When it comes to the issue of divestment, it looks like Brown is taking a cue from Harvard.
Mark Reynolds of The Providence Journal reports.
Brown University Corp. won’t divest from companies using coal for electricity
The corporation of Brown University will try to address the issue of climate change through teaching, research and...
Rebecca Schuman of Slate has put together a report about professors who quit or are thinking about quitting academia. Hat tip to Instapundit.
“I Quit Academia,” an Important, Growing Subgenre of American Essays
Sarah Kendzior, Al-Jazeera English’s firebrand...
So this is what performance art has devolved into? I wonder if this student is planning to invite his family to the “show.”
Eric Owens of The Daily Caller has the scoop.
Art student’s stunt will be publicly losing his anal virginity
Meet Clayton Pettet. He’s 19. He’s gay. He is a student at...
We first told you about University of Kansas Professor David Guth back in September. He was suspended for wishing death on the children of NRA members but now he’s headed back to work. He won’t be teaching but will be assigned other duties.
FOX News reports.
State official slams University of Kansas for...
Sometimes it’s so easy to forget that Georgetown is a Catholic school. Now is one of those times.
Matthew Archbold of Catholic Education Daily reports.
EXCLUSIVE: Georgetown Law Class Required to Work for Pro-Abortion Lobby
A class at Georgetown University’s law school scheduled for next semester will have students working with a pro-abortion rights...
Of course, the object of the ACLU’s concern is the Occupy movement. One has to wonder if they would have rushed to defend the Tea Party in the same way.
Katherine Long of The Seattle Times reports.
ACLU: Seattle college’s proposed free-speech rule unconstitutional
The American Civil Liberties Union...
The funniest or saddest part of this farce is that it’s a doctor of economics degree. Gotta love that North Korean economy, huh?
Choe Sang-Hun reports in the New York Times.
Following Dear Leader, Kim Jong-un Gets Title From University: Dr. Leader
SEOUL, South Korea — Make that Dr. Kim Jong-un.
North Korea has long...
The government doesn’t rank the private companies that receive federal funds. Why should higher education be any different?
Julio M. Ottino and Mark P. Mills report at Real Clear Politics.
“Cost-Effective” College Plan Could Chill Innovation
Rising prosperity and all associated social benefits flow from innovation — none of which is found in the...
This is an update to a story reported by College Insurrection on October 17th.
Nina Golgowski of The New York Daily News reports.
Ohio University student in hiding after website identifies her as ‘false...
To make matters worse, many of the kids who participated in the protest had been completely misled by organizers.
Robby Soave of The Daily Caller has the story.
Race hustlers heckle libertarian event, lie to kids about affirmative action
A libertarian student event at the University of Michigan was interrupted by radical activists–including at...
Ellen R. Wald (née Horrow) recently wrote a letter to Princeton’s alumni magazine in which she makes it clear why she’s not giving the school any more money. Be sure to read the whole thing.
Behind Academia’s Curtain
In June I received a call from a classmate, soliciting a donation for Princeton’s Annual...
Back in September, Legal Insurrection broke a story about Hamilton College which was planning to run a diversity program segregated by race.
In a recent post at Minding The Campus, Robert Paquette provides some background on the man behind Hamilton’s outrageous plan.
The Sorry State of Hamilton College
On the evening of 19 September,...
You may remember Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. from the well known ‘Beer Summit’ of 2009. He is now suggesting it’s time to rethink Affirmative Action.
Nathan Harden, Editor of The College Fix has the story.
Black Harvard Professor: It’s Time to End Race-Based Affirmative Action
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.,...
What kind of academic sits in the audience and listens to a guy like this?
Robert Stacy McCain has the disturbing story.
Pro-Pedophile Author: ‘How Dare You Call Me a Pro-Pedophile Author?!’
James Kincaid is a University of Southern California professor emeritus who is the author of Child-Loving: The Erotic Child and Victorian Culture...
As we’ve reported here at College Insurrection, the Marxist historian Howard Zinn is a hero to the left. Now his work is set to be used in Philadelphia schools.
Randy LoBasso of Philly Now reports.
Howard Zinn’s ‘A People’s History’ to be taught in Philly schools?
With all the problems facing Philly schools this...
Here at College Insurrection we’ve told you about colleges hosting sex weeks, sex toy workshops, Israel bashing professors, conservative bashing professors and more but now some of the politically correct pinheads at U. Colorado Boulder are worried about offending people with Halloween costumes.
Lucy Kinder of The Telegraph UK reports.
‘Offensive’ Halloween costumes...
Smaller tuition increases don’t matter much if you couldn’t afford tuition in the first place.
Tom House of The Daily Caller reports.
Tuition increases slow, but that doesn’t mean college ‘suddenly more affordable’
The latest rise in the average published price for in-state students at four-year public universities rose 2.9 percent, the smallest in...
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Don’t take nude photos of yourself!
Sara Agnew of USA Today reports.
College teaching assistant e-mails nude pics to class
A University of Iowa teaching assistant e-mailed “inappropriate content to her students” this week, an incident that now is under review, university officials said Wednesday.
Officials...
Shouldn’t every week be free speech week on American college campuses?
Susan Kruth of The FIRE reports.
It’s Free Speech Week, and Students Are Speaking Out
October 21–27 is Free Speech Week, a celebration of Americans’ First Amendment right to free expression. You can celebrate by sharing information about constitutional rights with your friends, planning a...
I can’t imagine being a college student today and knowing my free speech was being monitored by my school but that’s the reality for many students.
The College Fix reports.
More Universities are Spying on Students
The Guardian reports on a troubling trend in higher ed:
It monitors email and social media accounts, uses thousands...
Not even the president is disputing the fact that Healthcare.gov is a disaster but as the College Fix points out, this man is a professor of medicine and an Obama fan.
Professor: ‘Obamacare Website Has Been A Disaster’
Aaron Carroll, professor of pediatrics at the Indiana University School of Medicine, director of its...
College Insurrection recently published a post about using Twitter in the classroom. Now the Huffington Post is reporting much more.
How Professors Are Using Social Media
Professors...
