Congressman Eric Cantor wants parents and college students to have access to information that will help them make more informed choices about higher education.
This is from Cantor’s House website.
Congressman Cantor: College Students And Their Parents Deserve Better
“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to support the Improving Postsecondary Education Data for Students Act.
“American...
As long as unemployment remains high, the number of college grads with regrets will continue to climb.
Halah Touryalai of Forbes reports.
Student Loan Problems: One Third Of Millennials Regret Going To College
Here’s an indication of how burdensome student loans have become: About one-third of millennials say they would have been better off...
College Insurrection recently reported that Yale has been fined $165,000 for underreporting sexual assaults.
Now Libby Sander of the Chronicle of Higher Education reports that four more colleges face similar complaints.
4 More Colleges Are Targets of Students’ Complaints Over Sexual Assault
Students at Dartmouth College, Swarthmore College, the University of California at Berkeley,...
Of course they do. Didn’t everyone know it was just a matter of time before this happened?
Robby Soave of The Daily Caller reports.
Senate Democrats propose student loan bailouts
Following closely on the heels of Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s recent proposal to subsidize student loans through the Federal Reserve, another senator is...
This story is such a disappointment. People expect more from students at West Point, given the school’s high standards of admittance.
Thom Shanker of The New York Times reports.
Women Were Secretly Filmed at West Point, the Army Says
WASHINGTON — A sergeant first class on the staff of the United St...
The kicker of this story is that DePaul is a private university. Welcome to Chicagoland.
Robby Soave of The Daily Caller reports.
Chicago taxpayers could finance private university’s sports arena
Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s plan to revitalize the Chicago area includes the controversial use of public funds to build a new sports arena for DePaul...
It’s good to know there are college students in America who have rejected the BDS insanity that has infected so many college campuses.
This report comes via the Camera blog, Snapshots.
Algemeiner and JNS: CAMERA Launches New Student Website
The Algemeiner and JNS report:
The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA)...
Given the fact that there are millions of college students now saddled with debt and no job prospects, it’s difficult to disagree with this estimation.
Vivian Giang of Business Insider reports.
EXPERT: 85% Of College Students Are Wasting Their Time And Money
We talked to the one of the most voc...
Legal Insurrection has covered Elizabeth Warren’s wrongheaded approach to student loans extensively. Today, in a new post at his blog, Walter Russell Mead offered his opinion on Warren and the president.
Obama and Elizabeth Warren Feed the College Beast
College students may see their debt rise sharply overnight, as the interest rate for...
One of the contributing factors of high unemployment among recent college grads is out of control government spending. Note to college students, beware public employees who want more public spending.
Amanda Achtman of Intercollegiate Review reports.
Commencement speaker exhorts students to advocate more public spending
What makes a university great? Is it being part...
Now that spring is blooming on Brown’s beautiful New England campus, environmental activists decided spoil everyone’s view with a giant inflatable display.
How thoughtful of them.
The Brown Spectator reports.
Loser: Brown Environmentalists
In late April, passersby on the Main Green were robbed of a view of a pleasant New England spring afternoon. Obstructing the...
Not everyone in academia is pleased with Obama over the unfolding IRS scandal.
Jennifer Kabbany of the College Fix reports.
Professors: IRS Scandal Could Lead To Impeachment
If it can be proven President Barack Obama was involved in the IRS’ targeting of conservative groups, that’s an impeachable offense, two professors said in interviews with ...
Here’s a new video from Prager University that should be viewed not only by college students but a few choice members of government as well.
Via Jason Fertig of National Review.
Prager U: Separation of Church and State
In the age of banning nativity scenes in a public park and renaming Good Friday on a municipal calendar, some clarification...
No double standard here. After all, everyone knows what a great sense of humor radical Islamists have about cartoons, right?
Nathan Harden of The College Fix reports.
Hamas Student Union: ‘Jews are Trash’
If you so much as publish a cartoon of Muhammad, it has been proven to ignite riots...
Are you a parent with kids returning from college? Are your children exhibiting signs of liberal brainwashing?
Thomas Sowell has some advice for you.
Undoing The Brainwashing That Students Get In College
This time of year, as college students return home for the summer, many parents may notice how many politically correct ideas they...
The tide of undying devotion paid to Obama by college students may be turning as young people begin to notice the higher education bubble and the role they play in it.
Jonathan Duran of Policy Mic writes.
Obama Made $51 Billion On the Backs Of Broke College Students
It’s supposed to be a good...
If you read College Insurrection, you know all about the lack of conservative college commencement speakers.
Now the Los Angeles Times is beginning to notice, too.
Kevin Hassett writes.
Commencement speakers: Conservatives need not apply
We have once again entered the college commencement season, which means we’ll soon be reading about uplifting graduation speeches delivered...
Harvey C. Mansfield is a Harvard University professor of government who recently had a revelation.
Real Clear Politics published this piece yesterday.
The Higher Education Scandal
Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, is an institution of good reputation and high quality, where I have some friends. It offers a liberal arts education typical of the...
A new piece by Andrew P. Kelly at The Hill suggests students need better information before making a decision that might saddle them with so much debt.
Students need better information
On May 1, millions of Americans made the second-largest investment decision of their lives: they chose a college. After years of late-night...
Keith Fierro of the College Conservative says the Republican Party should be more concerned about immigration than the youth vote.
The GOP’s Problem Isn’t Youth, It’s Immigration
If I have to hear one more person quip about Republicans losing the youth vote because we won’t support killing babies or...
Stephen Piotrkowski thought he would be a fine candidate for Northwestern’s student government but he has three strikes against him, he’s white, male and straight.
Timothy Dionisopoulos of Campus Reform reports.
Northwestern student govt nominee’s confirmation blocked because he is a ‘heterosexual white male’
A student’s bid to become associate vice president of diversity...
Liberty is a Christian University which objects to the birth control provisions in the law.
AP report via The Washington Post.
Appeals court in Va. hears Christian university’s suit against Obama health care law
RICHMOND, Va. — A Liberty University lawyer urged a federal appeals court to overturn the Obama administration’s health care reform...
