Stanley Kurtz of National Review recently pointed out that Swarthmore College has fallen into madness. Students for fossil fuel divestment have completely taken over.
Swarthmore Spinning Out of Control (With Videos)
What happens when Saul Alinsky goes to college? Intimidation, polarization, and an end to the free inquiry and exchange that are the...
KC Johnson of Minding the Campus points to a disturbing new development at Stanford University.
Stanford Abandons Due Process
Students at Stanford are the latest to fall victim to the assault on due process mandated by the “Dear Colleague” letter. Last week, the university’s faculty senate approved the “Alternative Review Process,” an across-the-board...
Students dealing with debt and rising tuition costs won’t be happy to hear this.
Atossa Araxia Abrahamian of Reuters reports.
Salaries of public college chiefs rise, median tops $400,000
Salaries of presidents of U.S. public universities rose almost 5 percent in the last fiscal year, even as tuition rose and student debt soared, with...
Ryan James Girdusky has written a guest post at The Other McCain in which he examines the alarmingly high number of domestic terrorists teaching on college campuses.
Domestic Terrorists Teaching At Colleges?
Controversy ensued when the news broke that Kathy Boudin, former member of the Weather Underground who was convicted in 1984 of...
In a new story posted at USA Today, Michael Rubinkam of the Associated Press reports that at least five colleges in Pennsylvania now allow concealed carry.
Some Pa. colleges allow students to carry guns
KUTZTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Students on some of Pennsylvania’s college campuses might be carrying more than books.
At least five...
This seems like an unnecessary invasion of privacy. What business do colleges have asking such personal questions?
Queenie Wong of the Statesman Journal reports.
Oregon public colleges could start asking students about their sexual orientation
Data about sexual orientation is scarce on college campuses, leading an Oregon graduate student to turn to lawmakers for...
It must be nice to be an occupy activist. You just do whatever you want with no fear of being harassed by the IRS.
Judith Scherr of Mercury News reports.
More than 100 Occupy the Farm protesters return to University of California-owned Gill Tract
Chanting “Whose farm? Our farm!” some 150 people marched from...
Despite overwhelming evidence, leaders at UC refuse to admit the obvious.
Jennifer Kabbany of The College Fix reports.
UC System Leaders Dismiss Massive Claims of Liberal Bias
Leaders of the University of California system have agreed to disagree with – and outright dismiss without discussion – a lengthy report that details examples of leftist...
The student’s account of what happened here is easy to believe, and that says something about the political environment on college campuses.
Timothy Dionisopoulos of Campus Reform reports.
College investigating alleged assault of student by professor
American River College [ARC] administrators are investigating allegations that a professor smashed the cellph...
Katie Pavlich of TownHall.com points to a new poll which suggests American college students may be a bit more libertarian than previously thought.
Overwhelming Majority of College Students Want Government Out of Their Lives
A new poll shows the vast majority of college-age students was the government to stay out of their lives....
A couple of weeks ago, a Carnegie Mellon student decided to march in the school’s art parade dressed as the pope and naked from the waist down.
She has now been charged with indecent...
Social Justice week highlights the rebirth of a campus organization at Northwestern called the Peace Project.
Anthony Settipaniof the Northwestern Chronicle reports.
The Rebirth of Northwestern’s Peace Project
After years on the sidelines of University affairs, Northwestern’s Peace Project is striving to assert its voice once more in matters of social justice on campus.
Originally...
In a new post at the College Conservative, writer Aaron Kidd examines the political history of West Virginia and Appalachian culture.
He concludes that Appalachia has always been essentially conservative.
Appalachian Conservatism
Here in West Virginia, caring for yourself, your family, and your neighbor is a way of life.
No, it isn’t required care by...
You should read the entire excerpt below but pay special attention to the part at the very end.
Stephen Smoot of the YAF blog reports.
Conservative, Religious Schools Rate High On List of Best Teaching Colleges
Rating America’s institutions of higher learning has grown into its own cottage industry. Some judge based upon which...
Harvard Law School Professor Alan Dershowitz takes many controversial stands, including speaking out against the anti-Semitism of the BDS and Pinkwashing movements, and the lawfare against and the academic boycott of Israel.
Dershowitz also h...
Never let an opportunity to propagandize go to waste.
Joel Gehrke of the Washington Examiner reports.
Obama orders top aides to praise Obamacare during commencement speeches
President Obama has ordered his Cabinet officials to praise Obamacare when giving speeches at college commencement ceremonies, even as the president’s aides fear that poor implementation of the...
Could this have anything to do with the fact that North Dakota’s economy is booming?
Rob Port of SayAnythingBlog reports.
Board Of Higher Ed Approves Average 4.1% Tuition Hike
With a representative for the North Dakota Student Association arguing for the increases, as well as Sidney Hull the student member...
Is it any wonder why homeschooling is on the rise?
Todd Shepherd of the Complete Colorado reports.
Students receive anti-frack rap at Evergreen Middle school
Some students at Evergreen Middle School got a very one-sided presentation (according to multiple reports from parents) on energy on Friday, May 3, watching a live “What the Frack”...
Umm… OK.
What a shame. I always enjoyed eating tacos. I didn’t realize I was committing an act of racism by doing so.
Robby Soave of The Daily Caller has the story.
Latino student group says eating tacos is offensive to Mexicans
Northwestern University continued to stumble over diversity issues this week as Mexican students...
Walter Russell Mead points to a little covered story which could be described as the first domino to fall.
Florida Public Uni Dumps Tenure
Florida Polytechnic University will be the state’s first public university to operate without a unionized faculty. EAGnews reports that FPU is ditching the tenure system altogether in favor of...
In a new post at his blog, Walter Russell Mead points to a Gallup survey of college administrators with some revealing results.
College Administrators’ Priorities Not Always The Students
How much do top college administrators care about their students? The results of a recent Gallup
Roger Pilon of the Cato Institute published an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal yesterday which took aim at Obama’s pro-government commencement address at Ohio State.
Roger Pil...
