Amy Joyce of the Washington Post seems to think so and if the stories she tells below are true, she’s right.
How helicopter parents are ruining college students
Attention, parents of college students.
Say your kid has a problem with a roommate. Maybe one “borrowed” his favorite t-shirt. Maybe your daughter’s roommate leaves old,...
Is it really so hard to get by on a professor’s salary that this guy had to resort to theft?
Warner Todd Huston of Breitbart reported.
D.C. Diversity Professor Charged With Burglary, Property Destruction, Put on Leave
A professor for American University in Washington D.C. has been placed on leave after being arrested for...
In a recent column at Real Clear Politics, Peter Berkowitz of the Hoover Institution explains why colleges shouldn’t be doing the job of law enforcement professionals when it comes to rape.
U.S. Colleges’ Sexual Assault Crusade
If an undergraduate were accused of committing murder, no one in charge of a U.S. college or...
Catholic schools sure have changed over the years, haven’t they?
Katherine Timpf reports at National Review.
Catholic University Program Will Ask High-School Kids to Question Their Genders
The University of Notre Dame will host a “Gender and Culture in American Society” program for high-school students next summer, which will ask them to explain how...
This ought to go over well with the BDS crowd.
Billy Hallowell of The Blaze reports.
Professors’ Warning for College Students Looking to Take Classes in Middle Eastern Studies
Two college professors are warning Jewish students to exercise caution when considering taking university classes that focus on the Middle East, claiming that many American...
I’m just offering one possible response to this Washington Post article by Joann Weiner.
Why Sally can’t get a good job with her college degree
Poor Sally. She has spent tens of thousands of dollars and four long years to get her college degree and has $26,000 in student loans to pay off,...
Since this is happening for the second year in a row, I guess we can call it a trend.
Sydni Dunn of the Chronicle of Higher Education reported.
History Jobs Dip for a Second Consecutive Year
It’s hard out there for a historian. Once again, there were far fewer employment opportunities for history Ph.D.’s...
A horrible story if true but this is UCLA, one of the most liberal school systems in the country. Could it be possible that racism exists in Progressive environments? Say it isn’t so.
Richard Winton of the LA Times reports.
Black UCLA employee claims racial profiling in arrest by campus police
A 46-year-old African...
Critics say these molds encourage drinking through the use of Jell-O shots.
Jake New of Inside Higher Ed reported.
Jell-O Shots: University-Approved?
Last month — just in time for a new season of college football — Kraft Foods released a new line of Jell-O molds in the shapes of various university logos. Four of...
Does anyone really believe college students in Nevada are going to stop smoking pot on campus just because the state says they have to?
Please.
Lenita Powers of the Reno-Gazette Journal reports.
Nevada regents ban marijuana use on campus
It came down to health problems versus money...
I feel bad for the guy but he certainly hasn’t done any favors for the cause of concealed carry on campus.
Brandy Zadrozny of the Daily Beast has the story.
The Concealed Carry on Campus Movement Shoots Itself in the Foot
Just into the second week of fall classes, a Idaho State University professor...
As we say in Massachusetts, light dawns on Marblehead.
Tovia Smith reports.
Some Accused Of Sexual Assault On Campus Say System Works Against Them
After years of criticism for being too lax on campus sexual assault, some colleges and universities are coming under fire from students who say the current crackdown on perpetrators has...
A recent post at Minding the Campus examines the importance of free speech on campus and society at large.
‘Intellectual comfort’ and the Struggle for Free Speech
The fight for free speech is growing ever more urgent, argues Greg Lukianoff in Freedom from Speech, his new Encounter Broadside. Lukianoff, the President of the...
Here is one of the fundamental problems in higher education today. Too many students don’t understand that the college experience is supposed to challenge their views.
Jennifer Kabbany of the College Fix reported.
Yale Student: Conservative Club Problematic Because It Makes Campus ‘Uncomfortable’ For Muslims, Gays
I don’t know a great deal about Yale University...
In a new video from Prager University, artist Robert Florczak discusses the devolution of modern art.
Here’s more info:
Course Description
For two millennia, great artists set the standard for beauty. Now those standards are gone. Modern Art is a competition between the ugly and the twisted; the most shocking wins. What happened? How...
You’ve surely heard about the ice bucket challenge. Now, witness a new low for the BDS movement.
Ashley Pratte of Breitbart reported.
Blood Bucket Challenge: New Anti-Semitic Movement at Ohio University
Throughout the past month our social media accounts have been flooded with many “ice bucket” challenge videos designed to raise awareness for ALS.
Yesterday,...
I wonder if these students are using their cell phones to spread the word on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other products of the free market?
Jennifer Kabbany of the College Fix reports.
Idiot Ivy League Students Blame Capitalism For ‘Countless Wars, Endless Poverty’
Columbia University student radicals published an activist manifesto for the new...
Calling college Freshmen…
There’s a call for stories over at Minding the Campus which was inspired by Instapundit.
All the details are below.
Wanted: Your Worst Orientation Stories
While mandatory college orientation programs have always veered toward the absurd, they’ve now sunk to new depths. Today Glenn Reynolds (the Instapundit) noted that some of these...
The student is carrying around a twin sized bed mattress which can’t be easy. Apparently, she’s worked it into a project for her art class as well.
Jessica Roy of New York Magazine has the story.
Columbia Student Will Carry a Mattress Everywhere Until Her Alleged Rapist Is Expelled
Emma Sulkowicz says she was...
The only way to explain the story below is a need for a refresher course in basic math. Or lying.
Malcolm A. Kline of Accuracy in Academia reports.
Teacher’s Union Misses Millions
Apparently, some teacher’s union officials have taken too much public school math.
“On a Saturday in May, members of the Michigan Education Association...
Is your school paper going to publish a story you don’t like? Just steal all the hard copies.
Sarah McLaughlin of the FIRE blog reports.
Over 1,000 Newspapers Stolen at Auburn University
The Student Press Law Center reports that on August 28, more than 1,000 copies of The Auburn Plainsman were stolen, costing Auburn...
No negative cheering will be allowed.
Al Weaver of the Daily Caller reports.
New England Liberal Arts Colleges Allow ONLY Positive Cheering At Games, Thinks Their Fans Have No Self-Control
A letter is circulating on behalf of the NESCAC Men’s soccer coaches to parents of student-athletes, saying the conference will only allow ‘positive’ cheering...
