This liberal policy actually looks like a form of racism.
Hanna Krueger reports at the College Fix.
$20 million affirmative-action program at UC-Berkeley is against the law, critics claim
Nearly two decades after Californians voted to ban the consideration of race in public university admissions, the flagship campus of the University of California system...
Some incidents which clearly aren’t rape are being classified that way.
Ashe Schow reports at the Washington Examiner.
Overly broad definition of sex assault ensnares innocent students
As I wrote in my column yesterday, not all accusations of campus sexual assault are black and white. Yet colleges are treating accusations as if the accused...
At Newsday, Cathy Young recounts a recent incident at a Canadian college which is becoming all too familiar.
My brush with campus intolerance
Last week, I had a firsthand experience with campus intolerance when some Canadian college students decided they didn’t want me speaking at their school.
The Canadian Association for Equality, a group...
Oh dear, we don’t want to offend anyone now do we?
Casey Harper reports at the Daily Caller.
Colorado School Bans The Words ‘Lord,’ ‘God,’ or ‘Jesus’
A former college football player is suing his alma mater for its Bible verse ban.
Michael Lucas donated $2,500 to the Colorado School of Mines for a new...
What, no catering? What kind of low brow protest is this?
Dave Huber reports at the College Fix.
Teacher leads student walk-out protest; kids then ask ‘Where’s the food?’ and head home
Early this past week, teacher Michael Frassetto led a walk-out-of-class protest at the Allentown (Pennsylvania) School District because of the district’s alleged...
This is an actual course at Yale Divinity School.
Twitchy reports.
Today’s lesson at Yale from #BlackLivesMatters’ DeRay Mckesson: ‘In Defense of Looting’
According to history as written by the New York Times Magazine, Johnetta Elzie — aka ShordeeDooWhop — is the “other” founder of the #BlackLivesMovement, along with the much higher profile DeRay...
Purdue is making news for its excellent attitude on free speech.
The FIRE Blog reports.
Purdue President and Students Join Forces for Free Speech on Campus
urdue University President Mitch Daniels had found what he was looking for.
Since late 2014, Daniels had, with the help of FIRE, been taking a hard look at the...
Will we see a rise in the number of post-college bankruptcies? Probably.
Michael Stratford reports at Inside Higher Ed.
New Push on Bankruptcy Protections
The Obama administration is calling on Congress to make it easier for some student loan borrowers to erase their debt through bankruptcy, as part of a package of proposals aimed...
This is a fine example of selective reporting.
Dave Huber reports at the College Fix.
U. of Arizona paper apparently doesn’t know why some want to defund Planned Parenthood
Next Tuesday will be “Pink Out Day” at the University of Arizona because, as The Daily Wildcat headlines, “UA stands in solidarity” with Planned Parenthood.
Of...
Gee, isn’t there a senator from Vermont running for president who’s popular with college students?
Bruce Parker writes at the Vermont Watchdog.
Vermont jobs outlook possibly worse than college students think
A recent survey shows college graduates are leaving Vermont because they think the state has a bad jobs outlook. Depending on which employment...
Our friend Professor Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit has a new column at USA Today which you should read.
Here’s a sample.
The unilateral war on college men
It appears to many — including me — as if the Obama administration is engaged in a war on college men. Using debunked statistics, the president, the...
Of course, if student funds were ever used for a conservative cause it’d be a federal case.
Allison Hanson reports at the College Fix.
Calif. students’ funds used to push left-wing causes
ANALYSIS
The motto of the California Public Interest Research Group – a student run, student directed and student funded lobbying group – is...
Perhaps it’s the culture of victimhood on college campuses which has contributed to this problem.
Peter Gray writes at Psychology Today.
Declining Student Resilience: A Serious Problem for Colleges
A year ago I received an invitation from the head of Counseling Services at a major university to join faculty and administrators for discussions about...
Greg Lukianoff of The FIRE recently wrote an op-ed in the Huffington Post which is worth a read. It focuses on academic freedom at the University of Chicago.
Every University in the Country Should Adopt the University of Chicago’s Academic Freedom Statement
Though far from over, 2015 may be remembered as a year...
As usual, it’s all about money.
The Los Angeles Times reported.
California State University faculty to vote on strike
A threatened strike by California State University faculty could extend to all 23 campuses of the nation’s largest public university system if an impasse over raises is not resolved, faculty union officials said Wednesday.
The California...
Given what’s happening on college campuses today, this does sound appealing.
CNN reports.
Arctic education: The world’s northernmost university is booming
In the land of the midnight sun and the northern lights, in the most fragile ecosystem on the planet, you’ll find the world’s northernmost university.
Students from around the world are flocking to the...
This is an update to a story we featured yesterday.
Nick Pappas reports at the College Fix.
Students go berserk after conservative club uses term ‘anchor babies’
YAF Gettysburg: ‘People...
The elimination of speech codes is a good thing. More of this, please.
The FIRE blog reported.
Purdue Calumet Eliminates All of Its Speech Codes, Earns FIRE’s Highest Free Speech Rating
HAMMOND, Ind., September 29, 2015—The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) is pleased to announce that Purdue University Calumet has earned FIRE’s...
Social media has created a whole new set of problems for higher education. A student at U. Kansas was actually facing expulsion for some anonymous tweets.
Taylor Milland reported at Hot Air.
University of Kansas student won’t be expelled for anonymous tweets about ex
A University of Kansas student isn’t going to be kicked...
This is just the way the left rolls. They don’t want to have a civil discussion, they want their opponents to be silenced.
Emily Jashinsky reports at Breitbart.
Young Americans for Freedom Flyers Vandalized at Gettysburg College
After the Young Americans for Freedom chapter at Gettysburg College hung fliers advertising a meeting, they were...
I wonder if any students hanging typically left wing flags have had this problem?
Peter Fricke reported at Campus Reform.
San Diego State forces students to take down American flag
Two students at San Diego State University have been threatened with expulsion for hanging American, Coast Guard, and Army flags from the balcony of...
Sadly, this type of behavior has become all too common on college campuses.
Peter Fricke of Campus Reform reported.
Pro-life flyers torn down at American University
Pro-life flyers posted by the College Republicans group at American University were torn down last night by an anonymous group, which then bragged of its exploits on Twitter.
Sam...
