As you can imagine, this has some people in the teacher unions very concerned.
George Leef reported at See Thru Edu.
An Upcoming Supreme Court Case Has Education Unions Worried
At the end of its recently completed term, the Supreme Court announced a number of the cases it has decided to hear when its...
Just another confirmation of what many people already knew.
This article is from The Week, hat tip to Instapundit.
Study: Federal student loans increase tuition, not enrollment
A report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York suggests that federal student aid programs are doing more harm than good. When subsidized federal loans have...
We covered the story of sexual consent contracts on college campuses earlier this week.
Wednesday night, Megyn Kelly discussed the issue with Brit Hume.
Watch below.
That’s a pretty serious increase. Haven’t they heard about the student loan debt crisis?
The Detroit Free Press reported.
Oakland University hikes tuition 8.48%
Oakland University will raise tuition by 8.48% for the coming school year, joining Eastern Michigan University in giving up a portion of its state aid in exchange for a big...
Yesterday, we reported that Marco Rubio is serious about making changes to higher education.
Here’s the Republican presidential candidate in his own words at an appearance in Chicago this week.
Some races apparently don’t qualify as victims of discrimination.
Greg Piper reports at the College Fix.
Department of Education rejects Asian-American admissions discrimination complaint against Harvard
Asian-American groups that believe Harvard University is discriminating against their students in admissions got bad news from the Department of Education.
In response to their complaint with DOE’s Office...
You can’t be taken seriously as a Democratic candidate for president if you don’t promise free college.
John Wagner reports at the Washington Post.
How Martin O’Malley wants to lighten the load of college debt
Democratic presidential hopeful Martin O’Malley on Wednesday put forward an ambitious five-year goal of allowing students to graduate debt-free...
Republicans would be wise to spend more time focusing on higher education reform.
Reuters reports that Marco Rubio wants changes.
Republican Rubio urges overhaul of U.S. college ‘cartel’
Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio called for an overhaul of the U.S. higher education system on Tuesday, saying colleges were operating as a “cartel” and not...
Who could have imagined such a thing is true? Besides the people who have been saying it for years, I mean.
Blake Neff reported at the Daily Caller.
Feds Discover Their Own Aid Is To Blame For Rising Tuition
A new report by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York has found that the...
Why not just do a ‘Hunger Games’ style competition for the prize?
Jacqueline Thomsen reports at Inside Higher Ed.
A ‘Loan Lottery’
In New Jersey, some may be able to pay off thousands of dollars in student loans with one $3 payment — if they’re lucky.
A New Jersey state representative proposed legislation Monday morning...
Have we really come to this? Will every college student need a lawyer in the future too?
Ashe Schow of the Washington Examiner reported.
Advocacy group distributes sexual ‘consent contracts’ to college students
The Affirmative Consent Project, which advocates for “yes means yes” sexual consent policies, has been distributing “consent contracts” to college students...
A sad story to be sure. Your heart breaks for the student’s family.
FOX News reported.
Family sues a year after California fraternity pledge dies on grueling hazing hike
The family of a California college student who died during a grueling fraternity hazing hike is suing the organization and the school, saying the young...
The irony is that this student club will be seen by most as less controversial than a campus club for conservative students.
Pardes Seleh of Campus Reform reports.
Kinky sex club rises at USC
Students at the University of Southern California (USC) could soon be tied up, but not in their studies.
USC students have...
This is apparently going to be a regular thing now.
Alex Griswold of Mediaite reported.
UNC Confederate Memorial Vandalized with ‘Black Lives Matter,’ ‘KKK’
A memorial to Confederate soldiers who lost their lives in the Civil War on University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill’s campus was defaced over the weekend with the words “KKK,” “murderer,”...
Hillary’s enthusiasm gap at the college level might be worse than previously thought.
Sandor Farkas reported at the College Fix.
As Hillary Clinton stumps at Dartmouth, College Democrats no-shows, College Republicans turned away
‘I did not see any College Democrats there’
HANOVER, N.H. – A recent Hillary Clinton campaign stop at Dartmouth College saw College Republicans...
This is one clever way to avoid student loans.
From the Daily Breeze.
Tech-minded El Segundo teen granted $100,000 to not go to college
Like so many parents, Tanya and Jim Latta expected their son Zach to go on to college after graduating from high school. As social workers with master’s degrees, the pair...
They could start by stopping the flow of money out of Washington.
Emma Baccellieri writes at the Providence Journal.
Congress looks for ways to cut college costs
As college costs continue to climb, Congress is taking a fresh look at federal financial aid and considering ways to stop states from driving up tuition at...
Courtney Such of Real Clear Policy recently interviewed Ben Miller from the Center for American Progress.
He doesn’t think student loan debt is a very big problem.
Student Loan Debt: It’s Not All Bad
As the national conversation about student debt continues, Ben Miller, senior director for post-secondary education at the Center for American...
I’m not sure this is the best way to address this problem.
The Hill reported.
Administration to punish colleges for poor education
The Obama administration will begin penalizing colleges that do not prepare students to find jobs in their chosen career paths after graduation.
The Education Department’s controversial “gainful employment” regulations went into effect Wednesday....
Religious institutions are very worried about losing their tax-exempt status.
Jennifer Kabbany of the College Fix reports.
Christian university president issues dire warning over same-sex marriage ruling
‘To force students by default to attend secular schools is a form of mind control’
Samuel “Dub” Oliver, president of Union University – a private, evangelical Christian liberal...
The slew of problems caused by this situation will drag on for months.
Trevor McGuire of See Thru Edu points to a piece by Paul Fain of Inside Higher Ed.
Debt Forgiveness and Liquidation
(from Inside Higher Ed):
By Paul Fain
The messy dismantling of Corinthian Colleges is moving through a federal bankruptcy court, as a...
There’s just no end to stuff like this.
Blake Neff of the Daily Caller reported.
Professor: Reason Itself Is A White Male Construct
A philosophy and religion professor at Syracuse University gave an interview to The New York Times Thursday in which he critiqued the notion of pure reason as simply being a “white...
