Higher ed bubble? What higher ed bubble?
Red Alert Politics reports.
University athletics spend millions on stickers
As tuition continues to rise and student debt mounts, university athletics departments are spending millions on large stickers.
A USA Today investigation into “facility graphics work” of 29 football teams in the Football Bowl Series found the fad...
Everyone has to feel welcome and included at Saint Louis University.
The College Fix reports.
University requires all academic departments to become more ‘welcoming and inclusive’
Every academic department at Saint Louis University has been mandated to “hold a discussion and identify at least one action its members” will take to make the university...
A new post from Mark Bauerlein at Minding The Campus looks at what the left has wrought on campus.
The University as Nursery
One of the implications of the shift of pressure against free speech from left-wing faculty and administrators to undergraduates is that the ideological framework of liberal bias doesn’t quite apply....
Will Democrats ever stand up for free speech too?
Red Alert Politics reports.
Republicans introduce bill to eliminate speech codes at NH colleges
The largest newspaper in New Hampshire has endorsed the elimination of campus speech codes.
The New Hampshire Union Leader on Sunday supported no speech codes for the University System of New Hampshire...
They have a lot of tips for keeping free speech free.
From their blog.
FIRE’s New Year’s Resolution Request: Commit to Free Speech on Campus
Administrators
Make it official
Adopt a statement committing to protect free speech on your campus. FIRE has endorsed the Chicago Statement—the free speech policy statement produced by the Committee on Freedom...
As we’ve seen, fraternities are sometimes guilty until proven innocent.
The College Fix reports.
Frats punished without cause at American University now blacklisted by sororities
It’s no secret that colleges are itching to punish fraternities for the slightest allegation of a violation, and now those under official disapproval at American University will suffer another...
There are plenty of left wing terms that could vanish from the English language and not be missed but that’s not what this school had in mind.
KOLO News reports.
University in Michigan Releases List of Banned Words
So a university has decided, without holding a presser, that about a dozen words and phrases...
For people who call themselves progressives, the left has some very backwards ideas.
The Daily Caller reported.
Public University To Hold Racially-Segregated ‘Social Justice Retreats’
Oregon State University will hold four racially-exclusive “Social Justice Retreats” focusing on “white privilege,” “microaggressions,” and “institutional racism” in the first month of 2016 alone.
During the weekend of January...
WVU had a bad year in 2015. Here’s hoping they have a better future.
Red Alert Politics reports.
Riots, Expulsions, Arrests, and Death: WVU plans to improve from a rough 2015
Last year was rough at West Virginia University. Tucked away in WV Metro News’ piece featuring th...
This sad story just keeps getting worse.
Scott Jaschik reports at Inside Higher Ed.
Cosby Charged in Case of Temple U Employee
Pennsylvania authorities have filed criminal charges of felony indecent assault against Bill Cosby in regard to an incident involving a former employee of Temple University. While many women have publicly accused the...
This is a great idea. It’s surprising that no one has proposed it before now.
The College Fix reports.
Bill proposes fines for universities that infringe on students’ free speech rights
Lawmaker proposes ‘Academic bill of rights’
A Republican Washington state lawmaker has drafted legislati...
The hacker community at this school must be pretty excited.
Technically Delaware reports.
Wilmington University is giving out a hacker award in bitcoin
For the first time, Wilmington University is holding a contest for its computer and network security (CNS) students — and the grand prize is $313.37 in bitcoin.
The contest is the brainchild...
Democrats just don’t believe people should be able to defend themselves.
The Journal Times reported.
Democrats propose banning guns outright on college campuses
Three Democrats introduced legislation Wednesday to ban weapons on college campuses, two days after Republicans proposed their own bill to allow concealed carry license holders to bring guns inside the buildings...
In a year of left wing campus protests, this is pretty god news.
The Wall Street Journal reported.
At Last, Some Campus Sanity: ROTC Gains
In a year marred by campus strife, at least one bright spot emerged in American higher education: the comeback of the Reserve Officer Training Corps, known as ROTC, at...
We’ve come to this. Students meeting in secret to debate ideas without speech codes.
The Extract reports.
Leftist speech codes force Brown University debate club to meet in the shadows
The founder of an “underground” debate group formed in response to the anti-free-speech activism taking place on college campuses across the U.S. recently explained...
This happens all the time. Left wing groups often share the same goals so they band together.
Red Alert Politics reports.
New race protest strategy: Build coalition with anti-oil, anti-Israel groups
Campus divestment movements, which seek to change how universities invest endowments and other financial resources, have started to unite, even when their...
So the world is officially out of control now, right?
The College Fix reports.
Student can be punished for criticizing lesbian movie in film class, court rules
Update on this First Amendment lawsuit filed against the University of New Mexico last year: A federal judge has dismissed the case by former student Monica Pompeo, saying the...
A typo on a billboard for the University of South Dakota is small but important.
CBS News in Minnesota reported.
Oops! University Of South Dakota Billboard Contains Grammar Error
A University of South Dakota billboard with a grammatical error reflects badly on the university and will be replaced, the school’s spokeswoman says.
The billboard along...
The way some schools are responding to campus protests could give some donors pause and that’s a big problem.
Forbes reports.
Amid Campus Protests, Universities Worry About . . . Fundraising
The recent rash of campus protests has caught the national eye, causing some to ask, “What exactly are students taught in college today?”...
Wouldn’t you love to see just one university tell student protesters to shut up and mind their own business?
CNN reports.
University of California dumps private prison stocks after student protests
The University of California is taking its money out of prisons.
Student activists won a victory by convincing the University of California to dump...
If Trump continues to do well in the polls, we can expect much more rhetoric like this from the left.
Campus Reform reports.
USC prof. says Trump supporters are ‘least educated segment of the population’
Professor Marty Kaplan of the University of Southern California published an op-ed in the Huffington Post called “The 7...
This is where the jobs are for Ph.D.s.
Scott Jaschik reports at Inside Higher Ed.
More Jobs for Econ Ph.D.s
It’s a good time to have a new Ph.D. in economics and be seeking a job in academe. Or outside of academe.
A new report by the American Economic Association found that its listings for...
