Crystal Hill of Indiana University has written a new post for The College Fix which is well worth your time.
I Don’t Need Affirmative Action To Succeed – And Neither Do You
OPINION: How can we truly move toward racial equality if we are treated as less than capable?
The Supreme Court recently ruled...
This news will come as no surprise to College Insurrection readers. Emily Esfahani Smith of The Washington Times reports on a new survey.
Survey shocker: Liberal profs admit they’d discriminate against conservatives in hiring, advancement
It’s not every day that left-leaning academics admit that they would discriminate against a minority.
But that was what...
This is one of those stories where there are so many wrong things going on it’s hard to know where to begin.
Betsy Hammond of Oregon Live reported.
Student lawsuit says Portland State professor’s fixation on her porn modeling derailed her education
A former Portland State University student who worked as a pornographic bondage...
Students should be able to thank whoever they want to, including God.
What’s so awful about that?
Eric Owens of The Daily Caller reports.
THANK GOD! Professor Smacked Down For Trying To Ban Thanking God At Graduation
An analytic chemistry professor at public, taxpayer-funded East Carolina University (ECU) has failed miserably in his bizarre effort...
Not all students at Rutgers were against Rice speaking and they’re angry about the environment created by the protesters.
The College Fix reports.
Rutgers Students Protest ‘Hostile’ Atmosphere Created By Rice Controversy
Students at Rutgers University have expressed some righteous indignation at the small minority of students whose outrageous claims prompted one of the...
Maybe it’s time to let students vote on how their fees are used. Or perhaps the fees could be voluntary?
FOX News reports.
UNC-Chapel Hill student health fee paid for ‘sexperts,’ skits on sex topics
CHAPEL HILL, N.C – Trustees at North Carolina’s flagship university are reviewing the amount of a health fee paid...
Texas has been trying to do this for quite a while. Perhaps they should study the SNHU model.
Paul Fain of Inside Higher Ed reports.
Competency and Affordability
The $10,000 bachelor’s degree remains elusive. But Southern New Hampshire University’s College for America has unveiled self-paced, competency-based degrees that students should be able to complete...
College students all over America struggle with debt and an inability to find work and this is the priority of administrators at UCLA. Amazing.
Larry Gordon of the Los Angeles Times reports.
UCLA again considering diversity class requirement
Despite three unsuccessful previous efforts, UCLA officials again are propos...
Anyone want to place bets on how long it’ll take for environmental student activist groups to put together a protest?
The Indy Star reports.
Contractor strikes oil at Indiana State University campus
A contractor has struck oil at Indiana State University’s campus, but it could be a while before school officials know how much...
MSU is just one of many schools cutting back on programs of study these days.
Matthew Miller of the Lansing State Journal reported.
Final classics major at MSU gets diploma
Andrew Crocker wasn’t in East Lansing on Friday. He didn’t put on cap and gown along with Michigan State University’s 6,951 other graduates. He...
The student and professor are from UC Santa Barbara. If this is true, it’s pretty serious.
Austin Yack writes at The College Fix.
Student: Prof Warns Ted Cruz-Teabaggers To Leave Class Or Go Home In Body Bag
SANTA BARBARA – Alice Gilbert can vividly recall her first day of class last fall in a...
As if recreational drug use on college campuses wasn’t bad enough, some students are now turning to prescription drugs for enhanced performance.
Karen Weintraub of USA Today reports.
Some students don’t see ADHD drug use as cheating
Society has clearly come out against performance-enhancing drugs in sports, but they are becom...
File this story under public relations disasters.
Matt Rocheleau of Boston.com reports.
5 Mass. Colleges, Universities Under Federal Investigation for Possible Title IX Violations
Five higher education institutions in Massachusetts are under investigation by the federal education department for possibly violating the law around handling sexual violence and harassment complaints, officials disclosed today.
Amherst College,...
In his regular New York Times column yesterday, Ross Douhat examined college and equality through the filter of two books.
College, the Great Unequalizer
NO doubt by now you’ve finished last month’s assigned reading, Thomas Piketty’s “Capital in the Twenty-First Century,” for our spring-semester course on Stratification in America. I’m sorry about the...
Don’t most people celebrate Cinco de Mayo by drinking? Isn’t that the central marketing campaign of Corona beer?
FOX News reports that one celebration at UC Davis is causing trouble.
California university students protest party name, calling it racially insensitive
DAVIS, Calif. – Students at the University of C...
We recently told you about Princeton student Tal Fortgang who refuses to bow to the forces of political correctness just because he’s a white male.
He appeared on the Greta Van Susteren show this weekend and offered additional commentary.
From the FOX Nation.
Princeton Student: Why I Don’t Apologize For ‘White Privilege’
University Freshman Tal...
Like President Obama, Hillary Clinton’s views on gay marriage have evolved over the years to coincide with polls. Watch below as MRCTV’s Dan Joseph quizzes students in a game of who said what.
Matt Vespa of CNS News reported.
Video: Students Shocked to Hear What Hillary Said
MRCTV’s Dan Joseph recently ventured onto the...
In a new post at the Cornell Daily Sun, Sofia Hu writes about the problem of international diversity and the plight of foreign students to receive financial aid.
Students Allege Cornell International Diversity Lacking
Undergraduate international students are not as economically diverse as domestic students — partially because of a lack of financial...
Somehow I think people expect better than this sort of thing from people who study medicine.
The College Fix reports.
SHOCK: Medical Student to Auction Off Her Virginity
CBS Las Vegas reports a story today that may leave you speechless:
An American medical student is auctioning off her virginity to the highest bidder, and although the...
Limiting free speech on campus to ‘free speech zones’ is bad enough but what if there are hardly any of those spaces on campus?
Kaitlyn Schallhorn of Campus Reform reports.
Public university sued for limiting speech to less than one percent of campus
Of course. As we’ve learned all too well over the last several years, opposition to anything Obama and Democrats want is racist.
Matt Hadro of News Busters reports.
Columbia Professor Says GOP Opposition to Medicaid Expansion, Minimum Wage Hike Is Racist
MSNBC guest Dorian Warren thinks that racism is behind the GOP’s opposition to...
Christo Eliot has written an entertaining new piece for the Cornell Daily Sun about his decision to take a train cross-country. I have a feeling he’ll be flying next time.
Vomit-Induced Perspective
I learned everything I need to know about progress and developed an immense appreciation for the...
