Why is the government even getting involved? No one forced these students to take on this debt.
From the New York Times.
Gov’t Makes It Easier for Corinthian Students to Erase Debt
WASHINGTON — The federal government will make it easier for more students who attended the now-defunct Corinthian Colleges to get rid of...
The letter is a response to Jerry Seinfeld’s recent and correct declaration that colleges are too PC.
The student is Anthony Berteaux and he published his letter at the Huffington Post. I wish I could say this is parody.
Let’s face it, we knew this was coming, didn’t we?
An Open Letter to Jerry...
The school had operated there for 18 years. The higher ed bubble strikes again.
Maura Lerner of the Star Tribune reported.
Anthem College shuts its doors in Minnesota
Anthem College, a health-career school in St. Louis Park, has quietly closed shop after 18 years in Minnesota.
It’s the second for-profit college to fold its operation...
Cabot Phillips of Campus Reform recently spoke to Tucker Carlson of FOX & Friends about campus carry in Texas.
Is seems one sociology professor has a concern.
It’ll be interesting to see if this affects the school’s investment returns.
The Huffington Post reported.
Georgetown Becomes The Latest University To Divest From Fossil Fuels
Georgetown University’s board of directors voted last Thursday to end the university’s direct investment of endowment funds in companies whose primary business is mining coal, making it the...
In a new video from Prager University, political science professor Daniel DiSalvo explains the vast influence public employee unions have on our elections.
Here’s more information.
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Who poses the biggest thre...
The writer had the audacity to say things the students didn’t like, you see.
David Hookstead of the College Fix reports.
Students demand conservative-libertarian columnist be fired for ‘racist, unsafe’ views
PETITION: ‘We do not believe students have a protected right to use a student publication … as a platform to proliferate racist stereotypes...
Which makes now an excellent time to reexamine the law.
Jessica Gavora writes at the Wall Street Journal.
How Title IX Became a Political Weapon
Since its passage 43 years ago, Title IX has proved to be a remarkably elastic law. It has been stretched and warped from its original intent to end discriminati...
Now that Columbia’s mattress girl has released her own sex tape, Jim Treacher of the Daily Caller asks a very good question.
Is Emma Sulkowicz The First Porn Star To Attend The SOTU?
I have to admit, I used to be skeptical about Emma Sulkowicz, AKA Mattress Girl. It seemed odd that the...
This is what happens when students become more concerned about employment after graduation.
Kellie Woodhouse of Inside Higher Ed reports.
Arts and Sciences Deficits
Larry Singell saw the writing on the wall well before his college was hit with a possible $8 million deficit.
Though the College of Arts and Sciences is by far the...
While I can appreciate the burden of student loan debt, we do take these loans voluntarily.
Lee Siegel almost makes it sound like no choices were made here.
Why I Defaulted on My Student Loans
ONE late summer afternoon when I was 17, I went with my mother to the local bank, a long-defunct...
According to Paul Mirengoff of Powerline, there’s a committee to deal with the problem.
Committee Takes on Grade Inflation at Dartmouth
I wrote here about the problem of rampant grade inflation at Dartmouth. Last month, the College’s ad hoc committee on grading practices and grade inflation documented the extent of the problem and issued a...
I guess this the academic solution to income inequality or something.
Dave Huber reports at the College Fix.
Morgan State prof: Whites should put their ‘unearned wealth’ in black bank accounts
Lawrence Brown, an assistant professor at Morgan State University, tweeted some … interesting comments at...
This is an update to our recent post about Boise State University.
From the Washington Post.
University pays pro-life student group $20,000 to settle free speech lawsuit
At Boise State University in Idaho, a campus organization — just one of many at the 22,000-student school — wanted to have its voice heard. At two...
File this story under academic expansion – the Chicago way.
Bryant Jackson-Green reports at the Blaze.
In Chicago, a Public University Moves to Seize Private Property
Should a public university be allowed to seize private property from people who don’t want to sell?
That’s what Northeastern Ill...
Naturally. She’s been out of the spotlight for almost two weeks. Gotta keep that 15 minutes of fame going for as long as possible.
Blake Neff of the Daily Caller reports.
Columbia’s Mattress Girl Has Made An ‘Artistic’ Sex Tape
Emma Sulkowicz, the Columbia graduate famous across the country as “Mattress Girl” after she...
Everyone is constantly told that they must go to college to earn good pay but it’s not true.
Mark Schneider of the Wall Street Journal.
A Bachelor’s Degree Isn’t the Only Path to Good Pay
The bachelor’s degree is often promoted as a one-way ticket to a good career and high wages, but recent...
It’s a shame. The school was even going to hand out free copies of her books.
Meghan Keenan of Red Alert Politics reported.
University of Kentucky eliminates Ayn Rand from donation agreement
The University of Kentucky’s college of business has renegotiated a donation agreement that would have advanced Ayn Rand’s free market philosophy.
UK’s Gatton...
This new editorial from the New York Daily News is pretty brutal. It looks like more people are waking up to the situation on college campuses.
Thought crimes on campus
Madness has been unleashed on college campuses — not by drunken frat boys but by the White House.
A wildly mishandled Obama administration campaign...
I wonder if images of a cop-killer or some other leftist favorite would have been a problem?
Alexandra Zimmern of the College Fix reports.
USC to tighten free speech policies after pro-life banners prompted controversy
‘We were informed there was no way our banners could be replaced this semester’
After images of fetuses growing in...
College campuses have become too PC for American comedians according to Seinfeld and other comics he knows.
That’s just sad. Listen to the clip below from Breitbart.
Seinfeld: Comedians tell me “Don’t go near colleges – They’re so PC”
Comedian Jerry Seinfeld appeared on ESPNU and ESPN Radio’s “The Herd with Colin Cowherd” on...
There is a new strain of fear on college campuses.
Ed Morrissey explains in a new column at the Fiscal Times.
Why College Professors Are Afraid to Teach Millennials
Hungry for love and it’s feeding time, Alice Cooper wrote in his 1991 classic song, “Feed My Frankenstein.” Academia has created...
