This year’s U.S. college seniors graduated with an average debt of $37,172.
Forbes reports.
If There’s One Thing Millennials Regret, It’s Going To College
They may be the most educated generation in history, but if there’s one thing millennials regret, it’s going to college.
More than a third of 18- to 35-year-olds say...
If you were a student, wouldn’t you keep using the term just to anger the professor?
Campus Reform reports.
Florida art prof penalizes students for saying ‘melting pot’
Students enrolled in Art Appreciation at the University of Florida risk losing credit on assignments if they use the phrase “melting pot” in class.
Professor Pamela Brekka...
Students who say colleges have mishandled sexual assault complaints demand on social media that colleges #JustSaySorry.
Inside Higher Ed reports.
Sexual assault victims urge colleges to apologize for mishandling cases
On Monday, Wagatwe Wanjuki, a former Tufts University student, posted a video on Facebook of her setting a Tufts sweatshirt on fire. “I’m not...
This is an education scandal the media loves to ignore.
The Daily Caller reports.
Bill Clinton Has Raked in More Than $23 Million From For-Profit Schools
Bill Clinton earned another $1.6 million from for-profit education companies in 2015, according to the Clinton’s newly-released 2015 tax return. The figure means he was paid more than...
The decisions students make during their freshman year can have a major impact on the rest of their college experience.
Forbes reports.
What I Wish Someone Had Told Me Before Starting College
If you remember what it’s like to be an incoming college freshman, the experience inspired just as much excitement as it did...
That’s a pretty big life switch.
The College Fix reports.
Feminist professor becomes traditional family activist: ‘The cause of truth is never lost’
Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse taught economics at Yale and George Mason universities for 15 years, a dedicated career woman who had an abortion in her youth and mapped out her family...
“Reporting is never easy, but it doesn’t have to be that hard.”
NBC News reports.
Colleges Embrace Online Anonymous ‘Snitching’ to Fight Sexual Violence
It took Jessica Ladd over a year to tell her college that she was sexually assaulted by a friend, and when she finally had the courage, no one took...
The owner of a 529 plan can change the beneficiary once a year, as long as the new designee is a family member.
Time Money reports.
What to Do With Leftover Money in Your College Savings Plan
Melissa Byers and Rich Rauh began stashing away money in 529 college savings accounts for their sons...
The University of Wyoming has created a great new summer jobs program for veterans.
Wyoming Public Radio reports.
University Of Wyoming Creates Veterans Trail Crew
A University of Wyoming trail building program has created a summer work crew specifically for veterans in need of a job. The Wyoming Veterans Trail Crew will be a...
The Columbia case is not much different from the others.
The New Yorker reports.
College Students Go to Court Over Sexual Assault
More than twenty-five years ago, alleged rapists’ names were scrawled in bathroom stalls at Brown University. These signs of outrage accompanied campus activists’ demands to improve sexual-offense policies and training for male...
A long time professor at Texas A&M is calling it quits over the state’s new campus carry law.
WIBW reports.
Texas professor retiring over campus carry law
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said this week university professors could face disciplinary action if they suggest handguns not be brought into their classrooms.
It’s one of the...
This is not day care. This is a university!”
The Denver Post reports.
Stop coddling college crybabies
How far will this nonsense go before a line is drawn in the sand and sanity intervenes to reintroduce freedom of thought to higher education? It’s nothing new that a relatively small segment of callow, idealistic youngsters...
These students are lucky to be alive.
ABC News reports.
Arkansas College Students Went Into ‘Survival Mode’ to Survive Nearly 30 Hours Trapped in Cave
One of three Arkansas State University students who was rescued Thursday after being trapped in a cave for nearly 30 hours said the trio went into “survival mode” to...
‘The modern-day Pharisees of sexual politics’
The College Fix reports.
NCAA suggests colleges should let men who identify as men use women’s locker rooms
The NCAA is asking cities that hope to host championships to explain how they will protect participants and spectators from gender-identity discrimination, among other forms of bias.
It is not asking...
An unintended boon for transfer students?
The College Fix reports.
Columbia is the first Ivy League school to drop multiple SAT and ACT requirements
The past year has seen an explosion in American colleges and universities dropping various aspects of the SAT and ACT exams as requirements in their admissions policies.
But when Columbia University...
This is an update to a story we ran earlier in the week.
CNN reports.
American University of Afghanistan in Kabul closed after kidnappings
The American University of Afghanistan has temporarily suspended campus operations after two of its teachers were kidnapped at gunpoint Sunday, according to a statement released...
Whites need not apply.
The Blaze reports.
Group of Pitzer College Students Refuse to Live With Whites: ‘Don’t See How This Is Racist’
A group of Pitzer College students are looking for students to share off-campus housing — but whites need not apply.
According to the Claremont Independent, Pitzer College student Karé Ureña posted on...
Can students also sue over excessive fees?
The New York Times reports.
Employees Sue Four More Universities Over Retirement Plan Fees
More leading universities have been sued on claims that their retirement plans charged employees excessive fees, following a series of similar suits filed earlier this week.
In the latest round, complaints were filed in...
The resource center advises saying “Hey y’all” in a group setting instead.
The College Fix reports.
Public university warns against saying ‘you guys’
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual Resource Center at the University of California Davis warns that some “words hurt” — including the expression “you guys.”
Th...
This speech by John Leo of Minding the Campus from 2001 was a sign of where academia was headed all the way back in 2001.
Check it out.
Pundit Wages War on Campus Correctness, 2001
The speech below was delivered on March 19, 2001, by then U.S. News & World Report columnist John Leo,...
Mullen said that the teachers and classmates who ridiculed him were all to thank for the experience.
Red Alert Politics reports.
Trump meets with student who got harrassed for wearing the MAGA hat
A teenager from South Portland, Maine, who was mocked by both students and teachers for wearing a “Make America Great Again”...
They’re probably just trying to be different than the Harvard College Republicans who didn’t endorse Trump.
Campus Reform reports.
Yale College Republicans: we’re unimportant, also endorsing Trump
The Yale University College Republicans (YCR) have endorsed Donald Trump, despite their Ivy League peers choosing not to do so.
Recently, a Twitter account that appeared...
