Here’s a feel good story for a Saturday.
Samantha Watkins of the College Fix reported.
Full-ride scholarship for sex trafficking victims in the works at Christian college
‘The last thing we would want is to set someone up for failure’ by not providing crucial resources
Victims of sex trafficking will have a chance to get a...
It seems the basic laws of economics are lost on some college administrators.
Richard Vedder of See Thru Edu reports.
Gamble: Despite Declining Enrollments, Colleges Resume Spending Spree
Most aging academics worry about global warming (or its recent nonexistence), income inequality, or perhaps even erectile dysfunction, but I fret about the Higher Education Price...
Of all the notable figures the school could have chosen to picture on the banners, this is the best they could do?
Ron Radosh of PJ Media has the story.
UCLA’s New Cover Girl: Guess Which Far Leftist It Is!
Look whose photo graces the campus of UCLA, meant to be an inspiration to...
The students’ crime? They were outside the free speech zone.
From Stephen Gutowski of the Washington Free Beacon.
University Threatens Students for Distributing Constitutions Outside Free Speech Zone
Southern Oregon University officials threatened student activists with disciplinary action for handing out copies of the Constitution outside of the campus’ designated free speech zone. They...
Wellesley is a women’s college but a handful of undergraduates born female now identify as men.
Ruth Padawer reported.
When Women Become Men at Wellesley
It was the first day of orientation, and along the picturesque paths there were cheerful upper-class student leaders providing directions and encouragement. They wore pink T-shirts stamped with this...
Higher ed bubble? What higher ed bubble?
Maggie Lit of Campus Reform reported.
University to spend $400K to move tree less than 100 yards
University of Michigan (UM) officials plan to spend $400,000 to move an old oak tree less than 100 yards from its original location to a more notable part of campus...
The sad irony is that many of these students probably voted for Obama.
Video via the College Fix.
Greg Piper reported.
VIDEO: Obamacare costs students full-time work at University of Colorado-Boulder
We already knew that Obamacare was spurring some colleges to cut...
If you’re going to go into debt for a college education, you’re better off to finish and at least get the degree.
Melissa Korn writes at the Wall Street Journal.
A Bit of College Can Be Worse Than None at All
Lauren Bizzaro has three years of college credits from High Point University in...
We frequently hear about the plight of people who just finished a four year program and can’t find work but in many cases, people with advanced degrees are even worse off.
Martha C. White of NBC News reports.
Highly Educated, Unemployed and Tumbling Down the Ladder
In the upside-down, topsy-turvy world of jobs these...
A number of College Democrats who traveled to Kentucky to campaign for Alison Grimes were surprised to learn that the Obama t-shirts they were wearing were considered inappropriate attire.
Victoria Sheridan of the GW Hatchet reported.
Behind-the-scenes moments from the College Democrats’ trip to Kentucky
Many students filled their bags for the trip with...
No hypocrisy here, folks. Nosiree.
Jim Geraghty of National Review reported.
Clinton Charges University $225,000 for Speech on High Cost of Tuition
Only Hillary Clinton can take a $225,000 speaking fee from a public university and then, in the speech, lament how high the cost of higher education is.
“Higher education shouldn’t be a privilege for...
They also claimed that they’re all about “addressing systemic problems people face regardless of race.”
Wesley Lowery and Arelis R. Hernández of the Washington Post reported.
In ‘Moral Monday,’ activists protest Brown shooting with acts of civil disobedience
Chanting “hands up, don’t shoot,” marchers headed toward St. Louis University. University security and police officers...
If you know anything about Klein’s news site “VOX” you might not trust his opinion on anything.
Robby Soave reports at Reason.
Ezra Klein ‘Completely Supports’ ‘Terrible’ Yes Means Yes Law
Vox editor-in-chief Ezra Klein waded into the debate over “Yes Means Yes” affirmative consent laws Monday, signalling his complete support for California’s SB...
Christian crosses are now misogynistic, apparently. Where do progressives get this stuff?
Kaitlyn Schallhorn of Campus Reform reported.
Students protest ‘misogynistic’ pro-life display
Pro-abortion students at Auburn University held a counter-protest on Wednesday against a pro-life display of crosses on the grounds that it was “misogynistic” and “sham[ed] women’s reproductive choices.”
Auburn University’s Students for...
To people who think like this, it doesn’t seem to matter that the U.S. elected Barack Obama president. Twice.
Trey Sanchez of Truth Revolt reported.
CA Prof: Killing Black People Is Killing Barack Obama
Famed music critic and Berkeley professor Greil Marcus likened killing black people to essentially killing Barack Obama.
No really, he did....
In a new video from Prager University, a member of the South African parliament named Kenneth Meshoe explains why Israel is nothing like an apartheid state.
Here’s more information.
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Is Israel an “apartheid state,” as its enemies claim? Who better to answer that charge than a Black South African who lived through...
Just two weeks ago we reported that a preacher was pepper sprayed at Montana State, now this.
Keegan Williams and Kate Winkle of the Collegian reported.
UPDATE: Preacher injured on campus, CSUPD investigating
UPDATE: 4:21 p.m.
A Colorado State University spokeswoman responded to Thursday’s incident in an email to the Collegian, “I can confirm at...
The $60,000 question is: What is anyone going to do about this?
Naomi Schaefer Riley of the New York Post reported.
Liberal bias in academia is destroying the integrity of research
How reliable is academic research? Not very it seems, after noting that the Journal of Vibration and Control, a reputable academic publication, had...
If liberals can classify conservatism as hate speech, they can ban it on campus. This report from Hans Bader at the Examiner is cause for concern.
Most Democrats back hate speech ban in poll; conservatism equated with hate
51% of Democrats back a ban on “hate speech,” while only 21% oppose such a...
Do you ever get the sense that some of today’s college students are focused on all the wrong things? Robert Stacy McCain points to a recent report by Campus Reform.
Bad Ideas and Bad Prose at Cornell
Cornell University may be the only Ivy League school with a “diversity” quota for the mentally...
It’s surprising that this story isn’t getting more press coverage. This report comes from Randal C. Archibold of the New York Times.
In Case of Missing Students, Hillside Mass Graves Point to a Death March
IGUALA, Mexico — The journey up — far, far up — to the m...
An excellent question, which is answered by Steven Pinker in a new post at the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Why Academics Stink at Writing
Together with wearing earth tones, driving Priuses, and having a foreign policy, the most conspicuous trait of the American professoriate may be the prose style called academese. An editorial...
