“We condemn freedom of speech that hurts other people’s feelings.”
The College Fix reports.
‘Debate’ over student First Amendment rights continues at University of Houston
Despite apologies, a 50-day suspension, and required attendance at a “diversity training,” University of Houston Student Government Association Vice President Rohini Sethi remains the focal point of intense discussion...
One has to wonder if the families of victims agree with this notion.
The Daily Caller reports.
Harvard Professor: Don’t You Worry, Radical Muslim Terror Threats Are Totally ‘Exaggerated’
Harvard psychology professor — and celebrated pop shrink — Steven Pinker has advised the Western world not to worry about the ever-increasing number of deadly...
No suspect was identified or arrested.
SFGate reports.
College ballplayer killed in SF while playing ‘Pokémon Go’
A San Mateo high school graduate who was set to pitch baseball in his second year in college was shot to death Saturday night near San Francisco’s Ghirardelli Square while playing “Pokémon Go,” according to his family.
Calvin...
It’s amazing that this is allowed and that some students choose it.
Campus Reform reports.
MA college offers voluntary segregation for ‘historically marginalized’ students
A Massachusetts college allows students to reside in “identity-based” housing communities, provided they have a “unique social identity” that has “historically experienced oppression.”
“These residential spaces give support to members of...
The solution is not money or mentors, but by closing the gaps between students’ intentions and their actions.
NPR reports.
Scientific Secrets To Keep Kids In College
To be human is to be constantly at war between our lofty goals and our immediate impulses.
Future Me...
This is a point I have been making for months.
Red Alert Politics reports.
Will Yale rename its entire university? Elihu Yale was worse than John C. Calhoun
If Yale University President Peter Salovey thinks Calhoun College is a bad name, he may want to think about renaming the entire school. As Roger Kimball...
College is a good time to gain knowledge into all kinds of human endeavors, including the basics of managing money.
Star Tribune reports.
College students should skip the plastic
The other day I was asked if entering college students should get a credit card when they head off to school. My answer is that...
This is like finding out Big Foot exists. Huge news!
The College Fix reports.
Meet the public university that actually has a surprisingly high number of Republican professors
East Carolina University appears to offer an ideological balance among professors
Finding an academic department at any given public or liberal arts campus across America that...
What was Brown’s unwritten consent?
The College Fix reports.
Accused student should have known unwritten consent rule from campus posters, Brown says
Less than two weeks from closing arguments in a lawsuit by a Brown University student who was suspended after a disputed tryst and disciplinary proceeding, Brown is laying out its “proposed findings...
Today’s cell phones present all kinds of problems for academic integrity.
FOX News reports.
Florida university student sues over cheating suspension
A University of Central Florida student is suing the school after being accused of sneaking out a cellphone during a test.
Taylor Seitz tells the Orlando Sentinel (http://bit.ly/2bcf4bT) her punishment was “egregious.” She was...
College, it turns out, is not the great equalizer.
Politico reports.
The trouble with free college for all
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) spent much of his presidential campaign calling for a political revolution that would take money out of politics and reduce income inequality. His policy proposals, such as single payer health insurance and...
LGBT activists are going after BYU because of its connections to Mormonism.
The Daily Caller reports.
LGBT Activists Want To Ban BYU From The Big 12 Because Of Mormon Positions
The Big 12 received a letter from national LGBT groups on Monday urging the college athletics conference to bar prospective new member Brigham Young...
Some of parents’ bad behavior may stem from misconceptions about college savings accounts.
CNBC reports.
Raiding your kids’ 529 college plan is mean and dumb
Cringe-worthy as it is to dip into your kid’s piggy bank, it’s probably the nicer financial move compared to raiding his or her 529 college savings account.
Nearly half of...
This is an update to a story we’ve been following. Thankfully, it’s a happy ending.
The FIRE blog reports.
University of Houston Student Government Rescinds Suspension of VP for Facebook Post
Last week on The Torch, FIRE’s Will Creeley explored the legal and practical issues surrounding a decision by the University of Houston Student...
Among those who didn’t apply for financial aid, 13 percent said they didn’t know how, and 9 percent said it was too much work.
The Fiscal Times reports.
Millions of College Students Are Making This Big Financial Mistake
Despite the student loan crisis, about 20 percent of college students m...
It’s amazing that any type of segregation would be allowed at a college.
The College Fix reports.
Civil rights group blasts racially segregated course offerings at community college
The second-largest community college in Illinois is reserving some sections of a mandatory course for black students only – and it’s getting lambasted by a civil...
Teaching a college’s history is also an opportunity to instill school pride.
The Chronicle of Higher Education reports.
Why a College Should Teach Its Own History
For the past six years, I’ve taught a course at Cornell University on the institution’s history and its role in the context of higher education in America. Topics...
Tuition at this school keeps going up, too. Any wonder why?
The College Fix reports.
Public university that hikes tuition yearly also spends $800K annually on diversity staffers
Auburn University maintains a lengthy roster of employees dedicated to advancing diversity that costs taxpayers at least $800,000 annually, a payroll analysis by The College Fix...
Concordia St. Paul says it was trying to be “warm and welcoming” to minority students, but not everyone sees it that way.
Inside Higher Ed reports.
Anger at Concordia St. Paul over mandatory orientation for minority students
Concordia University St. Paul has for years had an orientation meeting for minority students. But this year,...
In the newest video from Prager University, Steve Forbes explains how the free market, not the government does a better job of regulating the economy.
Take a look below.
Here’s more information.
With the smartest experts and the best economists, could the federal government run the U.S....
The College Board confirmed the theft after Reuters reported Wednesday that it had received hundreds of confidential test items.
The Wall Street Journal reports.
Unpublished SAT Exam Material Stolen, College Board Says
The College Board said unpublished SAT exam content had been stolen, calling the theft of the college entrance test material “a serious...
The optics of this are terrible at a time when student debt and unemployment are big issues.
The Daily Caller reports.
Public College Head Spent Almost $200k Traveling In Luxury
The now-suspended chancellor of the University of California, Davis (UC-Davis) spent over $170,000 in school funds traveling in luxury around the globe, a new...
