Financial planners would certainly like for their clients to have a plan when it comes to college.
Forbes reports.
What Financial Planners Wish You Were Doing About College Savings
College is generally not a surprise. From the time your children are born, if you suspect they’re going to go to college—and about 68% of...
Liberals are so opposed to voter ID that they go over the top when attacking it.
Campus Reform reports.
Duke prof compares voter ID laws to Jim Crow
After North Carolina’s voter identification law was struck down Friday, two Duke University professors debated whether the law amounted to “intentional racial discrimination” or just disproportionately...
Juggling money and Title IX requirements often puts baseball, men’s track, golf and bowling in jeopardy.
The Undefeated reports.
Minor sports getting squeezed out at HBCUs
Even though we had just made history — having etched Howard University’s name in the history books as the first historically black college to capture a Division I...
It sure pays well to be in America illegally. Especially if you’re a college student.
The College Fix reports.
Undocumented students granted perks: Jobs, financial aid, legal support
Number of undocumented students at UC Merced outnumbers its African American student population, and is nearly half of the white population
For the more than 300 students...
And a growing number of other brainy millennials are following this path.
New York Post reports.
Why millennials are forgoing college for blue-collar jobs
Washington Mayancela decided he wanted his life to be degree free.
He joins legions of well-schooled millennials bucking the trend of college, taking often dirty but well-paid blue-collar jobs.
Coming out of...
College students today are lucky to have an organization like FIRE to back them up.
From the FIRE blog.
Censored on Campus? FIRE Will Defend You
A pair of articles published online by The New York Times today—titled “Fighting for the First Amendment on America’s Campuses” and “Want a Copy of the Constitution? Now,...
72 percent of the 233 youth suicides in the state from 2010 to 2012 were committed by people between the ages of 19 and 24.
NJ reports.
Christie signs suicide prevention bill aimed at college students
TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie on Monday signed into law a suicide prevention bill focusing on college students.
The...
This new video from Prager University is an instant classic.
Haverford College student Olivia Legaspi explains how working at McDonalds did a better job than college in preparing her for the real world. This is a must-watch video.
Here’s more information:
Can working at McDonald’s better prepare a young adult for life than attending...
The share prices of the two student-housing REITs are soaring.
Bloomberg reports.
These Landlords Are Making a Killing on College Students
College students aren’t famous for their tidiness, sober living, or financial prudence, to name three qualities landlords might look for in a tenant. But despite the beer-soaked carpets and general flakiness, renting off-campus...
Heresy gets punished with reprogramming.
The College Fix reports.
Student punished with mandatory diversity training for ‘All Lives Matter’ tweet
The University of Houston’s student government vice president must undergo mandatory diversity training for tweeting “All Lives Matter.”
SGA Vice President Rohini Sethi made the comments on social media after the shooting in Dallas last...
Many millennials who decide to vote third-party are accused of throwing away their ballot on someone who won’t win the election.
Red Alert Politics reports.
Survey: Disgruntled millennials leaning toward Green Party candidate
A recent survey from the Global Strategy Group revealed that Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are facing high unfavorable ratings amongst...
First, DePaul banned Milo Yiannopoulos, now they’ve banned Shapiro.
Red Alert Politics reports.
Another conservative speaker gets banned from DePaul University
DePaul University recently banned Milo Yiannopoulos from speaking on campus and has now done the same with Ben Shapiro. John Minster, vice-chairman of the university’s YAF chapter, denounced the decision as another example of when “the value most...
Friday protesters and Trump fans found something they could agree on — a dislike of Hillary Clinton.
The College Fix reports.
Anti-Trump protesters join in chants of ‘Lock Her Up’ as Trump stumps at Colorado campus (VIDEO)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Campaign appearances by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump have incited violence, flag burnings,...
This is great. Anything that helps veterans is a good thing.
The Los Angeles Times reports.
USC hosts ‘boot camp’ for military veterans aimed at easing culture shock of college life
Charena Lafayette served in the U.S. Marine Corps for 13 years, but no amount of military training prepared her for the challenge of...
Policies at many of these schools reflect not simply a misunderstanding of, but rather a disdain for, the First Amendment’s guarantees.
FIRE reports.
The Problematic State of Free Speech at North Carolina Universities
There should be no place safer for free speech and academic freedom than a public university. After all, as state agents,...
Opponents of the new campus carry laws in Texas are still voicing their concerns but the law is in effect.
KEYE TV News reports.
New campus carry law takes effect Monday
The state’s new campus carry law takes effect in two days and the University of Texas is making sure it’s ready. Starting Monday,...
DiSalvo is also a passionate supporter of Hillary Clinton.
Red Alert Politics reports.
Univ. of Cincinnati director: Help the country, “kill the NRA” [EXCLUSIVE]
There’s lot of ways someone can serve their country and their community, including joining the military, volunteering for charity — or, according to a high-level staffer at the University of...
Application fees may seem small but they add up and mean real money for some schools.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.
For many colleges, application fees mean revenue
August officially kicks off college application season. Rising high school seniors will begin inking their essays and submitting their grades and test scores to more than 4,000...
The course is for the support of “environmental justice movement”
Fox News reports.
‘Green Lives Matter’ college course title has some critics seeing red
Black Lives Matter has taken offense at police saying “Blue Lives Matter” and others who say “All Lives Matter,” but now a Wisconsin school is risking ire by branding a...
There were probably some passengers on the Titanic who were convinced it wouldn’t sink.
Campus Reform reports.
Former college presidents blast alleged college debt ‘myth’
Two former college presidents are fighting the “myth” of college debt and its alleged solution of free tuition, placing the blame on the student dropout rate instead.
Dr. William G....
