Capital University in Ohio has a slight dorm room shortage this fall so it’s providing housing for some students at a local water park. There’s nothing like hitting the water slide after homework.
Oliver Ortega of the Columbus Dispatch reports.
Capital University students get temporary stay at water park
Don’t be surprised if you...
The cost of tuition has skyrocketed, the government throws piles of cash at higher education and it still isn’t enough to sustain public universities. So what’s the problem?
Eric Kelderman of the Chronicle of Higher Education reports.
Moody’s Report Forecasts a Gloomy Future for Public Universities
Things were supposed to get better after the...
The City University of New York has a faculty union which insists on diversity in new hires, so they must have endorsed a woman or minority for mayor of New York, right?
KC Johnson of Minding the Campus provides the answer.
The Limits of “Diversity” for CUNY’s Faculty Union
CUNY’S faculty union, the Professional...
It’s ok to say that 3 X 4 = 11 as long as you can explain why you feel that 3 X 4 = 11.
These people control American schools right now.
Via The College Fix.
A spokesman for BU says this is all about “empowering students.” What could possibly go wrong?
Michael Gryboski of the Christian Post reports.
Boston University Approves ‘Gender Neutral’ Housing
A Massachusetts-based academic institution has announced that they will give students living on campus the option of gender neutral housing.
Boston University President Robert A. Brown...
We recently reported that journalism schools are in big trouble. Turns out the situation is worse than anyone thought.
Paul Bedard of the Washington Examiner reports.
Study: Journalism grads don’t read newspapers, mags, books
This could be the final blow to paper and ink news: Reporters graduating out of journalism school and headed to...
As Legal Insurrection recently pointed out, for Dems in 2016, it’s Hillary or bust.
Liberals in academia are no exception to Hillary mania, according to a slobbering new report from Maggie Haberman at Politico.
Hillary Clinton considering academic options
Hillary Clinton is fielding offers from colleges and universities — including Harvard and her law...
This is what we’ve come to.
A group of anti-Israel students showed up at a talk from an Israeli speaker, heckled and shouted him down, then claimed that their free speech rights were violated when the school disciplined them.
No wonder Florida Atlantic University ranks dead last for college life.
Carl Straumsheim of Inside...
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Don’t feel bad, Georgia Regents University. It’s not the first time this sort of thing has happened.
Melissa Quinn of Red Alert Politics reports.
‘College’ misspelled on students’ diplomas at Georgia university
Who knew a seven-letter word could cause such embarrassment.
Graduates from Georgia Regents University’s Pamplin College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences were in...
Add the world of higher education to the growing list of liberal Obama supporters who want nothing to do with Obamacare.
Malcolm A. Kline of Accuracy in Academia reports.
How Academia Avoids Obamacare
Academics supported Obamacare even more enthusiastically than Congress did. Unlike the national legislature, though,...
According to their website, this is the mission of the American Association of University Professors.
The mission of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) is to advance academic freedom and shared governance, to define fundamental professional values and standards for higher education, and to ensure higher education’s contribution to the...
This guy just won’t go away.
We recently reported on his suicide attempt and hoped he would get the help he needs but he refuses to stay out of the news cycle.
Richard Abowitz of The Daily Beast reports on Professor Schwyzer’s latest meltdown.
Porn Professor Hugo Schwyzer Comes Clean About His Twitter Meltdown...
In a new op-ed at the Wall Street Journal, Hillsdale College administrator David J. Bobb describes how Hollywood and the academic left have lifted Marxist historian Howard Zinn to rock star status.
David J. Bobb: Howard Zinn and the Art of Anti-Americanism
Upon the death of the Marxist-inspired historian Howard Zinn in 2010,...
Apparently no one in academia has heard about Solyndra, Fisker Automotive, Evergreen Solar or the many other “green jobs” ventures which have fallen flat on their faces.
Malcolm A. Kline of Accuracy in Academia reports.
Where Jobs Are Green
Apparently there are “green jobs” after all, or at least “green grants”—in universities. “The Pollination...
I have a feeling Yale’s most famous conservative, William F. Buckley, Jr. would approve of this development.
College Fix editor Nathan Harden reports.
Conservative Students Stake Claim at Yale
A group of current and former conservative students at Yale University are trying to do something to counteract the liberal political bias on campus. They’ve...
What happens when everyone in Washington comes together to do something about a problem and ends up helping almost no one?
We call it Tuesday.
Francesca Chambers of Red Alert Politics reports.
You’ve been punk’d: Student loan interest rate cuts won’t affect most young Americans
Politicians and political groups on both sides of the aisle...
Finally.
Ted Malave of KFOR TV reports.
University of Hawaii researchers create glow-in-the-dark rabbits
University of Hawaii research doctors, in conjunction with staff at a university in Turkey, have found a way to make rabbits glow in the dark.
The research will hopefully have greater applications than just being something odd to look at. The...
The moral of the story is this – don’t take nude photos of yourself. Ever.
The College Fix reports.
Student Alleges ‘Geek Squad’ Published Her Nude Photos
One University of Alabama art student reportedly found out the hard way what can happen when people have unfettered access to your computer hard drive.
The Alabama Media...
Of course, some would say we’re already there.
Last week the hot topic in higher education was Dracula. This week it’s zombies. What’s next?
Serena Golden of Inside Higher Ed reports.
‘Zombies in the Academy’
It may sound like a joke to say that higher education has been the site of a zombie apocalypse, but...
This news seems ironic considering that tobacco is still a major agricultural product of the state.
Andrew Shain of Greenville Online reports.
USC to be smoke-free on Jan. 1
The University of South Carolina’s Columbia campus will go tobacco-free on Jan. 1, school president Harris Pastides announced Friday.
USC will join at least 10 other...
Of course, here in the US we know all about monitoring people’s emails, and phone calls, and mail.
Rose Troup Buchanan of The Independent UK reports.
Watch what you type: Loughborough considers monitoring student emails
Loughborough university is looking at the possibility of implementing software that would take data from students’ attendance, email contact...
Twenty years ago people had a limited number of ways to get news but the internet provides nearly limitless choices. What does that mean for journalism schools?
Howard Finberg of Poynter addresses the issue.
Journalism schools need to adapt or risk becoming irrelevant
The scary thing about a disruption is that you don’t know...
