Higher education used to be a dignified pursuit. Now we get this.
Christian Spencer reports at Campus Reform.
UMD teaches students ‘How to F*** in College’
At a workshop-style event last week, students at the University of Maryland, College Park were taught “How to F*** in College.”
Sex ed expert Francisco Ramirez, who has a...
Some people are just convinced that government can solve problems like unfairness.
Jena McGregor reports at the Washington Post.
To reduce bias, U.K. companies and universities will start hiding applicant names
On Monday, U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron announced that several public and private employers had agreed to make job applications for new graduates...
Most people would probably change their name in exchange for $100 million dollars, so we can’t blame the school.
The National Jurist reports.
Northwestern changes name after $100M donation
Northwestern University School of Law is changing its name after a $100 million gift from J.B. Pritzker, the second largest gift to a law school....
In case there’s any confusion, this is what “free college” looks like.
CBS News in Denver reports.
Denver Voters Asked To Help Fund College Education
Voters in Denver are being asked to fund college education in next month’s election.
Measure 2A will increase the City of Denver’s sales tax to 8 cents to raise an...
Here’s the latest example of language and gender insanity on college campuses.
Katherine Timpf reports at National Review.
Kansas University Student Senate Votes to Ban ‘His/Her’ from Governing Document Because They’re ‘Microaggressions’
The Kansas University student senate has voted to banish gender-specific pronouns such as “his/her” from its Rules and Regulations document because they’re...
It’s not good enough to be a feminist. You have to believe the right things too.
Jennifer Kabbany reports at the College Fix.
Students demand disinvitation of feminist icon who says transgender women are not real women
Here we go again.
Another group of fragile, whiny students is in a tizzy over a planned campus...
The newest video from Prager University will make you ill.
Heather Mac Donald of the Manhattan Institute explains how the study of the humanities has been supplanted with progressive politics and social justice.
Here’s more information.
What in...
Is this what liberals are talking about when they say the game is rigged against average Americans?
Ali Meyer of the Washington Free Beacon reports.
DHS Incentivizes Employers to Hire Alien College Grads Over Native Grads
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is expanding a program that awards businesses bonuses when they hire alien...
Liberal bias in academia? Don’t be silly.
James Mietus reports at Campus Reform.
REPORT: 99.51% of top liberal arts prof. contributions go to Dems
Only one undergraduate professor from the top 50 liberal arts colleges has donated to a Republican presidential candidate in the current election cycle.
According to FEC third quarter reports released October...
The Cornell Review is reporting that members of the Black Lives Matter movement marched through Ithaca this weekend.
Black Lives Matter Protesters March Through Downtown Ithaca
“No justice, no peace, no racist police!” That’s what local protestors shouted this past Saturday as they participated in a “Solidarity March” along Seneca Street in downtown...
It’s amazing how casually some college students dismiss the importance of free speech.
Taylor Grenawalt reports at Campus Reform.
Brown students: improving race relations is more important than free speech
In response to controversial op-eds published in the school newspaper, five Brown University students are claiming that freedom of speech does not confer the...
He’s not running for president, but Joe Biden is pushing the Democratic Party’s line on making college free.
US News and World Report has the story.
Biden Calls for 4 Years of Free College
When Vice President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that he will not run for president, his speech in the White House...
Tax dollars for tuition is a gravy train and lots of law schools are on board.
Via the TaxProfBlog, the New York Times reports.
The Law School Debt Crisis
In 2013, the median LSAT score of students admitted...
This could start an avalanche of lawsuits.
Michael Stratford reports at Inside Higher Ed.
Suing Student Loan Servicers
Student loan borrowers and others will be able to sue a national student loan corporation after a federal appeals court said Wednesday that the corporation’s affiliation with a state government does not shield it from lawsuits.
The...
Not all college students are feeling the Bern. Thank goodness.
From the Cornell Review.
America Cannot Afford Bernie Sanders
Unlike the other Democratic presidential candidates, Bernie Sanders describes himself as a Democratic Socialist. True to the word, he is campaigning on a radical, massive expansion of government, which includes, among other proposals, the creation...
You might say the left is bitterly clinging to political correctness.
The College Fix reported.
College president chides critics of political correctness, questions his school’s mascot
In a Thursday Philadelphia Inquirer op-ed, Susquehanna University President L. Jay Lemons perfectly exemplifies the point I made a month ago about political correctness.
“There has been a lot...
More dues payers and more money to give to Democrats.
Scott Jaschik reports at Inside Higher Ed.
NLRB Returns to Grad Student Unions
WASHINGTON — The National Labor Relations Board — voting 3 to 1 — agreed Wednesday to reconsider whether graduate teaching assistants at private nonprofit universities are entitled to collective bargaining.
The board...
The left doesn’t have much use for religion, unless it’s to promote their agenda.
The College Fix reports.
Religious studies professor: Ignoring climate change akin to sin
Scholar also calls for sabbatical year from travel every seven years to allow Earth a rest – ‘no big conferences, no academic flying’
A Northwestern University bioethicist who has...
No one deserves to be made fun of just for being portly, right?
Campus Reform reported.
Bradley University combats ‘fatism’ by promoting ‘fat acceptance’
While the United States leads the world in numbers of obese adults, teens and children, and despite the federal government’s efforts to push healthy eating initiatives, one university wants its...
Every time you think the PC crowd couldn’t get more absurd, they step up their game.
Blake Neff reports at the Daily Caller.
Full Circle: ‘Politically Correct’ Is Now Politically Incorrect In Wisconsin
The world of campus speech codes has come full circle, with the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) releasing a guide that makes...
The emails came up because of legal proceedings between a fraternity and the school.
The College Fix reports.
Wesleyan shut down frats to get their real estate, president’s email implies
The campus housing crunch is so bad that NYU has some students who are living in a fairly expensive hotel.
The New York Times reports.
$300-a-Night Hotel Houses N.Y.U. Students
Each fall, thousands of students take up residence in New York City to attend colleges and universities, exacerbat...
