The Freedom from Religion Foundation strikes again.
Todd Starnes of FOX News reports.
Bibles removed from University of Wisconsin lodge
The Freedom From Religion Foundation isn’t objecting to bedbugs, nor is it objecting to stained bedsheets. But when it found out a lodge owned by the University of Wisconsin had Bibles in its rooms,...
A new column from Megan McArdle at Bloomberg explores something you’d think would be obvious to most people.
Why Uncle Sam Can’t Guarantee College Grads a Job
Tressie McMillan Cottom has an idea:
“Probably the single best proposal for higher education isn’t a higher-education proposal at all. A federal job guarantee has moved from...
Last week we reported that the White House had announced a new task force to deal with sexual assault on college campuses.
Cathy Young of Minding The Campus is skeptical.
The White House Overreaches on Campus Rape
Gary Gutting is a philosophy professor who apparently skipped Sunday school.
Hat tip to Ed Morrissey of Hot Air.
Should Pope Francis Rethink Abortion?
Pope Francis has raised expectations of a turn away from the dogmatic intransigence that has long cast a pall over the religious life of many Roman Catholics. His question “Who...
Purdue president Mitch Daniels lays out numerous reforms for higher ed in this letter.
An Open Letter to the People of Purdue
One year ago today I took up my new assignment as your Purdue colleague. I did so with the deepest respect for Purdue’s great history and traditions, but also in the...
The saddest part of this story is that there are probably plenty of other professors who agree.
Aaron Bandler writes at The College Fix.
Professor Describes al-Qaeda As Freedom Fighters
How would you define al-Qaeda? Most would use the word “terrorists.”
But here is my professor’s stab at it: “The Al Qaeda movement of Osama...
Robert Paquette of See Thru Edu has an interesting new post that explores the value of a college education through the eyes of employers.
Employer: “Many of the ‘best universities’ produce the worst employees.”
Middle American parents, hardest hit by higher education’s inflation, comparing Penn with Penn State, might want to know how...
If this passes, student fees will increase by more than 100 percent, per semester.
Kyla Calvert of KPBS reports.
SDSU Students Asked To Fund Faculty Hires
San Diego State students are back on campus for the start of spring semester Wednesday. One of the first questions they’ll face is whe...
Michael Barone of the Washington Examiner used a recent article to outline Obama’s cratering support among young people.
Millennials unhappy with Obama’s war on the young
What do young Americans want? Something different from what they’ve been getting from the president they voted for by such large margins.
Evidence comes in from various polls....
Samantha Harris of The FIRE was on FOX News recently to describe the findings of a new study on free speech.
American Universities Severely Limit Students’ Free Speech, Study Finds
American Universities are severely infringing on students’ freedom of speech, according to a new report.
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) found...
So says the president of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities. They’re less than thrilled with Obama’s college ratings plan.
Michael Stratford of Inside Higher Ed reports.
Public universities propose alternative to Obama ratings plan
The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities on Wednesday took issue with certain parts of the Obama administration’s...
Democrats don’t mind ID requirements when labor unions require them to vote but suggest voter IDs for American elections and they cry racism.
Benjamin Smith of Carolina Review has noticed the double standard.
ID Requirements
For most of last fall, we heard about how the Obama administration, under the direction of US Attorney Eric...
Katie McHugh of The Daily Caller has written a new piece which offers students some common sense tips on saving college tuition dollars.
TheDC’s guide to shearing THOUSANDS off your college tuition bill
Most 18-year-olds skipping merrily off to college have no idea of of the financial turmoil that awaits them after graduation...
Allowing students to carry guns on campus would be one solution to the problem but we all know that won’t be in the president’s plan.
Justin Sink of The Hill reports.
WH spotlights college sexual violence
President Obama on Wednesday announced a new task force that will examine ways to better prevent sexual assaults...
I’ve lost track of how many times we’ve seen this same scenario play out on college campuses. Of course, the opposite version of this story never happens.
Jennifer Kabbany of The College Fix reports.
At USC, Student’s Prolife Display Vandalized, Beliefs Criticized
At USC, a prolife student’s display was vandalized, and her women’s studies...
College graduates do earn more than non-grads but as Andrew Simmons notes in a recent article in The Atlantic, there is a danger in letting kids believe in guarantees.
The Danger of Telling Poor Kids That College Is the Key to Social Mobility
A 12th-grader wrote a college admissions essay about wanting to...
Gee, that’s strange. I thought the Democrats were all about choices and the evil Republicans were the ones who forced people to do things.
Maybe, just maybe, everything we’ve been told is wrong.
The College Fix reports.
State Law Allows University to Force Students to Comply with Obamacare
Starting February 5th, all students at Colorado...
The always brilliant Thomas Sowell has written a new article that contains some frank talk about higher ed and politics.
At the time of this writing, it’s the most read story at Real Clear Politics.
Fact-Free Liberals
Someone summarized Barack Obama in three words — “educated,” “smart” and “ignorant.” Unfortunately, those same three words...
When I say Eugene Volokh has joined the Washington Post, I should say more specifically that his entire blog The Volokh Conspiracy has joined the Washington Post.
In a new post, Volokh provides some background.
In Brazil, you can always find the Amazon — in America, the Amazon f...
In a new piece at the John William Pope Center, writer Harry R. Lewis suggests that higher education is suffering from a lack of trust.
Losing Trust in Higher Education
“Universities for a very long time have been based on trust.” So said the provost of the University of North C...
There’s no reward for following the rules when it comes to immigration.
Tony Lee of Breitbart reports.
WA State Lawmakers Seek to Give Financial Aid to Illegal Aliens
Lawmakers in the state of Washington are seeking to pass legislation that would give financial aid to illegal immigrants. Though the measure was approved in the...
Any student group that makes threats is doing more harm than good to their cause.
Ben Freed of M Live reports.
Being Black at University of Michigan organizers threaten ‘physical action’ if demands aren’t met
Activists on the steps of Hill Auditorium Monday said that University of Michigan officials have...
