According to findings in a new report from Allie Bidwell of US News and World report, opposition to Affirmative Action in college admissions has grown.
Majority of Americans Oppose Affirmative Action in College Admissions
A clear majority of Americans, 67 percent, are opposed to considering race and ethnicity in college admissions, instead saying...
Way back in March, College Insurrection told you about the 57 year old college student who was suing Oakland University for suspending him over his ‘hot for teacher’ essay.
According to a new report from Ed White at ABC News, the student in question has lost the lawsuit.
College Student Loses Lawsuit Over...
It’s apparently some sort of ‘art project’ and people gave this student money to do it. Correct me if I’m wrong, but couldn’t you walk across the United States in silence for free?
The Yale Daily News blog reported.
Yale grad to walk across country in silence
Like many of his peers in the...
We recently covered Professor Anthea Butler’s disgraceful remarks in which she called God a white racist.
According to a new report from Robby Soave at The Daily Caller, she’s not backing down.
Professor backs statement that God is racist, says ‘I have tenure. I can’t get fired’
Anthea Butler, the Ivy League religious studies...
Everyone is aware that YMCA stands for Young Men’s Christian Association, right?
Nathan Harden of The College Fix reports.
YMCA Kicks Out Pro-Life Student Group
Texas has been at the center of the national debate over abortion lately. Abortion advocates all over the country celebrated the publicity stunt state senator Wendy Davis pulled with...
Dramatic increases in the cost of a college education are putting a strain on families all over America.
Collin Binkley and Abby Smith of the Columbus Dispatch report.
Families forced to cope with the rising cost of college
WASHINGTON — As a student at Ohio University in 1975, Margaret Lyons paid her $150 quarterly...
No wonder famous Georgetown alum William Peter Blatty is asking the church to revoke Georgetown’s Catholic school status.
The College Fix reports.
Catholic Georgetown University To Cover Contraception
The Catholic Georgetown University will cover contraception, a recent memo from the president to the campus community stated:
In late June, the Obama Administration issued final regulations...
Laney College is a public, state funded school located in lovely Oakland, California, a city known for some of the most violent and destructive Occupy protests.
As Eric Owens of The Daily Caller points out, that might not be an accident.
State-funded college now pretty much offering Occupy studies program; register now!
Hey kids!...
Read that headline again and then do a little math in your head. If you think the unfunded liabilities for the City of Detroit look bad, you ain’t seen nothing yet.
Richard Vedder of Bloomberg News reports.
What Do 2,358 College Administrators Do?
For at least a half-century, the University of California has been...
That seems to be the point writer Danielle Charette is making in a new post at Intercollegiate Review. Though she also seems to suggest that the reduced number of English majors presents an opportunity to get back to basics.
The endangered English major
The latest Saturday essay in the Wall Street Journal goes...
Here’s an Obama administration scandal no one has heard about. Spencer Irvine of Accuracy in Academia reports.
Right Back After Investigation
At the D.C. Newseum, a policy summit sponsored by the National Journal and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation outlined the modern problems facing colleges, faculty and students. However, most of the...
Since feminine studies and gender studies have been with us for decades, it was only a matter of time before someone proposed masculine studies.
Cathy Young of Minding the Campus reports.
Uh-Oh–Here Come Masculinity Studies
A few weeks ago, I wrote about my quest to track down a shocking “fact” from an acclaimed gender-studies...
It’s come to this. College is so expensive, some young women are paying for their educations by donating their eggs which can sell for thousands of dollars.
Cody Rhodes of 13 WMAZ reports.
College Females Turn to Egg Donations to Fund School
With tuition fees and interest rates on student loans being...
We recently profiled 19 20-somethings who became stars. Here’s one more person for that list.
Steven Tweedie reports at Seattle PI.
How A 20-Year-Old College Dropout Raised $18 Million To Build The Perfect Virtual Reality Headset
Forget about the PlayStation 4 or Xbox One, the real game-changer in video games is a new virtual...
Critics of gay marriage have long argued that approval of the issue would open the flood gates to things like polygamy. Liberal law professor Kent Greenfield of Boston College Law School agrees.
Eric Owens of The Daily Caller reports.
Leftist law professor says gay marriage likely to lead to legalized incest, polygamy
In the...
Apparently there are some job titles that are in high demand for college graduates. Vivian Giang of Business Insider has compiled a list.
The 17 Hottest Jobs For Recent College Graduates
New college graduates can still find jobs if they know where to look.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics expects 8.5 million job open...
Some college bookstores in Boston are showing their displeasure for Rolling Stone by refusing to carry the issue featuring Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
Good for them.
Matt Rocheleau of Boston.com reports.
Some Boston-area college bookstores ban Rolling Stone issue featuring Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev cover
College bookstores in Boston and surrounding communities have reacted differently as...
Mitch Daniels is currently the president of Purdue University but new reports show that when he was the governor of Indiana, he battled leftist indoctrination in higher education.
Hillary Cherry of the YAF blog reports.
Governor Daniels Works to Eliminate Leftist Indoctrination
According to emails obtained by the Associated Press, Governor Mitch Daniels worked...
It’s not all bad news as the school is also offering tuition discounts to military veterans but it’s ironic that this is happening as Detroit is in the process of declaring bankruptcy.
Kellie Woodhouse of Ann Arbor News reports.
University of Michigan approves in-state tuition for military, unauthorized immigrants
Unauthorized immigrants schooled in Michigan...
Of course. Free healthcare, free college educations, free money. Everything should just be free, free, free. Let’s make all of America look just like Detroit.
Eric Scheiner of CNS News reports.
Rep. Rangel’s Solution To Student Loans – Free College
(CNSNews.com) – Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) says, “we shouldn’t even be charging young people...
Is there anything that progressives can’t blame on racism and homophobia?
The obvious answer to that question is no.
Jack Butler of Red Alert Politics reports.
Progressives call student loan debt racist, homophobic
Add college loan debt to the list of racists and homophobes in the U.S., as...
Despite high unemployment among college graduates, a new survey has found that grads with jobs just aren’t into it. Additionally, people with less education report higher job satisfaction.
Allie Grasgreen of Inside Higher Ed reports.
Graduates, Disengaged
As politicians, pundits and the general public continue to question the “value” of a degree, defenders of...
