Courtland Milloy of the Washington Post is not happy with Obama when it comes to student loans and let him know it in a recent op-ed.
Obama administration delivers ‘a nasty surprise’ to black college students, parents
When it comes to dashing the hopes of thousands of college-bound African Americans, you’d hardly think...
Gee, there sure are a lot of progressive professors teaching at Catholic colleges these days.
The College Fix reports.
Some Professors at Catholic Universities Applaud DOMA Ruling
The Cardinal Newman Society’s Catholic Education Daily has posted a round-up of positive reactions to the Supreme Court’s DOMA ruling from professors at Catholic universities, educators who apparently support the ruling...
Forward! I wonder how many of America’s newest cabbies voted for Obama?
Peter Orszag reports for Bloomberg.
Why Are So Many College Graduates Driving Taxis?
It’s a parent’s nightmare: shelling out big money for college, then seeing the graduate unable to land a job that requires high-level skills. This situation may be growing more...
I’m sure the students and taxpayers who pay the salaries of these employees will be happy to read this. H/t to The College Fix.
Jon Humbert of KOMO News reports.
State: UW workers paid overtime while reading celebrity gossip
SEATTLE — A recent ruling from the State Ethics Board found that two University of...
Student loans will reach a major tipping point on July 1st and the senate doesn’t seem to care. They adjourned for vacation without voting on the issue.
Greta Van Susteren is not happy about it.
DISGUSTING! Shame on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and every other Senator!
THIS IS ROTTEN TO THE CORE —...
I know when I think of Lincoln, the Civil War and slavery, the first thing that pops into my mind is climate change. Doesn’t that happen to you, too?
Dave Urbanski of The Blaze has the story, h/t to James Taranto.
Prof. Compares Climate Change to Slavery, Says Lincoln Would Have Tried to...
Let’s hope for the sake of Berkeley’s students that the school doesn’t try to solve this debt problem with a tuition increase.
Robby Soave of The Daily Caller reports.
Berkeley’s new stadium put it $445 million in debt
The University of California at Berkeley is struggling to pay off debts stemming from its fancy...
Oops! Looks like somebody needs to go back to skool.
The Daily Mail UK reports.
That’s a FAIL in spelling for Radford University after it misspells Virgina (sic) and therto (sic) on student’s diplomas
Hundreds of Radford University graduates received diplomas in the mail over the weekend that had Virginia spelled incorrectly.
The university remained...
Gosh, how could the college think a crying baby would distract the other students trying to take an exam? How insensitive of them.
Mary Fischer of The Stir reports.
College Student Complains She’s Not Allowed to Breastfeed During Exams
A mom of a 10-month-old baby girl is upset because she was not permitted to...
And it gets worse. The reporter covering the story was threatened with arrest. College Insurrection has been following this story. Here’s the latest twist.
Charlo Greene of WOWK TV reports.
Prosecution attempts to silence Jared Marcum with gag order; reporter covering story threatened with arrest
WOWK has been the only...
Apparently no one has told Kirsten Gibson of Think Progress that there’s a college graduate unemployment crisis going on. Most people accept a job they don’t want right after college, that’s the way the world works.
Oh and keep voting for Democrats.
College Graduates Take Jobs They Don’t Want Every 5 Minutes
More than...
Here at College Insurrection, we often link the College Fix for their informative news stories on academia from a conservative point of view.
If you’re a college student in DC, you could help them out as an intern next Fall but you better get a move on if you’re interested, the deadline...
Gee, I wonder if the liberals who are polled will finger themselves as bigots for discriminating against conservatives?
Robby Soave of The Daily Caller reports.
Colorado university to survey bias against conservatives
The regents of the University of Colorado voted to initiate a survey of political bias th...
Witness the latest development in nanny state everyone-gets-a-trophy culture. Psyching out the opposing team with chatter is no longer allowed because fairness.
Zenon Evans of Reason reports.
New Jersey Just Banned Trash Talking in High School Sports
Starting this fall, high school students in New Jersey who taunt each other during games will be...
If you’re wondering why progressives like Common Core, look no further than this College Insurrection post.
Spencer Irvine of Accuracy in Academia reports.
CAP Likes Common Core
There is an interesting split on the Left over the Obama Administration’s Common Core education reforms. Many on the educational Left dislike it, including the Modern Language...
I didn’t think we’d ever find a more disturbing trend than butt chugging but here we are.
Eric Owens of The Daily Caller has the story.
Anal hazing is apparently a thing in American...
College Insurrection recently covered the story of NYU selling out a Chinese dissident over a lucrative deal with China.
Now Jackson Diehl of the Washington Post weighs in.
Yale, NYU sacrifice academic freedom
Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng claims he is being booted from his apartment and his fellowship at New York University this month...
Just in case you forgot, student loan debt in America now tops one trillion dollars and there’s no end in sight.
Adam B. Wolf of the Los Angeles Times writes.
Heading for the student debt cliff
Cable news channels regularly stoke their viewers’ fears about China holding $1.1 trillion of U.S. debt. But they’re...
In a new op-ed at the New York Times, Professor Lucinda M. Finley decided that gun companies are responsible for gun violence and should have to pay blood money to victims of gun violence.
Gang bangers who shoot people in Chicago and other cities will presumably be free of said tax.
Make Gun...
The school got off pretty easy considering the severity of the scandal.
The College Fix reports.
UNC Off The Hook In Athletics Cheating Scandal
Monitoring? Yes. Sanctions? No.
One of the largest cheating scandals involving collegiate athletes has ended with a slap on the wrist. But students who took fake classes also have restitution of sorts.
The ...
The vile Westboro Baptist Church recently demonstrated on the campus of the University of Alabama. Susan Kruth of The FIRE explains while some students objected, this is the price we pay for free speech.
Why the University of Alabama Was Right Not to “Protect” Students From Westboro Baptist Church Demonstrations
Yesterday, University of...
This is one of those news stories that didn’t exist before the advent of social media. The student in question is suing the school system for a cool two million.
WSBTV of Georgia reports.
Administrator uses student’s bikini photo in Internet safety seminar
ATLANTA — To prove a point about the risks of social...
