According to this report from FOX News, private universities are following suit.
Report: Nearly all police armed on public campuses; experts say private schools exploring idea
Nearly all campus police officers at public universities now carry guns, pepper spray and other weapons, according to a new Justice Department report, and experts say more...
In the real world, this is what free college looks like. This would be a great opportunity for students who aren’t sure if they’re ready for the huge financial commitment of going to college.
Rudy Takala of CNS News reports.
Education Venture to Offer ‘Freshman Year for Free’ Online
The non-profit Modern States Education...
From the “you can’t make stuff like this up” department.
Lauren Clark of Campus Reform reports.
White professor teaches ‘problem of whiteness’ course at Arizona State
At Arizona State University (ASU), students can now learn about the “problem of whiteness” in America.
The public university is offering an English class to its students this semester...
Like all things in life, someone has to pay. Guess who’s going to do it in this case.
Joel B. Pollak of Breitbart reports.
Obama’s Lying to You About Free College, Kids
President Barack Obama took his State of the Union on the road yesterday, telling college students in Boise, ID that he will...
If these students were leftists, they wouldn’t seek permission, they’d just take over a college building.
Greg Piper of the College Fix reports.
Canadian court: No right to free speech for pro-life students
Canada’s hostility to free speech isn’t exactly a secret, but British Columbia’s chief justice just took that government-sanctioned denigration of conscience...
This should go over well with the left. Boston radio talker Howie Carr wrote this report for Breitbart.
MIT Climate Scientist: Global Warming Believers a ‘Cult’
An MIT professor of meteorology is dismissing global-warming alarmists as a discredited “cult” whose members are becoming more hysterical as emerging evidence continues to contradict their beliefs.
During...
As long as Obama and other Democrats are going to keep playing this game, Republicans need a strategy.
Daniel Oliver of The Federalist has an idea.
Forget College For Everyone: Forgive Student Loans And End Further Subsidies
Both Obama’s and Warren’s populist proposals are meant to make Republicans look like anti-learning skinflints. Two parties...
Especially in the south, according to this article by Terrance F. Ross of The Atlantic.
Where the Sugar Babies Are
In recent years the rising cost of student debt has given birth to an odd phenomenon: a population of ostensibly generous older men who appear poised to solve the higher-educ...
The situation is so serious that there’s a lawsuit.
Lisa Kaiser of Express Milwaukee reported.
UWM Civil Rights Lawsuit Heads to Federal Court
The lawsuit brought by UW-Milwaukee student leaders is now a federal case.
The students argue that the administration of then-Chancellor Michael Lovell violated the University of Wisconsin System’s core value of shared...
It sure looks that way. Why would he want to do such a thing? Streiff of Red State explains.
Obama: Let’s tax college savings plans
In a tax code littered with carve outs, write offs, deductions, and other tomfoolery, damned little of that goes to the middle-class, which I’ll define broadly as anyone...
The higher ed bubble cometh.
Julia O’Donoghue of NOLA.com reports.
Louisiana higher education officials talk about potential cuts to colleges and universities
Higher education officials are optimistic that the final cut to Louisiana’s colleges and universities won’t be as high as recently has been suggested, but if it stays up anywhere near the level...
Obviously, American colleges need more core requirements in gender studies and social justice.
Douglas Belkin reports at the Wall Street Journal.
Test Finds College Graduates Lack Skills for White-Collar Jobs
Four in 10 U.S. college students graduate without the complex reasoning skills to manage white-collar work, according to the results of a test of...
Remember freedom of the press? It doesn’t look like Northern Michigan University does.
Dave Huber of the College Fix reports.
CLAIM: College newspaper staff threatened by administrators
The staff at Northern Michigan University’s The North Wind student newspaper allege that they are facing intimidation and threatened retribution after filing several Freedom of Information Act...
Ahmed Shihab-Eldin is a professor of journalism at Columbia. In a recent appearance on CNN, he raised the claim by two of the Paris terrorists that they were motivated by Abu Ghraib.
Via Weasel Zippers.
In a new video from Prager University, Arthur Brooks corrects some common misconceptions about Capitalism and the power of the free market.
Here’s more information.
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Does free enterprise hurt the poor? Is it unfair...
Does Brandeis really have a lot of conservatives on campus? That would probably be news to Daniel Mael.
Caleb Bonham of Campus Reform reports.
Professor quits because there are too many conservatives on campus
A professor of politics at...
This is going to be an expensive situation for UVA. I hope all the fraternity members have good lawyers.
From Business Insider.
University Of Virginia Legal Costs Mount After Discredited Rape Story
The costs to the University of Virginia after a discredited report by Rolling Stone magazine of a fraternity gang rape are mounting,...
Are there any college students who don’t have a list of grievances these days?
The College Fix reported.
‘Unheard’ minority Oklahoma students vent their ‘grievances’
It seems the University of Oklahoma suffers from the same “problem” as other American colleges: It’s not (allegedly) “doing enough” for the school’s minority community.
A couple of evenings...
It’s good to know Indiana University is using tax dollars so wisely.
Elizabeth Harrington of the Washington Free Beacon reported.
Indiana University Monitored ‘Hate Tweets’ in Aftermath of Truthy Scandal
Internal emails obtained by the Washington Free Beacon through a public records request from Indiana University about “Truthy” reveal that the school monitored “hate...
In the way that only Ann Coulter can.
As Long as Obama Brought up the Cost of College
I gather from Obama’s “free” community college proposal that his plan for dealing with the Republican Congress over the next two years is to throw out ridiculously expensive ideas no one has ever heard of...
A program designed to use students as drug informants has ended in tragedy.
Blake Neff of the Daily Caller reported.
UMass: Maybe Spying On Students Was A Bad Idea
The University of Massachusetts at Amherst has announced that it will end a program that recruited students as police informants after...
Of course. Raising taxes is the liberal solution for almost everything.
P.J. Gladnick of News Busters reported.
New York Mag Writer: Reduce Campus Rapes by Raising Beer Tax; Smoking More Dope
It is only a couple of weeks into the new year but it looks like we already have a strong contender for the...
