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Vassar College Administrators Shred The Constitution When Reporter Calls it Triggering

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Posted by    Wednesday, November 4, 2015 at 8:00am

James O’Keefe and his group Project Veritas recently visited Vassar College and the footage they caught on video may surprise you.

Watch below.

Campus Reform has more.

VIDEO: Administrators literally shred Constitution after reporter calls it ‘oppressive’ and ‘triggering’

Administrators at V...

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Left Wing U.K. Author Blasts Students Who Fear ‘Hate Speech’

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Posted by    Tuesday, November 3, 2015 at 5:00pm

It looks like everyone is getting tired of PC culture on campus. Finally.

The College Fix reports.

Students who squelch ‘hate speech’ make themselves ‘dumb and dogmatic,’ left-wing U.K. author says

‘Let yourself be offended because it’s really good for you’

Colleges have it backward: “Hate speech” should not only be accepted but embraced, because...

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Prager University – Successful Liberals Live by Conservative Principles

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Posted by    Tuesday, November 3, 2015 at 2:00pm

In the newest video from Prager University, Greg Gutfeld explains how many liberals live by very conservative principles if they want to be successful.

Here’s more information.

Successful liberals live by conservative values. It’s true. The liberal musician, the liberal chef, the liberal writer — all swear by things conservatives love, like competition,...

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College Groups Pressure SCOTUS to Allow Race Considerations in Admissions

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Posted by    Tuesday, November 3, 2015 at 11:00am

Lots of people in higher education still support Affirmative Action.

Scott Jaschik reports at Inside Higher Ed.

Defending Affirmative Action

No consensus exists in American society about the practice of colleges considering race in admissions decisions. Since the 1970s, colleges have been doing so to try to enroll diverse classes of students (and of...

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Professor Glenn Reynolds: Abolish the Ivy League to Reduce Income Inequality

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Posted by    Tuesday, November 3, 2015 at 8:00am

Our friend Professor Glenn Reynolds has a new column at USA Today which is well worth reading.

To reduce inequality, abolish Ivy League

The problem of “inequality” looms over America like a storm cloud. According to our political and journalistic class, inequality is the single biggest problem facing our nation, with the possible...

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Corinthian Colleges on the Hook for $530 Million in Damages

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Posted by    Monday, November 2, 2015 at 3:30pm

What a financial nightmare this situation has turned into.

The Chronicle of Higher Education reports.

Judge Rules Defunct For-Profit College Is Liable for $530 Million in Damages

A federal judge has ruled that the defunct Corinthian Colleges is liable for roughly $530 million in damages to former students, concluding a lawsuit brought by the...

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College Grads Head to Community Colleges for Job Skills

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Posted by    Monday, November 2, 2015 at 2:00pm

If you have a bachelor’s degree and no marketable skills, what does that tell you?

The Hechinger Report has the story.

Graduates of four-year universities flock to community colleges for job skills

Lliana Ibarra’s bachelor’s degree in business administration from Washington State University couldn’t save her from...

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Marco Rubio Unveils Plan to Address Student Loan Debt

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Posted by    Monday, November 2, 2015 at 11:00am

Other Republican candidates would be wise to address higher education issues as well.

Meghan Keenan reports at Red Alert Politics.

It’s Personal: Marco Rubio’s plan to address student loan debt

Sen. Marco Rubio stands out in the Republican field of presidential contenders for his plan to reform the higher education system and address the...

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Students Outraged When Yale Official Defends Free Expression

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Posted by    Monday, November 2, 2015 at 8:00am

Does the PC mob know how they look to the rest of the country? Do they even get it?

The College Fix reports.

Yale associate master defends Halloween free expression; outrage ensues

Yale Silliman College Associate Master Erika Christakis sent out an email Friday defending the right of students to wear costumes which may...

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Campus Anti-Rape Activists Complain They Have Trouble Finding Casual Sex Partners

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Posted by    Sunday, November 1, 2015 at 2:00pm

Gosh, what could be the reason for this problem?

The College Fix reports.

Campus anti-rape activists gripe about the travails of ‘hooking up’

In an article in New York Magazine last week, several campus anti-rape activists describe to writer Allison P. Davis their difficulties with meeting men, dating, and “hooking up.”

“Nobody ever explicitly said,...

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Arizona State Honors American Military Hero Pat Tillman

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Posted by    Sunday, November 1, 2015 at 12:30pm

It’s nice to see a feelgood story every once in a while, isn’t it?

NewsBusters reports.

Arizona State Honors American Hero Pat Tillman with Jersey Bearing his Name

We interrupt our regularly scheduled chronicling of the decay and leftward lurching of the sports media, and, well, sports in general, to bring you this rare...

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Almost Half of College Students Surveyed Are Afraid to Disagree With Professors

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Posted by    Sunday, November 1, 2015 at 9:30am

This isn’t how higher education is supposed to work.

CNS News reports.

Survey: 49% of College Students Feel ‘Intimidated’ When Expressing Beliefs Different From Professors

Forty-nine percent of U.S. college students admit they feel “intimidated” when they express beliefs or opinions that differ from their professors, according to a new nationwide survey of...

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Campus Newspaper at UNC Denounces Democrats for Saying America is Great

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Posted by    Saturday, October 31, 2015 at 2:00pm

This is the only way Democrats can upset liberal college students.

Mediaite reports.

UNC Campus Newspaper Denounces Democrats For Calling America ‘Great’

The University of North Carolina’s student newspaper The Daily Tar Heel criticized the Democratic Party for selling merchandise saying that America is “already great.”

In response to Donald Trump‘s iconic “Make America Great...

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University of Louisville President Apologizes for Wearing a Sombrero

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Posted by    Saturday, October 31, 2015 at 12:30pm

Remember when something so silly wasn’t considered a crime?

Jennifer Kabbany reports at the College Fix.

University president apologizes for wearing a sombrero

The president of the University of Louisville has apologized … for wearing a sombrero. The college has also promised to immediately launch “training on diversity and racial equality issues.”

President James Ramsey...

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Ithaca College Prof Claims Agriculture is ‘Capitalist Racialized Patriarchy’

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Posted by    Saturday, October 31, 2015 at 9:30am

This is one lecture you should be glad you missed.

The Cornell Review reports.

Ithaca College Prof. at Cornell Lecture: Agriculture is ‘Capitalist Racialized Patriarchy’

Zillah Eisenstein, a professor politics at Ithaca College, declared in a lecture last Friday that agriculture is “capitalist, racialized patriarchy.”

The lecture was titled “Thinking about Hetero-Racist Misogyny in ‘Agriculture’”...

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Nontenured Faculty at U. Chicago File to Unionize

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Posted by    Friday, October 30, 2015 at 5:00pm

In Chicago? I’m surprised they’re not unionized already.

The Chicago Tribune reports.

University of Chicago’s nontenured faculty file to unionize

Nontenure-track faculty at the University of Chicago on Thursday filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize, the Chicago Sun-Times has learned.

They are requesting an election for a bargaining unit that...

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College Zombiefest Bans Zombie Costumes

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Posted by    Friday, October 30, 2015 at 2:00pm

Well of course, why would you want zombies at an event that’s named for them?

Eric Owens reports at the Daily Caller.

Zombies And All Other Costumes Banned At College ZOMBIEFEST

Florida Gulf Coast University will hold its big Zombiefest on Wednesday night. However, anyone who shows up to the c...

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College Offers Contact Info to Report Offensive Halloween Costumes

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Posted by    Friday, October 30, 2015 at 11:00am

Big academia won’t be happy until Halloween is ruined for everyone.

The College Fix reports.

College posts contact info of 5 officials standing by to tell students if their costume’s offensive

Think your Halloween costume might be culturally insensitive?

If you’re a student at State University of New York at Geneseo, all you’d have to...

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Leftist College Students Demand Censorship

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Posted by    Friday, October 30, 2015 at 8:00am

It really does seem like all the demands for censorship are coming from the left these days.

William Bigelow reports at Breitbart.

Leftist College Students Want Censorship

A new poll shows that a majority of leftist college students oppose censorship in theory – but also support censorship in practice when it boosts their “politically...

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College Dumps ‘Crusader’ Nickname Because it Lacks Diversity

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Posted by    Thursday, October 29, 2015 at 5:00pm

It’s amazing that things like this are happening at colleges all the time. It’s ridiculous.

Blake Neff reports at the Daily Caller.

College Dumps ‘Crusader’ Nickname For Being Insufficiently Diverse

Susquehanna University in Pennsylvania has decided to jettison its long-standing “Crusader” nickname on the grounds that it is incompatible with diversity. The decision to...

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NYU Wants to Rename Engineering School After Donors

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Posted by    Thursday, October 29, 2015 at 2:00pm

Some students and faculty don’t like the idea.

Kellie Woodhouse reports at Inside Higher Ed.

How Much for a Name?

When donors give $100 million to an institution, many expect gratitude, not criticism. But a recent nine-figure donation to New York University’s engineering school garnered the latter after many students and alumni balked at...

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Community College Gets Away With Retaliating Against Student Journalists

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Posted by    Thursday, October 29, 2015 at 11:00am

These students should consider contacting The FIRE.

The College Fix reports.

Community college gets away with retaliating against student journalists and faculty adviser

Student journalists sued Muscatine Community College earlier this year for allegedly retaliating against them (and their faculty adviser) for their coverage, which included using a headshot of an administrator who complained he...

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