The University of California system is going a little crazy with gender identity choices on their applications.
Jacob Kohlhepp reports at the College Fix.
Calif. students now given six ‘gender identity’ choices on college admissions applications
Questions about gender identity and sexual orientation have been added to admissions applications used by the University of...
It looks like there’s more publicity and trouble for Trump on the horizon.
CNN reports.
Donald Trump still battling lawsuits from defunct Trump University
Presidential candidate Donald Trump wants to “Make America Great Again!” Before he can do that, he has to answer to allegations that his now-defunct Trump University was a scam.
Trump is...
The gift was part of a donor’s will but he recently cut it over the Tim Hunt controversy.
Dave Huber reports at the College Fix.
College cut out of over $1.5 million in donor’s will due to treatment of Nobel scientist Tim Hunt
A alumnus of University College London h...
Why do so many institutions of higher education seem to have this problem?
The FIRE blog reports.
Due Process Duly Unavailable at UD
This month, the University of Delaware (UD) changed its sexual misconduct procedures from a full hearing to a one-on-one investigation by a “trained professional,”...
This sounds like something out of a movie but it’s a real story from the Telegraph UK.
Three scientists investigating melting Arctic ice may have been assassinated, professor claims
A Cambridge Professor has made the astonishing claim that three scientists investigating the melting of Arctic ice may have been assassinated within the space...
This is a pretty bad sign for the Democratic Party in 2016.
Mariana Barillas reports at Campus Reform.
DNC speaks to empty College Democrat event
Emphasizing the importance of Millennial voters in upcoming elections, progressive activists spoke to a nearly empty auditorium at the College Democrats of America annual conference on Friday.
Despite offering a...
Just what academia needs. More unions.
The Daily Chronicle reports.
Northern Illinois University workers forming union
A group of 645 Northern Illinois University workers have signed petitions to unionize.
The move follows what many in the group of clerical, paraprofessional, technical and administrative employees lament as years of working without pay increases.
The workers are organizing...
You can imagine some parents getting carried away with this.
Dave Huber reported at the College Fix.
Keeping on top of your kids’ grades online: boon or bane?
Another school year is right around the corner, and school districts and colleges across the country seek to improve communication between teachers/professors and parents/students.
A few days...
In the future, someone will introduce a studies studies major.
Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed reported.
Milestone for Disability Studies
The University of Toledo is starting the nation’s first full undergraduate major in disability studies, an interdisciplinary field that already has considerable scholarly interest and graduate options.
A generation or two ago, students...
Higher education could probably use more programs like this one.
WACH reported.
Columbia College receives $5M gift to promote entrepreneurs
Columbia College has been given a $5 million donation to launch an entrepreneurship program.
The State of Columbia reports that college officials on Thursday announced that the gift from Bob and Janice McNair will pay...
You have to admire the tenacity of these young people.
Claire Torstenbo reported at the College Fix.
Student journalists launch indie newspaper while their censorship lawsuit plays out
Administrators harassing you? Try GoFundMe
Iowa student journalists who sued their college in May, for letting faculty and staff “intimidate and harass” them owing to their news...
This is a case that took eight years to play out. Now it’s paying out.
The FIRE blog reported.
Eight Years After Student’s Unjust Expulsion from Valdosta State U., $900K Settlement Ends ‘Barnes v. Zaccari’
ATLANTA, July 23, 2015—Today, more than eight years after his unjust expulsion, student Hayden Barnes’ federal civil rights lawsuit...
Haven’t these schools heard that we all have to pay our fair share?
Eric Owens reports at the Daily Caller.
HAPPY MISERS! Colleges Across Boston Refuse To Pay For Basic City Services
A bunch of fancypants colleges and universities in Boston blatantly fail to pay voluntary fees for essential services provided by the taxpayers,...
It wasn’t a very good plan anyway. Now it’s not going to happen.
The LA Times reported.
College ratings system proposed by Obama is scrapped
Nearly two years ago, President Obama proposed a federal system to rate the nation’s colleges and universities, one that would provide families with an objective and unified tool to...
Here we go again. Is there any other political figure who inspires so much hatred from academia?
David Hookstead reported at the College Fix.
Professor pens massive tirade against Scott Walker, tells governor: ‘F– you’
Vassar scholar figuratively froths with anger and vitriol over Republican politician
A professor at Vassar College has penned a lengthy...
We reported on this story yesterday but this is an update. The story was picked up by the Philadelphia Inquirer which suggests that there’s real trouble brewing here.
Lincoln prof blasts ‘dirty Jewish’ thugs, ‘homo uprising,’ and ‘sluts’
A longtime Lincoln University professor drew ire from Pennsylvania officials in 2010 when he called...
This shouldn’t interfere with teaching or anything, right?
Christopher White reports at the College Fix.
University of Missouri faculty told to be on lookout for professors who use triggering language
Just three days after ‘Campus Free Expression Act’ OK’d, profs told to correct peers who use words that might offend others
Four pages of ‘inclusive...
Is this higher education or indoctrination?
Jacqueline Thomsen reports at Inside Higher Ed.
A Little Heavy Reading
Social justice. Climate change. Racial inequality. Immigration. Hunger. While those topics might read like a laundry list of some of the world’s biggest problems, they are just a few of the issues covered in books that are...
When tuition goes up, will students protest this decision?
The Huffington Post reported.
University Of California Raises Minimum Wage To $15
The movement to raise the minimum wage across the U.S. gained ground Wednesday with the huge University of California system announcing plans to increase base pay for its employees and contract workers to...
These comments are shocking, especially coming from a professor.
Alex Griswold reported at Mediaite.
Public Univeristy Professor Bashes ‘Dirty Jewish Zionists’ and ‘Homo Lobby’ on Facebook
A professor at Lincoln University, a historically-black public university in southern Pennsylvania, has been accused of posting virulently anti-Semitic, homophobia, sexist, anti-Israel, and anti-American sentiments on his...
It looks like UW-Madison wants this story to just go away as quickly as possible.
Steven Elbow of the Capital Times reported.
UW-Madison University Committee: No discipline for Sara Goldrick-Rab’s tweets
The executive committee for the UW-Madison Faculty Senate Monday tried to put to rest rumors th...
Hillary Clinton’s rhetoric about big banks and CEOs doesn’t match reality as some millennials recently learned.
From Campus Reform.
Here’s more:
People shocked to discover Hillary gets Wall Street cash
On Monday, Hillary Clinton gave a speech outlining her economic vision for the United States.
Clinton spoke on the need for a minimum wage increase, her...
