Forget about the wild parties, it’s the politically correct and ultimately leftist environment they leave out.
Walter E. Williams writes at Townhall.
Academic Fascism II
Last week’s column highlighted college campus absurdities and the ongoing attack on free speech and plain common sense. As parents gear up to fork over $20,000 to $60,000 for...
What happened to equality under the law? Men can’t be victims?
Ashe Schow reports at the Washington Examiner.
University dismisses male student’s harassment claim
How are male and female students treated differently under the anti-discrimination law Title IX? Not only are men accused of sexual assault denied due process or the assumption of innocence,...
Standards and grading policies have eroded to an alarming degree.
Mark Bauerlein of Minding the Campus.
The Fading of Liberal Education
The best ranking of undergraduate institutions by their general education is ACTA’s What Will They Learn? project. The evaluation looks at seven core subjects (composition, literature, foreign languages, U.S. government or history, economics,...
File this story under: You have got to be kidding me.
Peter Hasson reports at Campus Reform.
University tells students to dial 9-1-1 over ‘bias incidents’
Sudents at Santa Clara University are supposed call to report any and all “bias incidents” to 911.
“If the bias incident is in progress or just occurred: ALWAYS CALL...
How is this possible? Dave Huber explains at the College Fix.
Huh? Students who didn’t pass state exit exam for graduation accepted into 4-year colleges
Thousands of students in California are “in limbo” after being notified that they cannot take the California High School Exit Exam to get the needed high school diploma...
Reading this list might make you feel a little old.
Scott Jashik reports at Inside Higher Ed.
What Freshmen Know … and Don’t Know
Each August since 1998, Beloit College has released its “mind-set list” to help faculty and administrators understand what a new class of freshmen have experienced and not experienced. Here is...
This is happening to plenty of colleges now. Schools obviously need to get more serious about network security.
The Hill reports.
Hackers hit University of Virginia
The University of Virginia’s network is back online after a cyberattack forced a weekend shutdown of the school’s servers.
Officials say that the attack appears to have originated in...
Don’t people of all races sometimes wear saggy pants? How is banning them racist?
Blake Neff reports at the Daily Caller.
University Ban On Saggy Pants Decried As Racist
A college’s attempt to crack down on the wearing of saggy pants is being attacked as racist against black people.
Henderson State University, a public college...
In a new video from Prager University, Dennis Prager examines the issue of abortion solely from a moral perspective.
Watch it all below.
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That’s one way to stave off the higher ed bubble.
Kellie Woodhouse reports at Inside Higher Ed.
‘Bright Future’ Layoffs
After Ashland University on Friday laid off 23 instructors — many of them tenured — and eliminated another nine teaching positions, President Carlos Campos described the future at the financially troubled university as “bright.”
The move...
Rand Paul is hoping he can capture the college vote for 2016.
Athena Jones reports at CNN.
Rand Paul aims to woo college students to boost his primary chances
Republican Sen. Rand Paul is hoping college students will give him an edge over his GOP opponents as the presidential primary season heats up.
With Back...
And yet, tuition at California’s state schools keeps going up.
Larry Gordon reports at the Los Angeles Times.
College students move off campus as room and board costs rise
When he moves off campus this fall, UCLA junior Will Van Der Wey said, he will miss the variety of dining hall meals. His homemade...
Nick Gillespie of Reason interviews Chapman University president Jim Doti about free speech and other issues in higher education.
Watch it all below.
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Comedians such as Jerry Seinfield and Chris Rock aren’t the only people who feel college campuses have grown intolerant of free speech. Jim Doti, President of Chapman University, shares...
As we reported last week, the University of Texas decided to move a statue of Jefferson Davis. That plan is now on hold.
Caleb Howe reported at The Right Scoop.
Plan to Remove Confederate Statue Brought to a Halt in Texas After Legal Challenge
The University of Texas in Austin had a plan. The...
Who needs microaggressions when you can get microcredentials?
Paul Fain reports at Inside Higher Ed.
Establishment Goes Alternative
Traditional colleges have been mostly on the sidelines for the early development of online microcredentials or badges — the kind that aren’t linked to conventional courses and the credit hour. Educational technology companies and other alternative...
It’s difficult to keep up with all the rules but some of them have obvious flaws.
Greg Piper reports at the College Fix.
Here’s one weird trick for proving sexual consent at the University of Alaska
The University of Alaska just adopted a new “affirmative consent” policy for sex between students.
That’s not new –...
Paul Caron of the TaxProfBlog points to a recent column which explores the subject.
McGinnis & Schanzenbach: It’s Time To End Faculty Tenure
Wall Street Journal op-ed: College Tenure Has Reached Its Sell-By Date, by John O. McGinnis (Northwestern) & Max M. Schanzenbach(Northwestern):
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has come under fire from academics nationwide for calling on...
We all know what a great judge of integrity Mrs. Clinton can be when she wants to.
Carl Straumsheim reports at Inside Higher Ed.
Does Online Ed Lack ‘Integrity’?
A line about the integrity of online learning in Hillary Clinton’s higher education plan has experts on online education questioning...
Andrew Kelly of Minding the Campus writes of a talk he recently gave on higher education reform.
A Conservative Path to Higher Ed Reform
This is an edited transcript of comments delivered by Mr. Kelly at the 2015 Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Symposium on “The Future of Higher Education” June 3 in...
Trump could always just point to Obama as an example of why he shouldn’t have to release his college records.
The College Fix reports.
Some call for Donald Trump to release his college transcripts
So if Donald Trump is going to call his opponents a bunch of idiots, then the least he can do...
Well, they are currently under federal investigation.
The Consumerist reports.
University Of Phoenix Stops New Enrollment At 14 Campuses, 10 Learning Centers
The country’s largest for-profit college chain is about to get a bit smaller, as a new report reveals that The University of Phoenix is no longer accepting new enrollments at two dozen...
Looks like they’re taking the advice of a panel which recently discussed the subject.
From ABC News.
University of Texas Moving Statue of Jefferson Davis
The University of Texas will move a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis away from the center of campus, but statues of other Confederate figures will remain, school president...
