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Accreditation Association Puts Georgetown College On Probation

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Posted by    Tuesday, June 28, 2016 at 9:30am

The college suffered “huge enrollment declines.”

Lexington Herald-Leader reports.

Georgetown College put on probation by accreditation association

A regional accreditation association has put Georgetown College on one year of probation because of the school’s non-compliance with financial standards.

The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges announced this week that Georgetown College “had...

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‘Hate and Extremism’ Expert Says it is Conservatives Who Face Campus Discrimination

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Posted by    Tuesday, June 28, 2016 at 8:00am

This is absolutely true and completely ignored by the left because they believe they’re always the victims.

The College Fix reports.

‘Hate and extremism’ expert says campus conservatism faces discrimination, suppression

‘With regard to speaking on college campuses, conservatives are thoroughly well positioned with their contention that there is both passive and active discrimination...

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UC Irvine Allows College Republicans To Be Reinstated

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Posted by    Monday, June 27, 2016 at 6:30pm

The College Republicans at UC Irvine are accusing the administration of blatantly discriminating against conservatives on campus.

The College Fix reports.

UCI reinstates College Republicans, CRs boldly demand apology for discrimination

UC Irvine administrators on Thursday reinstated the College Republicans’ right to rent space on campus, overturning a previous ban that club members described...

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Monmouth U. to Keep Woodrow Wilson’s Name on Campus Building

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Posted by    Monday, June 27, 2016 at 5:00pm

Woodrow Wilson was a progressive and a racist so having his name on a building is problematic.

The Chronicle of Higher Education reports.

Monmouth U. Will Keep Woodrow Wilson’s Name on Campus Building

Monmouth University has decided to keep Woodrow Wilson’s name on a campus building that honors him, following discussions on the New...

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Dartmouth Presents Evidence To Block Fraternity’s Residential Status

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Posted by    Monday, June 27, 2016 at 3:30pm

What is the future of this fraternity?

Valley News reports.

Dartmouth College Tries to Block Fraternity’s Bid to Keep Status

Hanover — Dartmouth College has presented new evidence in an effort to block a fraternity’s bid to retain its residential status.

The fraternity, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, lost ties to the college last winter amid accusations...

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Purdue Launches New Program Designed to Reduce College Debt

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Posted by    Monday, June 27, 2016 at 2:00pm

The program involves agreeing to pay a percentage of future earnings.

FOX 59 News reported.

Purdue University launches program to combat student debt

Purdue University is enrolling the first round of students in a program that aims to combat student debt for those promising to pay a share of their future earnings for a...

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Georgetown President Wants To Rectify University’s Role In The Slave Trade

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Posted by    Monday, June 27, 2016 at 12:30pm

Names of two past college presidents “who organized or played an advisory role in the sale of the slaves” were removed from campus buildings.

The College Fix reports.

Georgetown U. president promises to ‘make amends’ for school’s role in slave trade

Georgetown University President John J. DeGioia has promised a “vigorous” and “wide-ranging” response...

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Complaints Pour in Over Speech Codes at University of Northern Colorado

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Posted by    Monday, June 27, 2016 at 11:00am

This school doesn’t understand that combating “bias” in speech only leads to censorship.

The Gazzette reports.

Complaints pile up over Colorado university speech regulations

Complaints are continuing to pile up after the University of Northern Colorado created a Bias Response Team to deal with behavior deemed to be offensive, including issues involving race, religion,...

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University of Arizona Symposium Looks At First Amendment Issues

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Posted by    Monday, June 27, 2016 at 9:30am

The symposium was the brainchild of Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students Kendal Washington White.

FIRE reports.

New University of Arizona Symposium Focuses on First Amendment Issues in Higher Ed

Free speech on campus was the topic of the day Wednesday at the University of Arizona’s (UA’s)...

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Christmas Vacation Now a Microaggression at UNC Chapel Hill

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Posted by    Monday, June 27, 2016 at 8:00am

The left is always looking for something new to be offended by.

The Daily Caller reports.

University Of North Carolina: CHRISTMAS VACATION Is A ‘Microagression’ Now

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill issued a guide this week which instructs students that Christmas vacations and telling a woman “I love your shoes!”...

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What To Ask On College Tours

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Posted by    Sunday, June 26, 2016 at 5:00pm

To get the financial scoop, be sure to include these questions.

Time Money reports.

The 4 Questions to Ask on a College Campus Tour

Campus tours are a carefully choreographed part of colleges’ marketing efforts. But they’re also a great opportunity for students and parents to push past the sales pitch and get the...

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American Universities Are Orwellian

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Posted by    Sunday, June 26, 2016 at 2:00pm

American higher education sinks deeper into the muck.

National Review reports.

The Orwellian Charge of the Campus Bias Response Team

A professor at the University of Northern Colorado assigned Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff’s “The Coddling of the American Mind” to his students — and watched as they proved the essay’s point.

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Fossil Fuel Divestment Rejected at NYU

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Posted by    Sunday, June 26, 2016 at 12:30pm

This is going to make the progressives on campus very unhappy. Oh well.

Campus Reform reports.

NYU rejects fossil fuel divestment as meaningless political statement

The New York University Board of Trustees rejected vehement demands from students to divest from fossil fuels because doing so would have amounted to a meaningless political statement.

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UC Irvine Suspends College Republicans

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Posted by    Sunday, June 26, 2016 at 11:00am

The CR Executive Board is having ongoing discussions with its legal counsel and “some form of opposing action will be taken in the near future.”

Campus Reform reports.

College Republicans suspended by UC Irvine after hosting Milo

The University of California, Irvine has suspended its College Republicans chapter for an entire year after the...

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Students And Professors Upset About Layoffs at University of Chicago

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Posted by    Sunday, June 26, 2016 at 9:30am

The University of Chicago is having serious financial problems and people are upset about it.

The Chicago Tribune reported.

University of Chicago professors, students upset by layoffs and school finances

culty members and student groups are pushing back against University of Chicago leadership and its ongoing effort to lay...

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Lowell High School Removes Title ‘Master’ Just Like Colleges

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Posted by    Sunday, June 26, 2016 at 8:00am

In the past year, Yale and Harvard eliminated “master” due to its “negative” connotations.

The College Fix reports.

Not just for colleges: Massachusetts high school eliminates the title ‘master’

Lowell High School in Massachusetts is demonstrating just how “sensitive” and “tolerant” it is by following the lead of several universities: It will ditch the...

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Former College of Charleston Students Allegedly Hid Drug Ring In Plain Sight

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Posted by    Saturday, June 25, 2016 at 5:00pm

How did a college drug ring hid in plain sight?

Post and Courier reports.

Cocaine, pills … and textbooks

It was one of Charleston’s bigger drug busts: a network of present and former College of Charleston students and other twenty-somethings accused of funneling hundreds of thousands of dollars of cocaine, pills and other narcotics...

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Oberlin College Now Offering Buyouts to Faculty and Staff

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Posted by    Saturday, June 25, 2016 at 3:30pm

Is Oberlin starting to feel the effects of the higher ed bubble? This could be a sign.

Cleveland.com reports.

Oberlin College offers buyouts to faculty and staff

Oberlin College, in an effort to save several million dollars a year, has offered buyouts to 323 faculty and staff.

Buyout offers at colleges are rare but have...

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Universities Will Face New Challenges After ‘Brexit’

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Posted by    Saturday, June 25, 2016 at 2:00pm

What are the challenges?

Inside Higher Ed reports.

With ‘Brexit’ win, universities face ‘significant challenges’

British citizens voted on Thursday for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union, ushering in a period of uncertainty for universities. The margin was 52 to 48 percent.

Many in higher education opposed a British exit, or Brexit, from...

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More College Students Are Turning to Entrepreneurship

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Posted by    Saturday, June 25, 2016 at 12:30pm

This is a very good trend. College aged people will be better off if they take control of their future.

The Huffington Post reports.

The Rise of Entrepreneurship Among College/Graduate Students and Young Professionals

For the past several years, Barbara Hou has gained valuable insights into entrepreneurship, and she shares them (along with other...

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Campus Pro-Life Groups Outnumber Planned Parenthood Affiliates By A Large Margin

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Posted by    Saturday, June 25, 2016 at 11:00am

Students for Life of America said Thursday that it now has more than 1,000 student groups.

The College Fix reports.

Campus pro-life groups outnumber Planned Parenthood affiliates nearly 4-to-1

By sheer numbers, pro-life student activists are clobbering their pro-choice opponents.

Students for Life of America said Thursday that it now has more than 1,000 student...

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New York State Ramps Up Free College Program For Prisoners

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Posted by    Saturday, June 25, 2016 at 9:30am

This will help proponents of free college for all. They’ll ask why prisoners are getting free college while others don’t.

The Wall Street Journal reports.

Thousands of New York-Area Inmates to Get Federal Funds for College Education

Several thousand inmates in the tri-state area will be eligible...

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