Hmm… Could it be that non-tenured instructors work harder because they know they can be fired?
Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed reports.
The Adjunct Advantage
A major new study has found that new students at Northwestern University learn more when their instructors are adjuncts than when they are tenure-track professors.
The study — released...
You may remember a College Insurrection report from February about the University of Colorado at Boulder which was looking to hire a conservative professor. He recently spoke at a school event.
Spencer Case of The College Fix reports.
C...
College Insurrection readers are sure to remember Hugo Schwyzer, the porn professor from Pasadena who just can’t stay out of the news. He’s back again, folks.
Robby Soave of The Daily Caller reports.
Porn prof admits to having sex with students, wants disability pay
In a dramatic reversal of his previous statements, embattled pornography...
One rape counselor who’s quoted below claims that these numbers reflect a growing number of victims who are willing to come forward and seek help.
Christina Hager of CBS Boston reports.
Number Of Reported Rapes Nearly Doubles At Harvard
CAMBRIDGE (CBS) – A troubling new statistic has Ivy League women concerned. “It’s very frightening,”...
Jon Marcus says yes in a new article at the Hechinger Report.
Higher education is headed for a shakeout, analysts warn
Facing skeptical customers, declining enrollment, an antiquated financial model that is hemorrhaging money, and new kinds of low-cost competition, some U.S. universities and colleges may be going the way of the music...
Mike Maddock of Forbes suggests that innovators can and should change the face of higher education.
Trump Aside, Why Higher Ed Needs Entrepreneurs
There has been plenty of news lately about Donald Trump, President Obama and the role of the private and public sectors related to changing our higher education system.
While I’ve heard...
The College Republican National Committee has seen the most recent jobs report and they are not happy.
Here’s an excerpt from a recent post on their blog.
Stagnation Nation
President Obama’s disastrous handling of the conflict in Syria has drawn nearly universal scorn and derision. But if his advisers are looking for even the...
If you go to Syracuse University, you better make sure the language in your emails doesn’t offend anyone.
Samantha Harris of The Fire reports.
Speech Code of the Month: Syracuse University
FIRE announces its Speech Code of the Month for September 2013: Syracuse University.
Syracuse has just one “red light” speech code on its books,...
Matthew Joyner is a junior at Michigan State and a member of the College Republicans. He recently penned an op-ed for the Detroit News about Professor William Penn’s anti-Republican classroom diatribe.
Where college begins, tolerance ends
Last week, during a literature class at Michigan State University, Professor William Penn was filmed berating Republicans...
There’s no political indoctrination going on here. Sarcasm aside, this story is outrageous. Can you imagine the uproar if the politician was a Republican?
Robby Soave of the Daily Caller reports.
Prof invited Democratic politician into classroom, drove students to voting booth
A professor at a college in North Carolina invited a Democratic city...
Sean Hannity often does shows with live guest panels. On Friday night, his panel was made up entirely of college students on both sides of the political aisle. Sean spoke with them about various issues.
Obamacare
Danielle Charette is a senior at Swarthmore and one of the founders of the Swarthmore Conservative Society. In a recent post at Intercollegiate Review, she explained how conservative students can work together on campus.
Fusing the Forces of Freedom
When I arrived as a freshman at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, I knew of...
Is this an isolated business decision or the first domino to fall? Discuss.
Halah Touryalai of Forbes reports.
JP Morgan Shuts Down Student Loan Biz
There will be one less player in the student loan business this fall.
Later today JPM will notifying colleges that come October 12 it will no longer accept applications for...
Just yesterday, we brought you an update about the College Republicans at UNC who were struggling for funding to bring two conservative women to speak on campus.
Using social media, they crowd-sourced to raise money.
Fight Censorship & Intolerance on Campus
Censorship Is Unacceptable
The UNC Student Congress slashed the College Republicans’ budget to bring...
College Insurrection has been covering the issue of lower enrollment at small colleges and large colleges. Now Dr. Susan Berry of Breitbart offers a report with some shocking numbers.
2012 College Enrollment Dropped by Half Million Students
College enrollment in the United States dropped by a half million students in 2012 compared to...
If you read College Insurrection, you already know that the zombie apocalypse is coming to higher education.
At least the class is free.
Alex Stedman of Variety reports.
‘The Walking Dead’ Becomes Basis for College Class
University of California, Irvine, has announced an online course based on “The Walking Dead.” The university is partnering with AMC,...
College Insurrection recently reported that far left groups were given bigger budgets than the College Republicans at UNC.
Ben Smith of The College Fix provides an update below.
Campus Leaders Call Conservative Women Unimpressive, Unworthy
Conservative female investigative reporters Katie Pavlich and Ann McElhinney are unimpressive nonacademics whose speaking honorariums are too high and...
I guess $17 million dollars wasn’t enough to just build a new one.
Mark Alden Branch reports in the Yale Alumni magazine.
President’s house will be a home
President Peter Salovey ’86PhD and his wife Marta Moret ’84MPH are planning to live at 43 Hillhouse, Yale’s official...
You have to marvel at the audacity of whoever placed the ad. What they’re basically saying is cook for us and rather than paying you, we’ll allow you to have sex with us.
I’m sure women are just lining up for the opportunity.
The College Fix reports.
Frat Boys Reportedly Seek House ‘MILF’
Some frat...
Much has been written about the rising cost of college tuition over the last year but Nick Gillespie, the editor of Reason is having none of it.
He outlined his position in a new piece at the Daily Beast.
Why Students (and Obama) Should STFU Already About College Costs
It’s back-to-college time, which means...
Dear radical leftist college professors, the days when you could get away with this are over. Every kid in your class has a phone that doubles as a video camera and you won’t know which ones you’re offending until it’s too late.
Josiah Ryan and Caleb Bonham of Campus Reform reported.
Old ‘cheap’...
Marvin Olasky used to teach at the University of Texas. In a new piece at Intercollegiate Review, he offers some common sense advice to students who seek classroom empowerment.
Ten Ways to Speak Truth to Power
Okay, this fall you’ve filled your schedule with courses like “The Bible as Literature,” “American History Survey,”...
