Ten grand is nothing to sneeze at folks. Forward this info to any students you think should enter the contest.
Emily Buck of The Fire has the details.
You Could Win a $10,000 College Scholarship from FIRE!
When applying to colleges, it’s important for high school students to learn about the extent to which...
Just wondering… Does the University of Georgia also train Tea Party activists? No?
Walter C. Jones of Online Athens reports.
30K sign petition demanding UGA stop training Obamacare navigators
Some opponents of the Affordable Care Act say they have 30,000 signatures on a petition seeking to repeal the federal health reform law, and they’re...
In a new post at See Thru Edu, Robert Paquette ties MSNBC’s recent attack on Sarah Palin by Martin Bashir to what’s happening on college campuses like Brown.
It’s not a far leap, as you’ll read below.
MSNBC’s Palin Slur Mirrors Campus Intimidation Tactics
Ever since Sarah Palin emerged during the election of 2008...
How does a confessed child porn criminal keep his community college salary?
He’s in a union, of course.
Keith Eldridge of KOMO News reports.
Confessed child pornographer keeps college salary
Students at Auburn’s Green River Community College were shocked to learn that a confessed child pornographer is being paid to stay home from his job...
This trend is likely to continue until the job market improves.
College Fix editor Nathan Harden reports.
College Bubble: Universities Can’t Fill Freshman Classes
The Washington Post has a story out about what it calls a “troubling U.S. trend.” Universities are having trouble recruiting enough students to fill their freshman classes–a problem with huge...
The title of this post is a quote from a new piece by William Murchison at See Thru Edu. It seems UNC-Chapel Hill isn’t everything it used to be.
THE DECLINE OF UNC-CHAPEL HILL
High tuition and bureaucratic bloat aren’t the universities’ only problems. There’s also stuff like, oh, you know, actual learning....
Graduates who can’t find jobs can’t repay their student loans but the government just keeps dishing out more student loan cash. What could go wrong?
Douglas Belkin of the Wall Street Journal reports.
Financial Outlook For Colleges Remains Negative
Credit-rating firm Moody’s Investors Service Inc. kept its negative outlook for the U.S. higher-education sector...
If you were watching higher education related news yesterday, you would have seen multiple reports about a gunman roaming the campus of Yale University.
Jessica Chasmar and Cheryl K. Chumley of the Washington Times report that it was probably a hoax.
Yale University lockdown lifted after suspected gunman...
The last time College Insurrection checked in with Langston University, one of their English professors was throwing a profanity laced fit over the GOP. Now a different professor is singing Obama’s praises.
Cheryl K. Chumley of the Washington Times reports.
Oklahoma professor: Obama’s ‘best president’ because he’s ‘one cool cat’
President Obama may have...
In a new piece at American Thinker, Eileen F. Toplansky writes of her frustration with college students who are unprepared for higher ed and the fact that some schools enable the problem.
Dysfunctional Literacy
In the two and four-year institutions of higher learning where I teach, they have “purchased access [so instructors can]...
Bad news everyone, Burlington College may discontinue its “media activism” program.
The VT Digger reports.
Burlington College students voluntarily dissolve student government
The Burlington College Community was notified of a series of restructuring decisions on the part of the current administration including the gutting of many of the art programs. A fixture of the...
Maybe some conservative students at Duquesne could hang up some anti-conservative posters and see if anything happens.
Jennifer Kabbany of The College Fix reports.
University Forbids Poster That Takes A Stand Against Communism
A poster meant to illustrate the number of individuals who have been murdered by collectivist governments was deemed too harsh by...
File this story under Higher Education Bubble.
Walter Russell Mead has the story.
Tuition Revenue Plummeting on College Campuses
The enrollment decline at American colleges is causing an even bigger problem: lost revenue. Over...
Mandatory diversity training. Coming soon to a school near you.
Rosie Taylor of the Daily Mail UK reports.
Children of 8 are ‘racist’ if they miss Islam trip: School’s threatening letter to parents is met with outrage
Parents were ordered to send their children to a workshop on Islam or have them labelled as...
The Duke lacrosse case gained national media attention in 2006 and the woman at the center of the story is back in the news.
Beth Velliquette of News Observer reports.
Crystal Mangum found guilty of 2nd-degree murder
A jury found Crystal Mangum guilty of second-degree murder Friday for stabbing and killing her boyfriend, Reginald...
We recently reported that libertarianism is rising on some college campuses. Alex Braud of The College Conservative knows what we’re talking about.
Questions for your Libertarian Friend
When I tell most people I am a libertarian, they assume one of two things: 1. Th...
Here’s the best/worst aspect of this absurd piece of tripe… The Washington Post printed it.
Feast your eyes on Professor Bill Minutaglio’s amazing words.
Essay: Tea party has roots in the Dallas of 1963
Dallas was represented in Congress by an eloquent, Ivy League-educated ideologue regarded by some as the most extreme politician in...
One has to wonder how many college students who voted for Obama thought Obamacare was free. They’re finding out the truth now.
Here’s an interesting report from FOX News.
Students suffer ObamaCare sticker shock as premiums soar, plans get cut
While millions of Americans are watching their individual polices get canceled due to ObamaCare...
I guess this is supposed to be funny but I’ve never been a fan of “punked” style humor where the joke is made at the expense of people who aren’t in on the joke. Watch the video and draw your own conclusions.
Betsi Fores of Rare reports.
Harvard undergrads hilariously troll prospective Yalies
All...
Finally, some good news for free speech on campus.
The Fire reports.
‘Blueprint’ No More? Feds Back Away from New Campus Speech Restrictions
WASHINGTON, November 21, 2013—The federal government is backing away from the nationwide “blueprint” for campus speech restrictions issued this May by the Departments of Education and Justice. The agencies’ settlement with...
He’s actually just going to teach for one day as a promotion for the movie Anchorman 2 but the school is taking it pretty seriously. They’re even re-naming the communications school for him while he’s there.
Eric Randall of Boston Magazine reports.
Ron Burgundy to Teach Emerson College the Finer Points of Journalism
San...
No free speech issues here, no siree.
Reece Ristau of The Daily Nebraskan reports.
Derogatory language resolution sparks controversy at ASUN meeting
After lengthy debate, including a racial slur-laden speech by a senator, the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska passed a resolution Wednesday pledging the senate’s support to remove derogatory language...
