This isn’t about political correctness, it’s just a bad name for anything right now.
CBS News in Des Moines reports.
University of Iowa scrapping ‘ISIS’ computer system
The University of Iowa is scrapping the online course registration system that students have used for years because of its name.
The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports that university...
This is how progressive concepts slowly make their way into the mainstream.
The FIRE blog reports.
Emory Students Demand Course Evaluations Include Rating for Microaggressions
College course evaluations, while valuable, do not always give a precise measure of the competence of a professor. Students, who have been judged all semester by professors, have an...
Is it what you learn or where you learn?
The Washington Post reports.
What’s more telling for future earnings, your college or your major?
There are thousands of colleges and universities for students to choose from, all promising a quality education. Yet it’s clear from the White House’s revised College Scorecard that graduates of...
Campus protesters are just looking for anything to be angry about.
The College Fix reported.
Univ. of Arizona protesters demonstrate at restaurant called ‘Illegal Pete’s’
Approximately 50 student protesters from the University of Arizona and local high schools showed up Thursday evening to voice their displeasure at the open...
The effort is part of a national campaign among progressives to make college more affordable, a push that has swayed the Democratic candidates for president.
Time reports.
Lawmakers in Ten States Push for Debt-Free College
Local lawmakers in ten states including New Hampshire, Iowa and Massachusetts announced a new push for legislation on Monday...
Colleges and universities are pricing themselves out of their own market. The higher ed bubble cometh.
USA Today reports.
Is college worth it? Goldman Sachs says not so much
College is certainly an investment, but it’s worth it — right?
Maybe not, according to new research from Goldman Sachs.
The company said in a research note...
When Liberty University’s president said he wanted students to arm themselves, he wasn’t kidding.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports.
More than 200 attend Liberty University weapons course
More than 200 people poured into a free Liberty University course on carrying concealed weapons a week after university President Jerry Falwell Jr. encouraged students...
Not a smart move, even for a desperate criminal.
FOX News reports.
University employee charged with stealing sapphires from Cleveland’s natural history museum
Police say they’ve charged a part-time university employee with stealing sapphires from Cleveland’s natural history museum.
Investigators say the suspect smashed a display case just over a week ago and made off...
Who gets to decide what qualifies as distasteful?
The Blaze reported.
University Bans ‘Distasteful’ Decor in Residence Halls’ Common Areas
Decorations that can be deemed “distasteful” or “obscene” to someone due to their race, ethnicity, religion or gender will be automatically removed, according to a new policy by a public university.
The new policy at...
Lee Bollinger, president of Columbia University, enjoyed the most generous package, a total of $4.6 million.
Forbes reports.
The Highest-Paid Private College Presidents
In the midst of increasing pressure on colleges to make tuition more affordable, a new report from the Chronicle of Higher Education shows that presidents at private colleges continue to enjoy...
No one say Christmas. We can’t offend anyone who doesn’t like it.
The College Fix reports.
UC Riverside makes sure its Christmas party is a ‘holiday’ party
Many universities have bent over backward this December to ensure their festivities do not include the word “Christmas.”
We’ve got Ole Miss renaming its annual “A Grand Ole Christmas”...
A former admissions director acknowledged that he had accepted more than $3.6 million in illegal payments between 2005 to 2013.
The New York Times reports.
Bribery Confession in China Calls Into Question Integrity of College Admissions
HONG KONG — The children of the wealthy and well-connected in China enjoy enormous educational advantages, gaining access...
More colleges and universities need to do this.
The FIRE blog reports.
University of Wisconsin’s Board of Regents Passes Free Speech Statement
This morning, the University of Wisconsin System’s (UW’s) Board of Regents passed a policy statement affirming the system’s commitment to free speech.
The UW statement is substantially similar to the “Chicago Statement,” the...
Illegal alien is too politically incorrect. We wouldn’t want to offend anyone.
Campus Reform reports.
UMD tells students to use ‘undocumented citizen’ not ‘illegal alien’
A poster displayed on the University of Maryland’s campus encourages students to stop using the term “illegal aliens” and instead use the perplexing formulation “undocumented citizen.”
The entire poster, photographs...
This column by Naomi Schaefer Riley deserves to be read for the headline alone.
Click here to make sure your kid doesn’t become a liberal jackass at college
Where should I send my kids to college? It’s the question I’ve heard more than any other in the past few weeks.
The list of schools...
The other Republican candidates would be wise to address this issue as well.
Michael Stratford reports at Inside Higher Ed.
Rubio’s Take on Higher Ed
Senator Marco Rubio is the only Republican presidential candidate talking in detail about higher education so far.
And he’s not treading lightly.
American higher education is “outdated,” “too expensive,” “broken” and...
Most teachers have been imbued with “progressive” educational theories that downplay working to master the material.
National Review reports.
Are High School Teachers Part of the College Problem?
One reason why so many students enter college with poor skills and motivation, I have long maintained, is that their teachers in high school (and earlier)...
It looks like the school was more concerned than the student body.
The College Fix reports.
No one shows up for sexual-violence prevention workshop at Barnard, alleged hotbed of assault
If women’s-only Barnard College, affiliated with Columbia University, is really such a hotbed of sexual assault, you wouldn’t know it from student interest in...
Republican politicians helped lead the fight to remove the guidance.
Inside Higher Ed reports.
U of Tennessee pulls controversial holiday guidance
The University of Tennessee at Knoxville has withdrawn the controversial guidance on holiday parties that infuriated Republican politicians, who demanded that the campus chancellor, Jimmy Cheek,...
Sam Leanza of the College Conservative is absolutely right. Gird your loins.
Executive Action on Gun Control is Incoming
Amidst the horrible year of mass shootings in our country, some feel that the solution to this problem is “sensible gun control” that would move our troubled people ever closer to utopia. Gun control...
Concealed carry on college campuses has come a long way in the last few years.
This serves as further proof.
NBC News reports.
University of Texas Task Force Recommends Allowing Concealed Guns in Class
Students at the University of Texas at Austin can’t carry concealed handguns in the dorms, but they should be allowed to...
Political correctness is the entire basis of the policy, so naturally PC protesters support it.
Red Alert Politics reports.
PC Protestors Support U-Tenn’s Anti-Christmas Guidelines
The Office of Diversity and Inclusion at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville may be keeping few friends and doing itself few favors.
The office made news for releasing problematic holiday guidelines, which most...
