This represents the fourth time since 2009 that the effort to persuade the student body to adopt an anti-Israel Boycott.
Algemeiner reports.
McGill University’s Student Body Rejects Student Government’s BDS Vote
The student body at Canada’s McGill University has failed to ratify Monday’s controversial Israel boycott vote by the general assembly of the...
Why is the Bible a subject of controversy on campus?
The College Fix reports.
Prof: ‘Don’t take this class if you believe the Bible is infallible’ — One student’s brave reply
“Don’t take this class if you believe the Bible is inspired or infallible.”
That was how a professor at UC Berkeley had launched his...
Now, we find the school in cyber security trouble again as some 80,000 students and staff had their information as the result of a breach of their systems.
CSO Online reports.
University of California Berkeley breached again
Almost a year later, it seems that the University of California Berkeley has been breached yet again....
So what’s the solution?
Forbes reports.
Why College Is So Expensive, And How To Fix It
It’s no secret that a college education in America is more expensive than it’s ever been. With tuitions at many Universities now exceeding $40,000 per year, even a plethora of financial aid opportunities and scholarships leave the average...
Imagine how difficult the real world is going to be for this student.
The College Fix reports.
Sorority rush counts as hazing because it’s stressful and makes girls cry, student argues
ANALYSIS: Is sorority rush a safe space?
‘After six hours of judgment and insecurity … it’s hard and confusing to leave a house after...
Technology has upended the entire college application process.
The Week reports.
How technology is upending college admissions
Gone are the days of anxious college applicants awaiting the fat or thin envelope in their mailboxes. No more truckloads of transcripts and recommendation letters piling up at the admissions office. Indeed, technology has upended the entire...
The College Republicans at Purdue are starting to plug into the 2016 race.
The Purdue Review reports.
Student Republicans speak out
A quick poll on candidate loyalty by show of hand at the Feb. 25th Purdue College Republicans meeting revealed that support was split between three top contenders for the GOP primary. Several hands...
It was to save money.
KTVZ reports.
Chicago college cancels spring break to save money
If students at Chicago State University weren’t aware of the the budget crisis in Illinois yet, they are now. The school just canceled spring break as a way to save money.
An eight-month-long budget impasse at the state level has...
This is bad news for anyone who was hoping to lounge on the beaches of Hawaii after graduation.
The Honolulu Civil Beat reported.
Is Higher Education Less Valuable In Hawaii?
Hawaii residents are more likely to have a college degree than their mainland counterparts, but may not be reaping the same economic benefits of...
It is as a cost-cutting measure.
The Daily Californian reports.
Campus considers dissolving the College of Chemistry to cut costs
The campus is considering dissolving the College of Chemistry and integrating it into another college as a cost-cutting measure.
The dissolution of the college is one of many options the administration is considering as the...
The petition says Columbia should “divest from corporations that supply, perpetuate, and profit from a system that has subjugated the Palestinian people.”
Columbia Spectator reports.
40 faculty sign petition in solidarity with Columbia University Apartheid Divest
Forty faculty members have signed a petition calling upon the University to “divest from corporations that supply, perpetuate,...
This story has Vermont written all over it.
NBC News reports.
It’s Brain Science: University Fights Binge Drinking With Meditation
A song by U2 blares from loudspeakers as Dr. James Hudziak tosses a brain-shaped football back and forth to students, calling them out by name as they file in to the University of Vermont...
He left calling the recent controversy “too great of a distraction.”
Inside Higher Ed reports.
President quits at Mount St. Mary’s
Simon Newman, the college leader whose metaphor about drowning bunnies made him infamous in higher education, announced late Monday that he has resigned, effective immediately, as president of Mount St. Mary’s University.
“I am...
Is this really acceptable rhetoric from a college professor?
The College Fix reports.
Oberlin ‘social justice’ professor claims Israel behind 9/11 and ISIS
Oberlin College professor Joy Karega, a social justice writing instructor at the Ohio-based liberal arts college, has published a series of posts on social media that largely blames the 9/11 attacks...
Replacing ‘tradition with science’.
Inside Higher Ed reports.
U of Texas announces new protocols for investigating campus sexual assault
Police officers at all 14 University of Texas campuses will soon be trained to follow new investigative protocols aimed at changing how campus law enforcement officers interview and support victims of sexual assault, the system...
The unfortunate reality here is that protests don’t solve financial problems.
The Hawkeye reports.
No more cuts: students rally at state capitol to prevent higher education cuts
Most students never saw it coming, but for Jeffery Williams time was all that stood in the way of our current higher education funding crisis.
“I remember the...
A very new model of learning.
USA Today reports.
MIT dean to create university with no majors or lectures
Christine Ortiz is setting out to break the mold with a radical approach to higher education.
The dean of Graduate Education at Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently announced that she’s taking a (minimum) one-year leave of...
Isn’t it awful when reality defies the progressive agenda?
The College Fix reports.
Black activists’ demands are ‘against state and federal law,’ Mizzou’s diversity czar says
Basketball pep squad publishes its own list of sarcastic demands
The University of Missouri’s new administrators won’t be cowed by attempted mob rule,...
University of Oregon Police Chief Carolyn McDermed stepped down Friday.
Oregon Live reports.
University of Oregon loses $755,000 police whistleblowing case — again
A federal jury’s $755,000 verdict against University of Oregon Police Chief Carolyn McDermed and two other department managers for retaliating against a whistleblower in their department was well-supported by evidence the...
Matt Walsh has some tough love for today’s college students.
He shares his thoughts at The Blaze.
Nobody Really Cares About Your Feelings, College Kids
I’m assured that, on occasion, learning still happens on college campuses. I have not detected any evidence of this, but...
It sounds terrific, but there are definite problems.
The American Conservative reports.
The Problem With Free College
Free college sounds terrific. Bernie Sanders has made it a central theme of his campaign. It was once the norm at our best public universities. They still do it in Germany and other European countries. Why not...
Chicago State is in deep trouble but Bernie Sanders doesn’t get it.
USA Today reports.
Bernie Sanders calls out Illinois for holding higher-ed funds hostage
Bernie Sanders blasted Illinois legislators Thursday night for holding higher-education funds hostage, but he couldn’t stop the inevitable. On Friday, Chicago State University, the site of his rally, announced...
