Well, it looks like it’s not just small colleges which are feeling the effects of the higher ed bubble anymore.
Education Post reported.
Two Ivy League schools see applications plunge over scandal, shortfall in graduates
Two US Ivy League universities saw application numbers drop this semester, with the reasons ranging from scandal to demographic...
Apparently a week of BGLTQ pride just wasn’t enough. Now it’s a whole month.
The Harvard Crimson reported.
Harvard ‘Pride’ Expands From Week to Month
The Office of BGLTQ Student Life, in partnership with other campus organizations, has expanded Harvard’s Pride Week into Pride Month in order to increase its thematic scope and impact...
The student loan debt crisis is reaching a tipping point and as the Wall Street Journal recently pointed out, Obama’s fixes haven’t helped.
Telling Students to Earn Less
Obama now calls for reforming his bleeding college loan program.
The federal student loan program is becoming so costly to taxpayers that even President Obama is...
A new poll from the American Action Forum presents some interesting data on the rising cost of college and how the public feels about who should pay.
The Washington Free Beacon reported.
AAF Poll: Majority Wants Less Regulation of Colleges, Believe Parents and Students Responsible for Gaining College Opportunities
The Americ...
If you believe your professor has given you a bad grade unfairly, there are better ways to reconcile the situation than this.
Paul Caron of the TaxProf Blog has a nice round up of links.
Miami Professor ‘Beaten to a Pulp’ in Retaliation for a Bad Grade
Miami Dade College music professor Marc Magellan...
And lactation stations. Were you aware that you have a “right” to these things? It’s news to me.
Colleen Flaherty of Inside Higher Ed reports.
Right to Gender-Neutral Spaces
In what advocates are calling an extremely significant development in the fight for gender-neutral restrooms on college campuses, graduate student workers across the University of...
Professor Glenn Reynolds, our good friend from Instapundit, has written a new column for USA Today which is well worth your time.
Here’s an excerpt.
Toss out abusive college administrators
Like most professors, I hate doing administrative work. And since somebody has to do it, universities have increasingly built up a corps of full-time...
In a recent post, the bloggers of Twitchy have compiled a long list of tweets inspired by the College Republican National Committee from college students describing liberal bias on their campuses.
#MyLiberalCampus: Left-wing bias and ‘diversity of thought’ on college campuses
Many Americans don’t seem to know just how far left most college...
Sick. Absolutely sick. At least they don’t have to worry about their display being thrown in the trash as pro-life displays often are.
Katherine Timpf of Campus Reform reported.
College socialists celebrate abortion with wire hanger display
The Socialist Student Union at Winthrop University covered the DiGiorgio Campus Center’s lawn in wire hangers to...
Why not offer a course on how to write a blockbuster like Harry Potter and make millions? Where do I sign up for that course?
Samantha Watkins of The College Fix reported.
College Offers Religion Course – on Harry Potter
“The Theology of Harry Potter” is a religion course recently offered at Centre College...
Murray’s talk has been scheduled for months but the school axed his appearance because they thought it might hurt people’s feelings.
Pathetic.
He has written an open letter to the students of the school at the American Enterprise Institute website.
Charles Murray: An open letter to the students of Azusa Pacific University
I was scheduled...
It’s worth noting that this issue goes all the way back to the fall of 2012. Good to know they’re still working on it.
Thomas K. Lindsay of See Through Edu has the story.
Texas’s ‘Impossible’ $10K Degree Marches On
When Bill Ayers observed that “...
I have news for the professor… they’re gonna close anyway.
The part about colleges closing, by the way, is the nicest thing he has to say. Caleb Bonham of Campus Reform has the story.
Professor: ‘Racist, misogynist, money-grubbing people’ want to stop blacks, Latinos from voting
professor at Eastern Connecticut State University (ECSU) was...
It looks like Obama’s magic touch with college crowds may be a thing of the past.
Cortney O’Brien of Townhall reports.
Ouch: College Students Give Obama a Cold Reception in Pennsylvania
The president’s speeches may need to be accompanied by a laugh track from now on, consider...
College students are now doing the job NASA used to do.
CBS News in Houston reported.
College Students Create $550 Billion Plan To Colonize Moon
A team of Purdue University students has created a $550 billion plan to colonize the moon as part of a senior design...
College Republicans should probably do more outreach on campuses around the nation. It certainly couldn’t hurt.
Chris Higgins of The Daily Iowan reports.
College Republicans shift focus
The University of Iowa College Republicans will hold its Grand Old Party outreach campaign this week. Members will host events such as a roundtable with congressional candidate...
A sad situation we’ve seen played out too many times before.
Andrew Desiderio of The College Fix reports.
Vandals Deface, Throw Away Pro-Life Display at George Washington University
Vandals at George Washington University recently defaced – then threw away – a pro-life sign that read “in memory of the lives lost each year by...
Administrators at Bryant University must be doing a fine job if this is the biggest problem the school has to deal with.
Cassie Fambro of Al.com reports.
University bans taking ‘selfies’ at graduation ceremony
A Rhode Island school has made an announcement that may stop many Instagrammers dead in their tracks– no selfies...
Sounds like UMass Dartmouth has some serious staff relations issues to work on.
Erin Smith of The Boston Herald reported.
UMass Dartmouth professor quits, rips administrators
Clyde W. Barrow, a prominent political scholar at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, is leaving the school, accusing administrators of hiding behind security systems and driving away hordes...
We recently published an excerpt from a piece in the Cornell Daily Sun about rape culture. Apparently, not everyone at Cornell was happy about that piece.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: The Danger of Rape Culture Denial
To the Edi...
It’s really inexcusable when the men and women who volunteer to protect America get the shaft.
Weasel Zippers reports.
Sallie Mae Overcharging Active-Duty Soldiers For Student Loans
Just the folks who protect our liberty getting the shaft. Nothing to see here…
Via Newsmax:
Investigators have uncovered evidence that Sallie Mae overcharged active-duty soldiers on student loans,...
As I pointed out yesterday at Legal Insurrection, the left is obsessed with fairness and equality.
Funny how they don’t seem concerned with the issue in areas where it favors them.
Robby Soave of The Daily Caller reports.
Analysis: Colleges invited WAY MORE Dems than Reps to speak
Spring commencement season is here: A time...
