Randye Hoder has written an interesting piece for Time Magazine. It’s amazing what some people are willing to accept.
Why I Let My Daughter Get a ‘Useless’ College Degree
My oldest child, Emma, just returned to campus after a long holiday break to finish up her last semester of college.
But even before she...
Is there any end to this kind of thing?
Jennifer Kabbany of The College Fix reports.
Prof: Republicans Use Discreet Racist Tactics To Win White Voters
A new book written by Ian Haney López, a UC Berkeley law professor, claims Republican politicians use a discreet racist language to speak to white voters and ga...
Jonathan Marks of Commentary Magazine points to two pictures that capture the priorities of the Modern Language Association. Click the links in the excerpt below to see them.
Misplaced Priorities in Academia: A Tale of Two Pictures
Toward the top of his piece on the debate about Israel at this year’s Modern Language...
Like George Will said, Common Core is designed to advance the progressive agenda.
Grae Stafford of The Daily Caller reports.
Teachers ‘instructed’ to teach ‘all right wing extremist groups’ are fascist [VIDEO]
Hillsdale pr...
Since our recent scary chart post seemed popular, I thought I’d follow up with more graphics.
Thanks to Jordan Weissmann of The Atlantic.
The Growth of College Grads in Dead-End Jobs (in 2 Graphs)
These post-recession years have not been gentle on young college grads, and by now, you’ve heard plenty of stories about...
People seem to be catching on to that fact but it’s reassuring to hear it from someone with George Will’s intellect.
Doubts over Common Core
Viewed from Washington, which often is the last to learn about important developments, opposition to the Common Core State Standards Initiative still seems as small as the biblical...
Naturally. What incentive does anyone have to become a United States citizen legally?
The College Fix reports.
Dem Bill Incentivizes In-State Tuition Rates For Illegal Immigrants
Democrats introduced a bill Thursday to reward states that allow illegal immigrants to pay in-state college tuition with more federal financial aid, The Hill
Apparently, their failure to boycott Israel wasn’t the only thing to be sad about at the MLA convention.
Malcolm A. Kline of Accuracy in Academia reports.
Left-Wing Support Group
It’s odd watching a group of left-wing academics buck up each other’s spirits after they’ve encountered the cold, cruel world outside academe. Such a gathering...
When I heard that actor Russell Johnson had passed away, I emailed Leslie and told her that I really wanted to cover this story. I grew up watching Gilligan’s Island and the Professor was my favorite character. Leslie felt the same way so we’re both sad about his passing.
CNN reported.
‘Gilligan’s Island’...
Alternate post title: Liberal students completely dishonor the memory and life work of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Positively outrageous.
Jennifer Kabbany of The College Fix reports.
At Dartmouth, Conservative Students Barred From Campus MLK Meeting
Two conservative Dartmouth College students who tried to attend campus activists’ strategy meeting on how to mark the Dr. Martin Luther...
The professor’s findings show that the more things change, the more they stay the same.
Jackie Farwell of the Bangor Daily News reports.
UMaine professor’s book looks at the sex lives of college students
College students are “hooking up” more than ever, having sex with a new person every weekend and reveling in every...
Pretty much all of the Democrats want more people to go to college, just like they wanted everyone to buy a house and we all know how that worked out.
Beckie Supiano of the Chronicle of Higher Education reports.
Michelle Obama Takes Bigger Role in Urging Young People to Pursue College
Michelle Obama will...
David Wessel of the Wall Street Journal provides a new report which suggests the job market for recent grads may be worse than thought, if that’s possible.
For Recent Grads, Good Jobs Really Are Hard to Find
Anecdotal accounts of young college grads working as baristas, bartenders or retail clerks are widespread, provoking...
The editors of National Review have written a new piece about the Obama administration’s use of the Civil Rights Act to direct school discipline.
School Discipline Racialized
The Obama administration is no stranger to trying to micromanage complex, intractable problems from Washington. But using the Civil Rights Act to direct schools’ disciplinary practices...
The student’s class professor initially denied the request but the school administration stepped in to override the prof’s decision.
Shawn Jeffords and Terry Davidson of the Toronto Sun report.
Hat tip to Ace Of Spades HQ.
York University prof fires back over religious accommodation controversy
A York University professor is firing back after being ordered...
There’s a partial list of schools sending attendees at the link below. I look forward to providing a follow up report with a complete list and an outline of the topics discussed.
Michael Stratford of Inside Higher Ed reports.
The White House Summit
WASHINGTON — President Obama will convene a meeting with more than...
You would think a college professor would know better than to say such a thing. You would think.
Adam Kredo of The Washington Free Beacon reports.
UCLA Prof Urges Those With ‘a Jewish Sounding Name’ to Lobby Against Iran Bill
A UCLA professor is urging those who “have a Jewish-sounding name” to lobby their...
John Ebersole of Forbes compiled the list below. You won’t find any surprises here.
Top Issues Facing Higher Education In 2014
The last several years have seen much white water in higher education. The currents of change have propelled the sector toward, or onto, one rock after another. This year offers no prospect...
There certainly is plenty of opportunity for Republicans with young voters right now.
Julianne Stanford writes at The College Fix.
How GOP Can Win Youth Vote In Midterm Elections
OPINION: Young people want to vote Republican, if the establishment GOP wises up already
In the past year, failed policies and broken promises have caused Millennials...
The Washington Post’s Wonkblog asked some well known people for their “favorite” graph of the year. PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel chose the graph below.
Peter Thiel’s Graph of the Year
Time has its “Person of the Year.” Amazon has its books of the year. Pretty Much Amazing has its mixtapes of the year....
It looks like some students at UNC are following in the footsteps of fellow activists at the University of Houston-Downtown.
Jay Schalin of See Thru Edu reports.
At UNC, The Personal is Political–Including Bathrooms
A couple of developments at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill this year illustrate why we have to...
The Obama administration can keep calling Obamacare affordable but that doesn’t make it true.
Karl Rove writes at FOX Nation.
ROVE: ObamaCare’s Rude Awakening for the Young
President Barack Obama won PolitiFact’s 2013 “Lie of The Year” for claiming, that “if you like your health care plan, you can keep it.” Instead of being...
