Obama is being forced to defend his plan from a growing chorus of disapproval in Washington.
Michael Stratford of Inside Higher Ed reports.
Obama Defends College Ratings
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan pair of Congressional lawmakers on Tuesday introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives opposing the Obama administration’s college ratings system. The president,...
Have you noticed that Democrats always compare their agenda to something good like civil rights? It’s always framed the same way too.
(Insert liberal cause) is the new (insert older, respected cause).
Lauren Clark of Campus Reform reports.
Al Gore tells Princeton students climate change is the new civil rights movement
Former Vice President Al...
Elizabeth Warren’s student loan bill isn’t meant to go anywhere, it’s all for show to make it look like she’s trying to do something.
Patrick Brennan writes at National Review.
Elizabeth Warren’s Student-Loan Bill Fails
This morning, the Senate tabled a proposal by Elizabeth Warren to let holders of all student loans lower the interest...
The folks at Stand With Us are applauding these students and with good reason. Congratulations to these students for taking a stand and doing the right thing.
StandWithUs Applauds Western Washington University Student Government’s Unanimous Vote to Reject All Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions Based on National Origin
StandWithUs applauds the student government at...
There are a lot of left wing professors out there and you’ve read about many of them here at College Insurrection.
Yet according to a study cited by Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed, it’s the students who make colleges more liberal.
Stop Blaming Professors
Part of the conservative critique of higher education is...
The BDS movement has been well documented here and at Legal Insurrection. Now, some folks in cable news are catching on to the story.
This column by Perry Chiaramonte at FOX News is hard hitting.
Pro-Palestinian students bring hate, intimidation to campus, critics say
They’ve become the bullies of the quad at college campuses...
How many of these young people will end up sitting in their old bedroom staring at a poster that reads Students for Obama?
Andrew Desiderio writes at the College Fix.
Jobless Millennials: Recent College Grads Move Back in with Parents
While the latest job numbers suggest a slight improvement in the U.S. economy, jobless...
The commencement at MIT this year was going to include a prayer until a student wrote an op-ed claiming that removing the prayer would make the event more inclusive.
Samantha Reinis of Campus Reform reports.
MIT takes God out of graduation
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) removed religious prayer from its commencement ceremony...
And by the future, I mean 10 to 15 years. College is going to change, because it has to.
Melissa Korn writes at the Wall Street Journal.
The End of College As We Know It (And Students Feel Fine)
In 15 years, college as we know it won’t disappear, but it will be profoundly...
The conflict is now over but it must have been a traumatic experience for these students.
FOX News reported.
Dozens of students held hostage after gunmen storm Iraq university
Dozens of students were being held hostage after gunmen stormed a university in the restive Anbar province west of Baghdad, Iraqi officials said Saturday.
Police and...
The best part of this story is where the teacher says the students are bored with issues like racism and classism.
The cure for that is zombies apparently.
Beth Accomando of NPR reported.
San Diego State Wants To Draw Students In With Zombies
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A recent story by Rachel L. Swarns in the New York Times focused on Brooklyn College graduates but I think this applies across the country.
Degree? Check. Enthusiasm? Check. Job? Not So Fast.
He pulled the maroon robes over his shoulders and straightened his cap, his body tingling with that nothing-can-kill-this-day kind of...
You really have to wonder why personal finance isn’t a requirement for college students. This sort of knowledge is useful for your entire life.
Brent Hunsberger of The Oregonian reports.
More college students finding Personal Finance a must-have class
Miriah Page boosted her credit score by 100 points.
Mark Morrissey refinanced his home mortgage.
Yoshiko Inoue...
Daniel Kopin told his story in a recent exclusive report with Cathy Young at The Daily Beast.
Exclusive: Brown University Student Speaks Out on What It’s Like to Be Accused of Rape
“We were friends.”
Over the course of a nearly two-hour conversation, Daniel Kopin returns to this point again and again. Ten months...
This is a great story of college entrepreneurs finding a need in the market and filling it. They seem to be having fun, too.
Zainab Mudallal of American Journalism Review has the story.
College Isn’t Just About the Food, It’s About Writing About the Food
When Mackenzie Barth, a junior at Northwestern University Medill...
This should come as a surprise to no one. Obama has been sidestepping congress quite a bit lately.
Eric Owens of The Daily Caller reports.
Obama Throws A Bone To Americans Crushed With Student Loans
College students and the rest of America’s youth voting bloc fell for candidate Barack Obama like a bl...
Of course, leftists will find some way to make this seem like a bad thing.
Fredreka Schouten of USA Today reports.
Charles Koch donates $25 million to United Negro College Fund
The United Negro College Fund announced a $25 million donation Friday from two organizations tied to billionaire industrialist Charles Koch, whose conservative political...
Last week we told you about a new development at the college board regarding US history.
Joy Pullmann has written an update at The Federalist. Here’s an excerpt.
Why College Board Is Revising U.S. History
Beginning in August, such a course will be offered to 500,000 of America’s most talented high-school sophomores and juniors...
In his regular column at the Washington Post, George Will describes how higher education has become a victim of its progressive politics.
Colleges become the victims of progressivism
Colleges and universities are being educated by Washington and are finding the experience excruciating. They are learning that when they say campus victimizations are ubiquitous...
Bernie Reeves of National Review uses the historic crash of Holland’s tulip market to explain today’s higher ed bubble. It’s an apt comparison.
Tiptoe through the Tulips
Holland’s Tulip Mania in 1637 and the cost of college today have in common the inevitability of a crash. Like a college degree, ownership of the...
No fun of any kind will be tolerated. Now get rid of those racist tacos.
Christopher White of the College Fix reports.
Campus Hispanic Group Demands Apology for ‘Offensive’ Taco Bar Study Break
COLUMBIA, Mo. – A Mexican-themed “free finals food” study break event put on by student leaders at the University of Missouri...
Earlier this week, we linked to a trigger warning writing contest held by the National Association of Scholars. They have now announced the contest winners.
Trigger Warning Contest Winners
