What could possibly go wrong?
NextGov reports.
DHS Opens 100+ Cyber Internships to College Students
The Homeland Security Department has opened up more than 100 volunteer positions across the country to college students pursuing a degree in a cybersecurity-related field.
The 2014 Secretary’s Honors Program Cyber Student Volunteer Initi...
Richard Vedder of See Thru Edu has written a new post in which he examines the injustice of academic justice.
Collegiate Star Chambers
Where in America do we have quasi-judicial proceedings rivaling those of the English Star Chamber or Spanish Inquisition of the 16th century, in terms of lack of fairness and due...
Come on down, everything must go!
Nick Anderson of the Washington Post has the story.
Maryland public university offers price cut: $20,000 for a bachelor’s degree
Two Republican governors in recent years have championed big price cuts in higher education, pushing their states to offer a four-year bachelor’s degree for a tantalizing $10,000.
Now Maryland...
As if college students looking for jobs didn’t have enough to worry about, here’s another obstacle presented by the Affordable Care Act.
Nick Beadleston of The UCCS Scribe reports.
Merry Christmas: Health care law to potentially eliminate full-time student jobs
Several parts of the Affordable Care Act go into effect in early 2014. The...
Students who were born in New York and other neighboring states will have to pay full price, of course.
Matt Friedman of the Star Ledger reports.
Chris Christie and N.J. Democrats reach agreement on DREAM Act
Students who grew up in New Jersey but are in the country illegally will soon be able to...
Meet Michael Gross, a professor from East Carolina University.
Courtesy of Jay Schalin from National Review.
Shut Up and Learn Communism!
What’s the latest fashion statement to hit campus? How about a T-shirt that says, “
The job market keeps on shrinking and the higher ed bubble continues to grow.
Breanna Deutsch of the Daily Caller reports.
Law school enrollment drops to lowest level since the 1970s
To some prospective students, law school is no longer worth the cost.
According to the American Bar Association, the number of first-year law students...
In a new post at The College Conservative, Elizabeth Marcello examines what it means to be a young conservative woman.
The Real “War on Women”
My entire life, others have tried to convince me what a real woman is. At my all-girls high school, much of the curriculum focused on only what the women...
Santa Clara University is a Catholic school and the church’s position on abortion is pretty clear. Maybe the faculty members who disagree could find work at one of the thousands of non-Catholic schools in the country.
Colleen Flaherty of Inside Higher Ed reports.
Policy Denied
In an unprecedented move, the Santa Clara University Faculty...
Do we even need to explore the “what if” scenario here?
The College Fix reports.
Black Student ‘Lynches’ Two White Guys, Calls It Art
An African-American student at Sacramento State University is under fire for her recent work of art – which consisted of “lynching” two white men from a tree on the northern...
A new activist group called “Take Back UC” is made up of students, community groups, and labor unions. A quick glance at their website reveals that it’s a liberal group.
From whom are they taking the school back? The liberal governor of California? The liberal school administrators? The former Obama administration official...
There seems to be no end to zero-tolerance stories in education these days. The latest is brought to us by a high school in Atlanta.
Eric Owens of the Daily Caller reports.
Student hugs his teacher, gets suspended for a YEAR for sexual harassment
A high school senior in the suburbs of Atlanta has...
Given the atmosphere on some college campuses today, Catholics have bigger things to worry about than donations from the Kochs.
Michael Patrick Leahy of Breitbart reports.
Leftist Catholics Wary of Koch $1M Donation to Catholic University
On Friday, a group of left-wing Catholic academics bashed the Tea Party in a letter to John Garvey,...
Monday’s bomb threat at Harvard was a hoax. Cheryl K. Chumley of the Washington Times reported yesterday that many Harvard students suspected fraud.
CBS News in Boston now confirms.
Harvard Student Charged In Bomb Hoax
A Harvard student has been charged in connection with Monday’s bomb threats which shut down four Harvard buildings and...
Stanford economics professor Michael J. Boskin has written an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal which examines Obamacare. At the time of this writing, it’s the most read story at Real Clear Politics.
ObamaCare’s Troubles Are Only Beginning
The White House is claiming that the Healthcare.gov website is mostly fixed, that the millions...
Do you think the highest paid college president is at Harvard? Yale? Keep guessing.
Morgan Korn of the Daily Ticker reports.
College Student Debt Soars; College Presidents’ Pay Skyrockets
Presidents of U.S. colleges and universities fundraise with donors, preside over graduation ceremonies and provide unversities with long-range strategic vision. They are also paid handsomely...
These students are going to be telling this story for the rest of their lives. What a great exchange.
FOX News reports.
Pope Francis trades skullcaps with Boston College students
Two Boston College students studying in Rome came away with a precious memento after an up-close encounter with Pope Francis.
Katie Rich, of Minnetonka, Minnesota,...
Joseph Klein of Frontpage Mag has written a new piece which documents a disturbing trend on American college campuses.
The Alarming Rise of Campus Anti-Semitism
Anti-Semitism on U.S. college campuses is growing at an alarming rate. It has escalated to the point that Jewish students on campuses have been physically attacked or threatened...
Nick Gillespie of Reason TV recently sat down for this interview with Mike Rowe in which they discuss the cost of college and jobs for college aged people.
It’s 41 minutes long and completely worth your time.
Dirty Jobs’ Mike Rowe on the High Cost of College
“If...
Academia weighs in on Obama’s selfie moment in South Africa.
Gary J. Remal of the Boston Herald has the story.
Scholars: Obama should have known better
President Obama should have known his giddy selfie with the prime ministers of Britain and Denmark during a memorial for Nelson Mandela...
Given the economy and unemployment numbers for college students it was just a matter of time.
Julianne Stanford of the College Fix reports.
Data Show Democrats No Longer Own Youth Vote
The Perfect Storm: Young people are fed up with Obama, and Republican leaders employ modern marketing techniques to reach Millennials.
For decades, Democrats...
Last month we reported that Brandeis had suspended its relationship with Al-Quds over a demonstration that included Nazi salutes. Now some members of the faculty at Brandeis are urging the school to reestablish the partnership.
Brian MacQuarrie of the Boston Globe reports.
Brandeis faculty urges renewal of ties with Palestinian school
The student rally...
