What business do school children have promoting the Affordable Care Act?
FOX News reports.
Teens urged to promote ObamaCare under California grant, report says
The Los Angeles school system reportedly plans to use a state grant to promote ObamaCare, in part by teaching students to become “messengers” for the law.
The Heartland Institute first reported...
Members of the media are beginning to notice the new campus speech codes and it seems like no one is a fan.
Nico Perrino of The FIRE reports.
‘Los Angeles Times’ to Feds: Respect Campus Speech
An editorial published in today’s Los Angeles Times calls on the Departments of Justice and Education to respect...
I suppose Babson should be praised for addressing anti-Semitism on campus but aren’t they a little late to focus on something that happened in 1978?
Jennifer Kabbany of The College Fix reports.
College Implements Sensitivity Training Over 35-Year-Old Incident
Babson College apologized this week for anti-Semitic acts surrounding a soccer game with a rival campus...
Imagine that you’ve just spent over $100,000 to obtain a degree and you’re now working in a field that doesn’t require a college education, say something like being a cab driver. Wouldn’t you be a bit disillusioned?
Oliver Darcy of Campus Reform reports.
SURVEY: Nearly half of college graduates say their jobs don’t...
Back in April, College Insurrection reported that the divestment movement was beginning to grow at Dartmouth. Nicholas P. Desatnick of Dartlog now reports an update and the news isn’t good.
Inside the Environmentalist Echo Chamber
If you haven’t yet encountered the divestment movement, you will soon. Ever since its inception in the pages...
This story plays out just like the Tea Party vs. Occupy Wall Street.
The pro-life group in the story was forced to hire law enforcement for an event. Does anyone believe a pro-choice student group would have been forced to do the same?
Joshua Rhett Miller of FOX News reports.
University at Buffalo charged...
Back in May, College Insurrection reported that controversy can often lead to lucrative work as a college professor. Breitbart News is confirming that theory with this report.
CUNY to Pay Petraeus $200K for 3 Hrs. Per Week
Having an affair and retiring...
Malcolm A. Kline of Accuracy in Academia has written a new piece in which he addresses Fisher v. the University of Texas.
Diversity: The New Segregation
Perhaps it takes someone educated in the Civil Rights era to see the startling similarities between yesterday’s segregationists and today’s diversity officers, although the fact that both...
We’ve reported on the higher ed bubble extensively at College Insurrection but Glenn Reynolds wrote the book on it.
Here’s a video, via Glenn’s blog Instapundit, of the man himself explaining the issue as only he can.
Oh, the delicious irony. Hey everyone, the Center for American Progress has a problem with conservative non-profits functioning as political entities.
Has anyone told them about Organizing for Action, the non-profit that now controls Obama’s personal Twitter account?
Spencer Irvine of Accuracy in Academia reports.
Progressivism on Tap
The Center for American Progress held “Progressivism...
In a recent press briefing William C. Dudley, President and CEO of the New York Federal Reserve, addressed the issue of unemployment among recent college graduates. Here’s an excerpt of his remarks.
Are Recent College Graduates Finding Good Jobs?
The special topic of today’s press briefing is a look at how well recent...
Some residents of the Princeton area claim that the university is violating the terms of their tax-exempt status and if you read the report below, you’ll see they make a pretty good case.
Jon Offredo of NJ.com reports.
Lawsuit challenging Princeton University’s tax-exempt status won’t be dismissed
Princeton – A lawsuit that argues Princeton...
Nathan Harden of The College Fix reports on a senseless and horrific act of murder.
U.S. College Student Killed During Egyptian Protests
Andrew Pochter, a U.S. citizen stabbed to death late last week while he was observing protests against the Muslim Brotherhood in Alexandria, Egypt, had traveled to the country “in pursuit of...
Dan Gainor of the Media Research Center recently appeared on Blaze TV to discuss student loans. In one exchange, he points out that groups behind student loan protests have been largely funded by George Soros.
Mike Ciandella of News Busters reports.
Soros Backs Student Loan Protests: Dan Gainor on The Blaze TV with...
Aren’t we lucky to live in a country where the government looks after every single aspect of our lives? Also, aren’t you glad you’re not in school anymore?
Breitbart News reports.
What’s In and Out Under New School Snack Rules
(AP) – The government for the first time is proposing broad new standards to...
Despite the hook-up culture on college campuses, a new study suggests college women don’t want to be friends with women they view as too promiscuous.
Jessica Wakeman of The Frisky reports.
Study: College-Aged Women Don’t Want To Be Friends With Sluts
Oh good, another depressing study about women and sex! Bring it on.
College-aged women...
The state agents in this story may have gone a little overboard. Just a little.
K. Burnell Evans of The Daily Progress reports.
Bottled-water purchase leads to night in jail for UVa student
When a half-dozen men and a woman in street clothes closed in on University of Virginia student Elizabeth Daly, 20, she...
Via Jason Fertig of National Review.
Prager U: Why Europe Has a Problem with Israel
In the newest Prager University course, Daniel Gordis, President of the Shalem Center, analyzes the hostility towards Israel by exploring the complex relationship between Europe, Israel and the Arab World.
Here’s the video.
In a recent post at Boston Review, Malcolm Harris claims that the government is profiting from college loans which leave students saddled with debt.
Government Loansharking
Last November when I first wrote about student loans for Boston Review, the Department of Education estimated it would be pulling in around $25 billion in revenue...
In a new piece at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, Judah Bellin sees a better way to approach student loans; make colleges compete.
COLLEGE CREDIT: Repairing America’s Unhealthy Relationship with Student Debt
Introduction
Sallie Mae, the largest private lender of student loans, recently announced that it will split into two entities. The first...
College Insurrection has been following this story from the beginning and we’re now happy to report that all charges against Jared Marcum have been dropped.
FOX News reports.
Charge dismissed against student who refused to remove NRA shirt
The West Virginia eighth-grader arrested after refusing a teacher’s demand he remove a National Rifle Association...
Glenn Reynolds, aka Instapundit, has written a new op-ed piece for the Wall Street Journal in which he points out the real problem with student loans.
What’s Really ‘Immoral’ About Student Loans
Unless Congress acts, interest rates for government subsidized student loans will double to 6.8% from 3.4% on July 1. In May,...
