This is a follow up report to a story we covered last week about the president of the University of South Carolina.
Hans von Spakovsky of the Daily Signal reports.
University President Calls Law Requiring Study of Constitution ‘Archaic’
University of South Carolina president Harris Pastides is refusing to comply with a state law...
The leaders of AFSCME and Senator Harry Reid should be asked to explain this and it should be broadcast on every single news network.
Greg Piper of the College Fix reported.
Government Union Drops Black Interns Because Of Koch Relationship
Black college students will pay a price because the country’s largest government employee union doesn’t...
Leave it to a liberal to decide on conditions for everyone else. They always know what’s best.
I notice she’s talking on MSNBC rather than providing any assistance at the border herself.
Via FOX Nation.
Professor: Catholic Churches Helping Illegals Is Good As Long As They Don’t Talk Jesus
Lehigh University professor and MSNBC guest...
Of course, if there are any other problems with Obamacare, the president can just change the law on his own again. Isn’t that how lawmaking works now?
Joel Gehrke of National Review writes.
Obama’s Law Professor: ‘I Wouldn’t Bet’ on Obamacare Surviving Next Legal Challenge
President Obama’s old Harvard Law professor, Laurence Tribe, said...
Another example of the destruction of religious freedom in the age of Obama.
Joel Gehrke writes at National Review.
Christian College May Lose Federal Funding over Letter to Obama
The accreditors who control what schools have access to federal funding are reviewing a Christian college whose president signed a letter to President Obama pertaining to religious...
I’m sure all that sweet money from government sponsored student loans has nothing to do with it.
Peter Jacobs of Business Insider reported.
There Are Now 50 Colleges That Charge More Than $60,000 Per Year
As the average cost of higher education in America continues to rise, at least 50 American colleges and universities...
In a new post at Minding the Campus, KC Johnson examines Senator Claire McCaskill’s curious disdain for due process when it comes to sexual assault cases on campus.
Claire McCaskill Declares War on Due Process
Over the past several months, Claire McCaskill (D-Missouri) has emerged as the Senate’s most ferocious opponent of campus...
I guess we should have known this program from Starbucks was too good to be true. Isn’t it funny how so many things that are described as ‘free’ are actually funded by taxpayers?
Andrew Desiderio of the College Fix reported.
Taxpayers To Foot Bill For Starbucks’ ‘Free’ College Tuition Program
Starbucks’ recently announced partnership...
These would be the same Millennials who voted overwhelmingly for Obama in 2008 and 2012. Maybe there is hope after all.
Reason reports.
Millennials Think Government Is Inefficient, Abuses Its Power, and Supports Cronyism
A Reason-Rupe survey of 2,000 Americans between the ages of 18 and 29 finds 66 percent of millennials believe...
In a new column at the Daily Beast, Eleanor Clift notes that the numbers being cited for campus rapes may be wrong.
Is the Campus Rape Crisis Overblown?
The finding that one in five women are sexually assaulted in college is as widely known as it is startling. Countless media reports repeat and...
AFSCME is a union for government employees and is known for it’s nearly exclusive support of the Democratic Party.
This news is pathetic. Hat tip to Weasel Zippers.
Jacob Fischler of BuzzFeed reported.
Major Union Drops Partnership With United Negro College Fund Because Of The Kochs
One of the nation’s largest public-sector unions is severing...
Wayne’s heirs want to market a new brand of bourbon called Duke but the school worries it will tarnish their image.
FOX News reported.
John Wayne heirs sue university over the name Duke
John Wayne’s heirs are taking Duke University to court over the family’s right to market bottles of bourbon branded with the...
Can a university tell students what they can do off campus? Ohio State seems to think so.
Stephen Adkins of University Herald reports.
Gun Rights Groups Sue Ohio State over Weird Anti-Firearms Policy
Gun rights advocates have filed a civil lawsuit against Ohio State University for bizzare anti-gun rules.
Students for Concealed Carry and another...
College Insurrection readers may find this story difficult to believe.
Jennifer Kabbany of the College Fix reports.
University’s ‘Football 101 for Women’ Clinic Upsets Some Feminists (Surprise, Surprise)
A story in the Daily Camera on Tuesday described how some “CU Boulder alums” are upset about the school’s upcoming “Football 101 For Women” clinic. The...
Work is important but we must never forget to enjoy life along the way. Debra Cassens Weiss of ABA Journal tells the story of professor Andrew Taslitz.
Was law prof’s ‘frenzied output’ worth it? His widow says work devotion came at a price
When American University law professor Andrew Taslitz died in February,...
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During the fall of 2014, the Student Free Press Association, parent organization for The College Fix, will offer paid internships at a Washington, D.C.-based media organization.
Who is eligible?
The internship is open to all SFPA members, who have also liked this...
I have a feeling this era of higher education will be examined in studies for many generations to come.
Jake New of Inside Higher Ed reports.
Employment After the Recession
Four of five students who graduated college in 2008 were able to find some sort of employment in the four years after their graduation,...
Hans Bader is a frequent contributor at College Insurrection. When he saw this in the Times, he wrote a letter and they ran it in the online edition.
Via the Exam...
In a new video from Prager University, George Gilder explains how you pass or fail.
Course Description
Would you believe us if we said that the best litmus test of any society’s success is its attitude towards Israel? Well, it’s true. As Ge...
Conner Dwinell of the College Conservative examines Obama’s immigration speech in a new post and gives it low marks.
Obama’s Immigration Speech: A Repeat of Failure
Last Monday, President Obama gave a speech on immigration reform from the Rose Garden to address the rapid increase of illegal immigrant children crossing the border into the...
In a new post at the Brown Spectator, Oliver Hudson examines the issue of tenure.
The Case Against Tenure
As most college students can attest, America’s system of higher education has serious flaws. At the top of the list are unmanageable debt and poor job prospects for recent graduates. Former students with college...
It turns out there isn’t much political diversity at the University of Colorado.
Andrew Desiderio of the College Fix reports.
University of Colorado Bias Report Prompts Alarm
A “social climate” survey recently released by the University of Colorado found that while most students and faculty feel respected in general, when it comes to their...
