The university’s lawyer seems to be stretching a bit here.
Julia Marsh of the New York Post writes.
University lawyer suggests student faked injuries after dorm ceiling collapsed on her head
She’s too smart to be hurt.
Columbia University is trying to argue that a former student’s post-graduate success is proof that she wasn’t badly...
No one seems to like Obama’s plan but when even the New York Times piles on, you know there’s a serious problem.
Anna Bahr writes.
Obama’s Move to Help Students Is Not as Forgiving as It Seems
If you’re a student loan-burdened recent college graduate putting the final touches on a note to President...
Joseph Thorndike of Forbes seems to think so.
Congress Should Abolish All Tax Breaks For Higher Education
College is hopelessly unaffordable. Only the very wealthy can manage to pay full freight at high-prestige private universities, and even less exalted institutions bleed their students dry. Sure, financial aid provides some help. But the bottom-line...
This professor is in pretty hot water. The charges involve fake courses in the African Studies department and student athletes who never really took those courses.
The College Fix reports.
Ex-UNC African Studies Professor Due In Court On Academic Fraud Charges
Years after reports surfaced about academic fraud tied to student athletes in the University of...
College students with drones? There’s obviously no cause for concern here.
Jareen Imam of CNN reports.
Check it out: Florida university library to lend drones to students
Students at the University of South Florida will be soaring to new academic heights, with drones.
College students will be getting their hands on more than just books...
Progressives just don’t understand that nothing is free and that someone always pays. Either that or they just don’t care.
Check out this report from Eric Owens at the Daily Caller.
Brilliant Leftists Solve College Tuition Problem: Just Institute Price Controls, Soak Taxpayers
Now that America’s college graduates (and college dropouts) are under-employed by...
Someone will surely step up and take this professor’s challenge. We’ll see if he follows through on the money.
Andrew Desiderio reports at The College Fix.
Physicist Promises $10K to Anyone Who Disproves Man-Made Global Warming
A longtime physics professor promises to pay $10,000 of his own money to anyone who can disprove man-made...
Congratulations to UCCS for dropping out of this so-called conference. Just read the description below.
Charlotte Allen of the Weekly Standard has the story.
University Pulls Out of ‘White Privilege Conference’
The University of Colorado’s Colorado Springs campus has decided it won’t be involved in the White Privilege Conference anymore. Since 2007 the campus’s...
California taxpayers are already stretched to the limit and there’s no relief in sight.
Merrill Hope of Breitbart reported.
CA May Give Student Loans to ‘Dreamers’
Weeks before the massive influx of unaccompanied alien children (UAC) from Mexico and Central America hit the U.S. southwestern border, California came one step closer to authorizing $9.2...
This is not the position any school wants to be in as the Higher Ed Bubble reaches maximum capacity.
Andrew Shain of The State reported.
SC State University’s accreditation downgraded
COLUMBIA, SC — S.C. State University’s accreditation was placed on probation Thursday after an outside review cited the Orangeburg college for problems with its...
The Supreme Court doesn’t rule unanimously very often these days but a free speech case recently brought the justices together.
Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed reported.
A Win for Free Speech
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday that a community college employee who testified about an Alabama legislator’s no-show job...
We’ve linked the work of Paul L. Caron here many times so it’s great to see him featured by our friends at The College Fix.
Andrew Desiderio writes.
Meet The Tax Professor Behind The Ultimate IRS Scandal Blog
A Pepperdine University tax law professor has chronicled every development in the IRS targeting scandal since...
At Minding the Campus, John Rosenberg writes of the turmoil over the Redskins and cites an excellent point by Professor Eugene Volokh.
Is “Tolerance” The New “Diversity”?
The politically correct speech enforcers at the Patent and Trademark office have just voted, for the second time, to cancel several Washington Redskins trademarks that contain...
Malcolm A. Kline of Accuracy in Academia has an announcement which may interest College Insurrection readers.
First course offered will be “Sex, Lies & Women’s Studies”
Accuracy in Academia (AIA) is launching Conservative University – a free online video education initiative, at the Network of enlightened Women’s national conference on Friday, June 20,...
Jay Schalin of National Review recently wrote of Libertas U. and recommends it for knowledge hungry adults.
Calling All Life-Long Learners
I’ve taken five online courses at five different institutions over the years. Only one of them has been an enjoyable experience. That was at Libertas U., a new “virtual” online school that,...
The school won’t recognize an evangelical student group and even smeared the group’s unpaid advisers.
John Leo of Minding The Campus reports.
Bowdoin: Is Religious Freedom Discriminatory?
Last Monday, Bowdoin College made page one of the New York Times with its decision to de-recognize an evangelical student group for refusing to sign an anti-discrimination...
This isn’t that surprising if you know anything about Hampshire. They operate on a pass or fail basis with no letter grades.
Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed reported.
‘Test-Blind’ Admissions
More than 800 four-year colleges and universities do not require applicants to submit SAT or ACT scores. But of these “test-optional” colleges, the...
Businesses are in business to make money. They don’t typically care if the customer’s money is coming from individuals or government.
Andrew Desiderio reports at The College Fix.
GWU Prof Calls Out First Lady’s Anti-Obesity Group for Link to Big Business
First Lady Michelle Obama’s effort to end childhood obesity includes partnerships with big...
This seems wrong somehow. I don’t resent college coaches for being well paid but the highest paid state employees? Really?
The Spokesman-Review reported.
College coaches state’s highest-paid employees
OLYMPIA – The official report of state employee salaries for 2013 is out, and as usual the highest-paid people on the list are coaches at Washington’s...
Oh and also, colonialism or something.
When it comes to mandatory courses, perhaps we should focus on more basic skills first.
Eric Owens of the Daily Caller has the story.
Minnesota Radicals Demand Mandatory Transgender Classes Because Of Colonialism OR ELSE
Members of a radical leftist group at...
Wouldn’t it be nice if taxpayers could enforce stricter rules on the federal government?
Michael Stratford of Inside Higher Ed reports.
‘Tough Love’ for Higher Ed
WASHINGTON — As policy makers here ponder new ways to hold colleges more accountable for how well they serve students, they should start by laying down some tougher...
American University professor Caleb Rossiter used to believe in global warming, but when he changed his mind, he lost his position at the Institute for Policy Studies.
Dominic Lynch has an exclusive report at the College Fix.
EXCLUSIVE: Prof Fired For Calling Global Warming ‘Unproved Science’ Stands Firm
If one would have asked statistician...
