Speech policy at BU looks good on the surface but there’s a catch.
Samantha Harris reports at the FIRE blog.
Speech Code of the Month: Boston University
FIRE announces its Speech Code of the Month for August 2015: Boston University (BU).
While BU is private, and thus not legally bound by the First Amendment’s guarantees...
When this bubble bursts, it’s going to make the housing bubble look small.
Julianne Stanford reports at the College Fix.
Student loan debt hits $1.27 trillion, grows $3,055 every second
The higher ed bubble continues to inflate, with student loan debt now coming in at $1.27 trillion, according to the Federal Reserve, an amount that tops the...
That’s one way to combat the higher ed bubble.
ABC News in Baltimore reported.
Details of University of Maryland’s plan to sell beer released
For the first time ever, fans will be able to buy a beer at University of Maryland sporting events this fall.
The school pulled back on original plans to sell both...
The rules in these situations just keep getting more absurd.
Greg Piper reports at the College Fix.
Sexual assault includes ‘whistling,’ ‘unwanted phrases’ at UC Santa Barbara
Sexual assault at the University of California-Santa Barbara is like sexual orientation – an endless “continuum.”
The school’s list of activities that constitute the sexual-assault continuum (literally UCSB’s...
Campus Reform took the recent incident on MSNBC with Debbie Wasserman Schultz and tried the same experiment with some young people.
They didn’t do much better. Watch.
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VIDEO: Millennials can’t distinguish Democrats, socialists
Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz was at a loss for words late last month when asked for the...
Hillary Clinton is doing a lott of bragging about her plans for higher education but Scott Walker is calling her out and doing a little bragging of his own. Check out some of his recent tweets.
.@HillaryClinton I’ve
frozen in-state tuition rates for four years, while you charged
colleges $225K+ just to...
Kudos to this young woman for having the courage to stand with law enforcement.
Oliver Darcy reported at The Blaze.
19-Year-Old College Student Goes to Ferguson Protests to Make Bold Statement: ‘It Was Scary’
A 19-year-old woman stood in front of police officers in Ferguson, Missouri, Monday night as a symbolic gesture to protect...
What a great idea. They’ve done such a good job so far, haven’t they?
Michael Stratford reports at Inside Higher Ed.
A Bigger Federal Role
Hillary Clinton’s higher education plan announced Monday highlights the growing consensus among Democrats on how to tackle rising tuition: send federal money to states that agree, in return, to...
The liberal war on American history continues apace.
Jennifer Kabbany reports at the College Fix.
Univ. of Texas panel: Relocate Confederate statues or add explanatory plaques
A task force working to help determine the fate of controversial statues at the University of Texas made its recommendations Monday: Relocate Confederate statues on campus or add...
In a great new column at The Atlantic, Greg Lukianoff of The FIRE and Jonathan Haidt explain why trigger warnings and other trends in higher education are harmful to college students.
The Coddling of the American Mind
Something strange is happening at America’s colleges and universities. A movement is arising, undirected and driven...
This idea is the central tenet of a recent column in the Wall Street Journal by Robert Litan.
How Improving Education Could Pay Off in Economic Growth
In a recent Think Tank piece, I focused on two ways to boost long-term economic growth: more risk-taking by larger companies, and more start-ups. Neither is...
In a word? Yes. In this new video from Prager University, West Point professor Colonel Ty Seidule explains why.
Watch below.
Here’s more information:
Course Description
What caused the Civil War? Did the North care about abolishing slavery? Did the South secede because of slavery? Or was it about something else entirely…perhaps states’ rights? Colonel...
The professor in question is a repeat offender.
Colleen Flaherty reports at Inside Higher Ed.
Extracurricular Criminal
A professor finds himself in trouble with the law several times within the span of a few years. But none of those crimes and alleged crimes relate directly to his teaching or publications, and he’s apparently a...
That’s a pretty handsome settlement for a case that ended with no criminal charges.
Christian Britschgi of the College Fix reports.
U. of Oregon paid rape accuser $800,000 and full tuition so it could move on, president says
Time to stop debating this incident and hire loads of bureaucrats
The University of Oregon is paying...
Do you remember Trump University? You’re likely to hear more about it in the near future.
Valerie Strauss reports at the Washington Post.
Trump University: Why the N.Y. attorney general called it a scam
You probably won’t be surprised to learn, if you didn’t already know, that Donald Trump started a university, or at...
How can this be true when Hollywood is so full of liberals?
Dave Huber reports at the College Fix.
USC study: Hollywood blockbusters are too overwhelmingly white and male
The University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism has found that, yet again, Hollywood appears to not care much about diversifying the...
We might be placing too much value on administrator roles like this one.
Katherine Timpf reports at National Review.
Public University Paying ‘Diversity Officer’ More than Congressmen Make
As the state of Illinois is struggling with budget problems, Northern Illinois University, a public school, just hired a “chief diversity officer” that will make more...
It’s amazing that this column by Professor Gerard Alexander was published by the New York Times.
Jon Stewart, Patron Saint of Liberal Smugness
It shows how gifted Jon Stewart is that his best moment happened on someone else’s show. He appeared in 2004 on “Crossfire,” a CNN yelling program, and asked the hosts...
This sounds like a classic case of projection to me. Divestment activists are the ones with an agenda.
Breana Noble reports at the College Fix.
Professors spurn researcher critical of campus fossil fuel divestment crusades
Free speech undermined by fossil fuel divestment, scholar finds
When National Association of Scholars research associate Rachelle Peterson recently attempted...
How sad. Today’s college crowd is so PC that comedians are tip-toeing around them.
Caitlin Flanagan writes at the Atlantic.
That’s Not Funny!
Three comics sat around a café table in the chilly atrium of the Minneapolis Convention Center, talking about how to create the cleanest possible set. “Don’t do what’s in your gut,”...
This seems a little strange but the speech is technically going to be a convocation which all Liberty students must attend.
Sarah Kaplan reports at the Washington Post.
Why Liberty University is requiring its students to attend a Bernie Sanders speech
It’s obvious why Sanders would want to speak at Liberty: He’s running for...
This was apparently some sort of experiment but it makes a great story.
Meghan Keenan of Red Alert Politics reports.
University president turned Uber driver says sharing economy benefits poor
Lawrence Schall, the Oglethorpe College president who decided to perform a “social experiment” working part-time as an Uber driver, shared several things he learned...
