Whatever happened to the accused being presumed innocent until proven guilty?
Matt Lamb of the College Fix reports.
University trains faculty to ‘assume’ sexual-assault accusers tell the truth
ANALYSIS
In an effort to help faculty and staff provide useful information to students who report sexual assaults to them, Ohio University is encouraging them to side...
This new video from Prager University uses an article by economist, Kip Hagopian to explain the progressive income tax through a story about three brothers.
Here’s more information.
Course Description
“The Progressive Income Tax” is one of those economic terms that gets bandied about, but few actually know what it means or how it...
Gee, I wonder why? Could it be because Republicans are expected to win?
I don’t remember anyone making this argument back in 2006.
The professor is David Schanzer and he wrote this column with a student named Jay Sullivan.
It was published by the New York Times.
Cancel the Midterms
By Tuesday night about 90 million...
This university obviously hasn’t heard about rape culture.
China Daily reported.
Wuhan college hosts brothel on campus
A university in central China’s Wuhan city has come under fire after media reports suggest that the school has been operating a brothel on campus.
Students from Wuchang Polytechnic School have reported to local police that a hotel...
Because people used to worship other gods that are dead now. Get it?
Doug Erickson of the Wisconsin State Journal reported.
In the Spirit: That ‘graveyard’ on Bascom Hill today? It’s those student atheists at it again
A fake graveyard on Bascom Hill today honors more than 250 ancient deities. Well, honors might be...
Over $17,000 for ‘fat vests’ to find out what it’s like to be overweight?
Really?
Maggie Lit of Campus Reform reported.
University gets federal grant for fat vests, ‘weight sensitivity training’
New Mexico State University (NMSU) received a hefty grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) so students and faculty can run around...
One has to wonder how much of this was about politics and not scholarship.
Paul Caron of the TaxProfBlog reports.
Duquesne Prof Sues Dean, Law School For Discrimination After Tenure Denial
National Law Journal, Law Professor Files Bias Suit Against Duquesne, Dean:
A Duquesne University School of Law professor, whose subjects include Islamic law, has...
Shouldn’t Christian colleges have a choice in this matter? Remember when the left liked choices?
Greg Piper of the College Fix reported.
More Christian colleges sue government for Obamacare abortion-pill mandate
Two Christian universities in Indiana and a Christian education group representing more than a hundred Christian colleges are suing the Obama administration for forcing...
Some people just want to keep pumping up that higher ed bubble.
Spencer Irvine of Accuracy in Academia reports.
Colleges Want more Public and State Funding
Running out of funds and ideas, colleges want more public funding to help keep them afloat. During a recent panel discussion at the liberal think tank Center for...
These students could teach a few things to BDS supporters on American campuses.
The Marayam Namazie blog reports.
Press Release: Wills without bigotry – protest against the Law Society
About 70 protesters rallied outside the office of the Law Society to condemn their endorsement of discriminatory sharia law on April 28 2014.
The protest was...
A student group at UNC called The Real Silent Sam has gotten to the bottom of a scandal involving student athletes.
Ian Tuttle of National Review reported.
Student Group Says UNC’s Student-Athlete Fraud Is Actually a Result of White Supremacist, Heteropatriarchal Capitalism
An enormous academic scandal is not sitting well with some students at...
It certainly looks that way.
Cliff Kincaid of Accuracy in Academia reported.
Ebola Disinformation Spread by Leftist Professor
Editor’s note: This is an excerpt from the original piece, “Anti-American Disinformation on Ebola and AIDS“, which was published by Accuracy in Media.
The Ebola disinformation surfaced in a Liberian newspaper on September 9, 2014, in a ...
This doesn’t surprise me one bit. I’m a member of Generation X but if I was a Millennial I’d probably be depressed too.
Andrew Desiderio of the College Fix reports.
STUDY: Millennials more depressed than Gen-X counterparts
Millennials are more depressed than their Generation X counterparts, a fact attributed partly to millennials’ unrealistic expectations,...
Richard Wheeler of the Carolina Review is not a fan of Senator Kay Hagan. In a new post, he calls her out.
Hagan’s Hypocrisy
One of the most pressing issues in current American foreign affairs is undoubtedly the serious threat posed by the Islamic State (ISIS). This ever growing organization continues to produce...
Not everyone thinks this is a good idea. In fact, lots of colleges don’t like it.
Matt Friedman of NJ.com reports.
Tuition freeze: N.J. Assembly passes 7 bills on higher education
A bill that would allow New Jersey college students to pay the same tuition for nine straight semesters is one step closer to...
This is a horrible story all around. It looks as though the young man had a history of mental illness.
Russell Westerholm of University Herald reports.
Cody Cousins, Purdue Student Convicted of Murder, Commits Suicide in His Cell
Cody Cousins, a 24-year-old man convicted of shooting a classmate in a Purdue University building, has...
I know we shouldn’t be surprised by things like this anymore but it’s still disappointing.
Jim Windham of See Thru Edu reports.
NAS Study: U.S. College Reading Assignments Teach “Progressive Activism”
The National Association of Scholars released its annual comprehensive survey of books assigned to entering college freshmen this week (Beach Books 2013-2014: What...
This will make you want to tear your hair out.
Not only do almost all of these students know nothing about the American Civil War, they also have no idea who is currently the Vice President of the United States.
How can you even get into college without knowing these things?
A horrific crime took place on Long Island, New York this week. A Farmingdale State College professor was killed by her son who had a history of mental illness. FOX News reported.
Professor beheaded in what witnesses first thought was Halloween prank
A man with a history of...
Let me get this straight. Higher education is hyperventilating over “rape culture” but you can’t ask applicants if they’ve ever been arrested?
That makes sense.
Eric Owens of the Daily Caller reports.
Colleges Agree Not To Ask If Applicants Have Been Arrested Because It’s A Discriminatory Question
Under an agreement with the New York State...
I assumed it had something to do with throwing people in a lake to see if they sink but KC Johnson of Minding the Campus has the real story.
How Judges of Campus Sex Offenses Are ‘Trained’
I’ve written frequently about the unfair, guilt-presuming processes that colleges and universities from Harvard to Occidental...
There are quite a few things wrong with the way the survey was conducted. Ashe Schow of the Washington Examiner breaks it down.
Hat tip to Instapundit.
1 in 6 MIT undergraduates have not been sexually assaulted
Another day, another false statistic trying to tell women that college campuses are no safer than the...
