The University of California responded with a report of its own.
Inside Higher Ed reports.
State audit accuses U of California of putting in-state residents at a disadvantage
Facing severe budget cuts from the state around 2010, University of California campuses started increasing their admission of out-of-state students, who pay much higher tuition rates...
The student, who used to be female, was expelled for using the men’s locker room.
ABC News reports.
University Settles Locker Room Case With Transgender Student
The University of Pittsburgh has settled a lawsuit brought by a transgender student who said he was wrongfully expelled from its Johnstown campus after a dispute over his...
Recent attacks in Europe have targeted the most popular region for American study abroad students.
Inside Higher Ed reports.
Terror attacks in Europe strike at epicenter of American study abroad
The University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign had 53 undergraduate students in Belgium at the time of the terrorist attacks at the Brussels airport...
The war on college men continues unabated.
The College Fix reports.
Harvard threatens all-male clubs again with new deadline for whether they will go coed
Harvard University’s sexual assault task force pointed the finger squarely at the school’s single-sex final clubs for allegedly high rates of “nonconsensual sexual contact,” recommending their total eradication in a...
Last year, Stratton Mitchell was killed on Atlantic Avenue the very first night of College Beach Week.
WTKR reports.
Business owners, locals worried about College Beach Week 2016
Virginia Beach – According to the social media account CBW2k16, a promoter for College Beach Week 2016, thousands of college students will be heading to the...
This is the white kid who was accosted by a black student over his dreadlocks.
He apparently agrees with the concept of cultural appropriation, he just doesn’t think it applied in this case.
A new hashtag has begun.
Red Alert Politics reports.
#ToneDownForWhat: Millennials slam Hillary for refusing to debate Bernie
Despite all their pandering, Hillary Clinton and her campaign do not know how to talk to millennials, especially after her aide told CNN that she won’t debate Sanders until he watches his tone.
“This is a man...
This was a clever response to the recent panic over pro-Trump messages on campus.
Campus Reform reports.
Emory president responds to chalk incident with chalking of his own
Despite pressure from students, Emory University President James W. Wagner has reaffirmed his school’s commitment to free speech.
After “Trump 2016” appeared in chalk on the sidewalks...
It will happen over the next three years.
Columbia Daily Spectator reports.
Columbia to pay student workers $15 an hour
Columbia will increase the hourly wage paid to students on work-study and in other part-time positions to $15 an hour, Provost John Coatsworth announced on Monday.
In an email to students, Coatsworth said that the...
In the video below, a San Francisco State University student has a standoff with another student over his hairstyle.
She claims his dreadlocks are a form of cultural appropriation. He doesn’t agree.
Read more at Legal Insurrection.
Talk of coddled students and the squashing of unpopular positions started back in October when student groups first demanded the cancellation of a speaker.
USA Today reports.
Williams College administrator slams perception that students are coddled
As criticism of student concerns about microaggressions mounts, one college administrator at Williams College has come to...
College students might not be “feeling the Bern” if they were working taxpayers.
Red Alert Politics reports.
Scholar: Millennials prefer socialism “until they get jobs”
Unlike any other generation, the majority of millennials have a favorable view of socialism. In a column for The Washington Post, Emily Ekins of the Cato Institute claimed “millennials like socialism — until they get...
The new president is expected to be appointed to begin July 2017, according to a statement released by the college.
Poughkeepsie Journal reports.
Vassar president to leave position at college
Vassar College President Catharine Hill has announced she will conclude her presidency of the school at the end of the 2017 academic year.
In an...
Truth Revolt points to the findings of a new study which suggests college is too easy.
They’re Practically Giving Away A’s at Colleges and Universities
The research is in: getting an “A” in college is easier than ever because “grade inflation” is at an all-time high. Those studying...
Leaders hope to avoid controversy, cut costs and keep everyone awake.
Inside Higher Ed reports.
Bradley University forgoes guest commencement speakers
With commencement season looming, colleges are announcing speakers. At least a handful of these announcements are likely to spark some controversy. Whether the college has chosen a speaker who is divisive or simply...
Are we really at the point where student activists are going to be speech police for professors? It sure looks that way.
Campus Reform reports.
Stanford activists want to expel faculty for microaggressions
A new Stanford group which claims to be committed to improving faculty diversity has called for boycotts of Wells Fargo and...
He is considered to be dangerous.
The News Center reports.
Update: College closes campuses after inmate’s escape
Hocking College’s website says the escape of a prison inmate serving 18 year to life for murder, robbery and escape convictions has led officials to close all campuses of the college in Nelsonville.
The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation...
This Harvard Crimson article by a student describing attitudes on campus is very revealing.
A Culture of Sensitivity
I used to believe that open discourse was a value all Americans hold dear. I presumed that when asked about what makes America so unique, many Americans would respond that our pluralistic society is the...
The NLRB found the college’s actions were so egregious that it ordered Columbia College Chicago to pay the union’s negotiating expenses.
Inside Higher Ed reports.
NLRB rules that college must negotiate with union on changing credit hours of courses
Many faculty union contracts include clauses that say the administration retains the right to make...
In a new video from Prager University, Khurram Dara, a Muslim American author and attorney suggests that Muslim Americans have a unique opportunity and responsibility to help stop Islamic terror.
Watch below.
Here’s more information:
What must the United States do to prevent more Islamist terror attacks like recent ones in Brussels, Paris, and...
Some advice before starting the application process.
USA Today reports.
10 things college applicants need to understand
Somewhere between being a high school student and being a college student, there’s the complex phase of being a college applicant. While parents and counselors may spend a great deal of time helping students make the transition,...
Our friend Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit has a new column at USA Today which is worth your time.
Here’s an excerpt.
How PC culture is killing higher education
If I were to offer one piece of advice to university presidents, it would be to watch the scene from The Social Network in which Harvard...
