Higher ed bubble? What higher ed bubble?
Red Alert Politics reports.
University athletics spend millions on stickers
As tuition continues to rise and student debt mounts, university athletics departments are spending millions on large stickers.
A USA Today investigation into “facility graphics work” of 29 football teams in the Football Bowl Series found the fad...
The new version extends the work to 2,000 pages with 3,500 annotations adding context to its inaccurate content.
The Trumpet reports.
Mein Kampf to Be Read in German Schools After 70-Year Ban
Mein Kampf, Adolf Hitler’s two-volume anti-Semitic manifesto, could be added to the German high school curriculum after 70 years of restriction by...
Everyone has to feel welcome and included at Saint Louis University.
The College Fix reports.
University requires all academic departments to become more ‘welcoming and inclusive’
Every academic department at Saint Louis University has been mandated to “hold a discussion and identify at least one action its members” will take to make the university...
A new post from Mark Bauerlein at Minding The Campus looks at what the left has wrought on campus.
The University as Nursery
One of the implications of the shift of pressure against free speech from left-wing faculty and administrators to undergraduates is that the ideological framework of liberal bias doesn’t quite apply....
This can be defended?
Eagle Rising reports.
College Professor Defends Muslim Sex Slavery
Liberal Boston University professor and Muslim apologist Kecia Ali recently wrote an article for The Huffington Post that attempted to make excuses for the pervasive nature of slavery (particularly sexual slavery) in the modern Muslim world. Right off the bat her...
Will Democrats ever stand up for free speech too?
Red Alert Politics reports.
Republicans introduce bill to eliminate speech codes at NH colleges
The largest newspaper in New Hampshire has endorsed the elimination of campus speech codes.
The New Hampshire Union Leader on Sunday supported no speech codes for the University System of New Hampshire...
He could face 3½ years in prison if convicted.
The College Fix reports.
Somali high school student punches teacher in the face over perceived gay overture
An attempt at anti-bullying went awry at Southwest High School in Green Bay, Wisconsin, leading to a teacher getting punched in the face.
Ridwaan Mohamud, a 17-year-old of Somali...
They have a lot of tips for keeping free speech free.
From their blog.
FIRE’s New Year’s Resolution Request: Commit to Free Speech on Campus
Administrators
Make it official
Adopt a statement committing to protect free speech on your campus. FIRE has endorsed the Chicago Statement—the free speech policy statement produced by the Committee on Freedom...
A list ranking the top 50.
USA Today reports.
Top 50 colleges with the hardest-working students
It’s no secret that college students work hard. But where do students work the hardest?
School analytics site Niche recently compiled a list of schools with the hardest-working students. The top 50 colleges were chosen from 1,311 schools based...
As we’ve seen, fraternities are sometimes guilty until proven innocent.
The College Fix reports.
Frats punished without cause at American University now blacklisted by sororities
It’s no secret that colleges are itching to punish fraternities for the slightest allegation of a violation, and now those under official disapproval at American University will suffer another...
There are plenty of left wing terms that could vanish from the English language and not be missed but that’s not what this school had in mind.
KOLO News reports.
University in Michigan Releases List of Banned Words
So a university has decided, without holding a presser, that about a dozen words and phrases...
For people who call themselves progressives, the left has some very backwards ideas.
The Daily Caller reported.
Public University To Hold Racially-Segregated ‘Social Justice Retreats’
Oregon State University will hold four racially-exclusive “Social Justice Retreats” focusing on “white privilege,” “microaggressions,” and “institutional racism” in the first month of 2016 alone.
During the weekend of January...
WVU had a bad year in 2015. Here’s hoping they have a better future.
Red Alert Politics reports.
Riots, Expulsions, Arrests, and Death: WVU plans to improve from a rough 2015
Last year was rough at West Virginia University. Tucked away in WV Metro News’ piece featuring th...
Lopsided figures.
The College Fix reports.
No Republican professors found teaching theology at Catholic university
An analysis by The College Fix of political party registrations among Creighton University’s theology professors found zero registered Republican scholars in the group.
Of the 19 theology professors teaching at the private Catholic university in Omaha, Neb., there are 13...
This sad story just keeps getting worse.
Scott Jaschik reports at Inside Higher Ed.
Cosby Charged in Case of Temple U Employee
Pennsylvania authorities have filed criminal charges of felony indecent assault against Bill Cosby in regard to an incident involving a former employee of Temple University. While many women have publicly accused the...
Odds are, at least a few players on your favorite college football team use them regularly for transportation.
USA Today reports.
For some college football players, hoverboards are running end zone fade
DALLAS — They have been blamed for hundreds of visits to emergency rooms, banned from airplanes for spont...
This is a great idea. It’s surprising that no one has proposed it before now.
The College Fix reports.
Bill proposes fines for universities that infringe on students’ free speech rights
Lawmaker proposes ‘Academic bill of rights’
A Republican Washington state lawmaker has drafted legislati...
