunter Scarborough, a web developer in Los Angeles, has created Voter, an app to align millennials with candidates...
Will other states follow Washington’s lead?
The FIRE blog reports.
Student and Faculty Rights Bill Coming in Washington State
2016 is right around the corner, and it promises to bring good news to college students and faculty members in Washington state. When the Washington State Legislature reconvenes in January, State Representative Matthew Manweller plans...
The ACT took the top spot.
The Washington Post reports.
The SAT, now the No. 2 college test, pushes to reclaim supremacy
The SAT, once the nation’s dominant college admission exam, fell behind the ACT in recent years after its rival locked up huge swaths of the market through contracts to provide testing in...
The anti-gun crowd loses this round.
The College Fix reported.
Christmas gift for gun-loving Texas students: Attorney general says guns allowed in dorms
Hundreds of faculty members at public colleges in Texas, notably UT-Austin, have been pressuring their presidents to restrict guns on campus as much as possible under the new campus-carry state...
This is a lame response to the Liberty University president’s recent remarks about guns.
WUSA reports.
Va. debaters want HS championships moved from Liberty University
Some high school debate teams in Virginia are planning to boycott the state championships unless they’re moved from Liberty University.
Debate team coaches and students are angry over Chancellor Jerry...
The school has since apologized for the mistake.
FOX 11 reports.
Lawrence University apologizes for printing photo with racial slur
Lawrence University is apologizing after a photo that included a racial slur was printed in the school’s newsletter.
The school says it was a mistake, but some say the situation is revealing a deeper issue.
Alumna...
Nice work if you can get it. By the way, why does college tuition keep going up?
MLive reports.
Salary search for all 41,000 University of Michigan employees
In 2015, three University of Michigan employees had a higher base pay than President Mark Schlissel, and that two of them are assistant football coaches, the...
His appointment to Brown University is under review after his arrest.
Providence Journal reports.
Sex sting puts Dartmouth College professor’s future at Brown in question
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A Dartmouth College associate professor is on paid leave and his appointment to Brown University is under review after his arrest...
The two students in question were cleared of charges and now they’re fighting back.
NBC News in New York reports.
2 Former Students Sue William Paterson University Over Sex Assault Charges
Two former William Paterson University students who were charged with sexual assault and expelled even though...
