Of course, union boss Karen Lewis is vehemently opposed to charter schools because school choice means the union gravy train would stop.
By the way, you know that stereotype about the fat union boss? Yeah…
Joseph Asch of Dartblog reports.
Dartmouth Chicago Smackdown
This is a perfect example of the two Americas in which we now live. Government elites live by one set of rules and average working Americans live by another.
Paul Singer of USA Today reports. H/t to George Leef of National Review.
Taxpayers pay millions for fed workers’ student...
Watching this video should make you want to bang your head against a wall. While a couple of the students interviewed say they voted for Romney, the majority of them are Obama supporters.
Via CNS News. H/t to Allahpundit.
Young people should be reminded that they have an alternative to student loan debt by serving their country and it sounds like this program fits the bill.
Cpl. Sarah Wolff-Diaz of the Marine Corps Base at Camp Pendleton reports.
College students experience Navy, Marine Corps training
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. —
More than 500 students from...
Remember when the top priority of the academic science community was the study of science? Good times, good times.
Timothy Dionisopoulos of Campus Reform reports.
Feds give Duke $1.8M to increase diversity of its scientists
Duke University has received $1.8 million from the federal government in order to increase “diversity” in its ranks of...
People tend to think of beer chugging frat guys as the biggest consumers of alcohol on campus but a new study suggests otherwise.
The New York Daily News reports.
College women outdrinking men: study
American women are outdrinking men across college campuses.
When it comes to what’s deemed safe alcohol limits, college women are outdrinking...
English professor Salamishah Tillet apparently missed the history course where they covered life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Still, is anyone surprised anymore when leftists resort to cries of racism?
It never ends.
Robby Soave of The Daily Caller has the story.
UPenn professor: Racist GOP opposes...
Are you a prospective college student concerned about taking large loans? You might want to apply at Florida Polytechnic University.
The Tampa Tribune reports.
First Polytechnic University students to get free tuition
TAMPA – How do you attract top tech students to a new university that has no track record, no accreditation and not...
It’s surprising that a Catholic University would want to have anything to do with Planned Parenthood. Apparently, they thought better of it after complaints.
John Ritchie of Life News has the story.
Catholic University Offers Job Opening for Planned Parenthood
UPDATE: It appears USD has pulled the Planned Parenthood job listing after pro-life complaints.
Yes....
If you read College Insurrection, you’ll be just shocked by this news.
Jennifer Kabbany of The College Fix reports.
Report Sharply Rebukes Universities Nationwide For Shoddy Teacher Prep
Universities across the nation were sharply rebuked for shoddy teacher training in a massive report put out Tuesday by the National Council on Teacher Quality.
Dubbed “unprecedented” by the...
Isn’t an NYU study about liberals vs. conservatives a little bit like the IRS investigating themselves?
Robby Soave of The Daily Caller reports.
Conservatives more racist than liberals, says government-funded study
Mixed-race people are more likely to be considered black by conservatives, who are subconsciously attempting to “justify r...
Well, Obama said the War on Terror is over. Maybe that sealed the deal.
Penn State News reports.
University’s International Center for the Study of Terrorism to close
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Coordinators of Penn State’s International Center for the Study of Terrorism (ICST) have announced that the program will close on June 30....
Remember the famous Seinfeld scene where Kramer refused to wear the AIDS ribbon?
We do:
Now college imitates Seinfeld.
Todd Starnes of FOX News Radio has the story.
Professor Orders Students to Support Gay Rights
A Tennessee community college professor ordered her students to wear ribbons supporting gay rights and said those who believed in the traditional...
Despite what you’ve heard about the time stopping effects of the sequester, government hiring and spending continues. Imagine that.
Libby A. Nelson of Inside Higher Ed reports.
Education Department still has vacancies in many key positions
WASHINGTON — The next few months should be a busy time for the U.S. Education Department. The admin...
Of course, NYU has plenty of money to loan now that they’re cutting lucrative deals with China.
Robby Soave of The Daily Caller reports.
NYU funds lavish vacation homes for top faculty, staff
New York University has loaned millions of dollars to select faculty and administrators for them to buy vacation homes, an unprecedented...
Today’s anti-gun hysteria story is brought to you by the administrators of Logan Middle School.
Zenon Evans of Reason reports.
Teen Faces Year in Jail and $500 Fine After Wearing NRA Shirt to School
Back in April, Logan Middle School in West Virginia found itself at the center of controversy when it suspended Jared...
Some college students make a hobby out of drinking beer but according to a new report at USA Today, some students are learning to make it too.
Devin Karambelas reports.
Craft brewing renaissance hits college campuses
Of all the places to find beer on a college campus, the classroom may not be the first...
Despite the massive push for greater gun control, some schools are taking no chances with the safety of their students and teachers.
Lauren Russell of CNN reports.
In response to Newtown shootings, some states move to put guns in classrooms
(CNN) – While most of the nation’s students...
Higher education isn’t immune to the laws of supply and demand.
Francesca Donner of the Wall Street Journal reports.
Are Humanities Degrees Doomed? Experts Weigh In.
Humanities majors at Harvard are becoming harder to find.
Students, worried about landing a job post-graduation, fear humanities degrees don’t hold the value they once did in a rapidly...
Remember when Chris Farley famously warned that you could end up living in a van down by the river? Meet Duke University grad student Ken Ilgunas.
Mandi Woodruff of Business Insider has the story.
Duke Grad Student Secretly Lived In a Van to Escape Loan Debt
By the time Ken Ilgunas was wrapping up...
Academic fraud and theft of taxpayer dollars. This story has it all.
Breitbart News reports.
Florida Educator Alters Student Records to Achieve Federal Aid
Federal officials say that Michael Gagliano, president of the Galiano Career Academy in Orlando, Florida,
George Neumayr of Intercollegiate Review has a new piece in which he lambasts academia’s devotion to multiculturalism.
Multiculturalism is Mediocrity
Harvard University recently gave Oprah Winfrey an honorary doctorate, a depressingly appropriate award given that her taste in literature and vapid quality of thought trump the classics on most American campuses these days....
