Debate has always been an important aspect of academia, but logic has been replaced with emotion in some cases. In other words, debate is no longer debate.
John Hinderaker of Powerline reports.
The War On Standards Comes to College Debate [with comment by Paul]
Paul has been writing about the war on standards in...
We don’t take any pleasure in bad news but College Insurrection reported this was going to happen many months ago.
Paul Caron of the TaxProfBlog points to a new report from Bloomberg which confirms early speculation.
Small Colleges Battle Death Spiral as Enrollment Drops
Bloomberg: Small U.S. Colleges Battle Death Spiral as Enrollment Drops:
Moody’s,...
Back in February, we reported on a little problem in the philosophy department at CU Boulder. Now it looks as though the school has bigger fish to fry.
Colleen Flaherty of Inside Higher Ed reports.
Fears of Litigation vs. Faculty Rights
A report on sexism in the department of philosophy at the University of...
File this story under out of touch administrators.
Sarah MsLaughlin of The FIRE reports.
Bergen Administrators Fear ‘Game of Thrones’ Quote, Censor Professor
Brace yourselves; censorship is coming!
Displaying a lack of both pop culture and First Amendment awareness, administrators at Bergen Community College in New Jersey placed Professor Francis Schmidt on leave this past January,...
When I saw that Dartmouth president Philip J. Hanlon was addressing extreme problems on campus in the Washington Post, I thought he would finally reprimand the protesters who took over his office. No such luck.
Instead, he sounds like one of the protesters himself. Nick Anderson writes.
Dartmouth president calls for end to...
Julius Kairey has written a piece for the Cornell Daily Sun which examines the issue of rape culture on campus.
THROWDOWN THURSDAY: The Truth About “Rape Culture”
We hear a lot about “rape culture” on college campuses nowadays. The basic idea behind the concept is that there is a widespread tolerance of rape...
Somebody’s got to keep paying off all the new Democratic voters, right?
Josh Encinias of National Review writes.
California Bill Proposes $9.2 Million in Loans for Undocumented Students
Senator Ricardo Lara (D., Calif.) introduced a bill that would authorizes
Why would colleges want to ban a tabloid style paper from campus? Because it’s been deemed too offensive for the students. Unreal.
Rehema Figueiredo of Leeds Student Newspaper writes at The Guardian.
Why banning the Sun on university campuses is wrong
Just before Christmas my students’ union removed from sale...
Apparently, diversity is much more important than academics. Good grades and student achievements… Who cares about those things?
Kaitlyn Schallhorn of Campus Reform reported.
University calls the amount of white people on campus a ‘failure,’ asks for ideas on how to have fewer
school-wide questionnaire at Western Washington University (WWU) asked the community “How...
Given Jindal’s success as a governor and his inspiring personal story, he would make an ideal commencement speaker for any university.
WDBJ News reported.
Louisiana governor to deliver Liberty University’s keynote address
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal will be the keynote speaker for Liberty University’s graduation on May 10, the school announced Wednesday.
Jindal is in...
The FBI is warning American college students studying in foreign countries to stay on high alert. They can sometimes be targeted for spy work without their knowledge.
FOX News reported.
US college students studying abroad prime targets for espionage activity, FBI warns
The FBI has issued a stern warning to U.S. college students studying...
Do the same rules apply to Barack Obama? Funny how he gets a pass on these things.
Julianne Stanford of The College Fix reports.
Students Tell Campus Police to Arrest ‘Dangerous’ Condi Rice During Visit
A self-proclaimed “radical” student activist group at the University of Minnesota has called on campus police to arrest and...
Here’s the best part, it’s a part-time job. Leftists like Paul Krugman have no sense of irony. Or shame.
Patrick Brennan of National Review writes.
CUNY to Pay Paul Krugman $225,000 for Part-Time Job Studying Income Inequality
Paul Krugman announced a couple months ago that he’s leav...
How nice for them. It must be great to live in a world where your beliefs are never challenged in any way.
Devon Zuegel writes at The College Fix.
Stanford Funding Policy Mandates Students Never Feel ‘Unwelcome’
OPINION: Stanford funds atheist speaker, denies support for conservative ones with policy that allows bias, stifles...
Some small schools like Saint Michael’s College see the writing on the wall but for many others it’s already almost too late.
Michael McDonald at Yahoo Finance.
Small U.S. Colleges Battle Death Spiral as Enrollment Drops
At a Dowling College campus on Long Isl...
If you follow the logic of today’s leftists, Barack Obama really has no business being the commencement speaker at UC Irvine or any other college for that matter. Don’t the left’s rules apply to them too?
Andrew Stiles of the Washington Free Beacon writes.
UC Irvine Should Immediately Rescind Its Invitation to 2014...
If you read College Insurrection, you’ve probably followed the coverage of Dartmouth’s professional victims. In a new piece at PJ Media, Victor Davis Hanson has re-written the demands of these spoiled brats for accuracy.
Our Psychodramatic Campuses
“We, the Dartmouth micro-aggressed students, demand that the college hire no more part-time or adjunct faculty...
Note to all college students – Never let anyone with a needle anywhere near you unless they’re a nurse or a doctor.
FOX News reports.
College students reportedly told to inject each other with non-approved solution
University of Alaska Fairbanks officials are reviewing procedures after students in a medical assistant program were told to...
Naturally, there are people coming down on both sides of the issue, but how can more transparency be a bad thing?
Maura Lerner of the Star Tribune reports.
Course ratings, long secret, may go public at University of Minnesota
For years, students at the University of Minnesota have been dutifully filling out evaluations at...
The young woman at Duke University who works in pornography is back in the news. It seems she’s providing an example to other young women in college.
Richard Johnson of the New York Post reports.
Belle Knox inspiring more NYC co-eds to be strippers
Belle Knox, who is paying her tuition at Duke University...
It looks like new generations of Harvard students are taking their cue from the recent past.
The Harvard Crimson reports.
2012-2013 Ad Board Stats Reflect Three-Fold Spike in Academic Dishonesty Cases
Administrative Board statistics detailing the outcomes of cases heard by the disciplinary body in the last academic year show that, as expected, the...
A sad display took place this weekend when drunken students from U. Minnesota rioted over a hockey game.
Jon Terbush of The Week reported.
University of Minnesota fans riot after hockey title loss, mess with reporter
The top-ranked University of Minnesota Golden Gophers’ thrilling run to the NCAA hockey championship ended Saturday with a...
