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‘Militant Islam’ Edited Out of Column in UMass Student Paper

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Posted by    Saturday, April 18, 2015 at 3:30pm

We wouldn’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings, would we?

Matthew Porter of Truth Revolt reported.

UMass Student Paper Changes ‘Militant Islam’ To ‘Dangerous State’

On April 13, 2015, The Massachusetts Daily Collegian, a student paper at the University of Massachusetts, published a column titled Deal with Iran is a bad one. The piece was...

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Confirmed: College Students Will Text Pretty Much Anywhere

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Posted by    Saturday, April 18, 2015 at 12:30pm

Any time and any place, no matter what’s going on around them, college students will text.

Alan Mozes of CBS News.

College students admit texting in the most inappropriate places

Many college students send or receive text messages more than 100 times each day and at the most inappropriate times and places, a new...

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Iowa College Students Were on Lockdown During Hillary Clinton Visit

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Posted by    Saturday, April 18, 2015 at 9:30am

This should endear college aged voters to Mrs. Clinton.

Benny Johnson reported at IJ Review.

Hillary Visits College to See ‘Everyday Iowans,’ Students Get Locked In Their Classrooms

Students at Iowa’s Kirkwood Community College were apparently on ‘lockdown’ if their classes were along Hillary Clinton’s walking p...

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Study Reveals Gender Bias Against Men in Academia

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Posted by    Friday, April 17, 2015 at 5:00pm

This seems to conflict with the preferred narrative of the left.

Sharon Begley of Reuters reported.

Academics rate women job applicants higher than identical men: study

When hundreds of U.S. college faculty members rated junior scientists based on scholarly record, job interview performance and other information with an eye toward which should be hired,...

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Indiana Elementary School Offers College Field Trips for African American Students Only

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Posted by    Friday, April 17, 2015 at 2:00pm

What about all the other kids? It’s a great idea to bring little kids to see a college campus but it should include everyone.

ABC News Indiana reports.

School field trip causes controversy among some parents

A South Bend school field trip turned into a conversation about race after students at local primary schools...

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U. Pittsburgh Profs Warned That Their Students’ Genders Could Change

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Posted by    Friday, April 17, 2015 at 11:00am

I’m sorry, but I will never refer to a single person as they. Ever.

Katherine Timpf reports at National Review.

University Warns Professors That Their Students’ Genders May Change Over Time

The University of Pittsburgh has released a set of “Gender-Inclusive/Non-Sexist Language Guidelines and Resources” informing instructors how they should be talking in their...

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College Students Sign Petition to Raise the Minimum Wage to $50 an Hour

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Posted by    Friday, April 17, 2015 at 8:00am

To their credit, not all the students who were asked would sign the petition.

Watch below.

Via Soopermexican of The Right Scoop.

WATCH: College students happily sign petition...

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Islamic Feminist Claims Students at Duke Tried to Cancel Her Speech

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Posted by    Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 5:00pm

This sounds very similar to what happened to Ayaan Hirsi Ali.

Asra Nomani told her story at Time.

Islamic Feminist: Duke Students Tried To Cancel My Speech. That Made It Even More Important.

This past week, University of Michigan students watched American Sniper after the university first c...

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Knoxville College to Close for Fall Semester of 2015

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Posted by    Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 2:00pm

The school is having an enrollment problem so they’re going to take a semester off to address the issue.

Peter Jacobs of Business Insider reports.

A college with 11 students just canceled all of its classes for next semester

A struggling historically black college has suspended all of its classes for...

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Swastika and Other Racist Graffiti Found at Northwestern University

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Posted by    Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 11:00am

I’ll never understand the mindset of a person who does such a thing.

CBS News in Chicago reported.

Swastika, Racist Graffiti Reported At Northwestern University Library

Police at Northwestern University were investigating after someone scrawled racist and anti-Semitic graffiti in the school library.

University police said a swastika and disparaging remarks about African Americans were...

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‘Racketeer’ Attorney Speaks at Harvard Law School

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Posted by    Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 8:00am

As Jazz Shaw of Hot Air says:

Harvard University may be sending a none too subtle message regarding their feelings about capitalism and successful businesses in America.

Paul M. Barrett of Bloomberg reported.

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Some Georgia Colleges to See Significant Rise in Tuition Cost Next Year

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Posted by    Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at 5:00pm

It’s almost like some colleges haven’t heard of the higher ed bubble.

Keith Farner of the Gwinnett Daily Post reports.

Tuition to rise significantly for Georgia Gwinnett College, UGA, Ga. Tech

Education leaders in Georgia call it an investment, and this year students and families paying for college across the state will notice a...

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Texas Tech Prof Goes to Court to End Tenure

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Posted by    Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at 2:00pm

This professor thinks tenure is bad for higher education and he’s taking his case to court.

Susan Svrluga of the Washington Post reported.

A professor hates tenure so much that he’s making a federal case of it

James Wetherbe, a professor of information technology at Texas Tech University, used to hear this kind of...

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Neighbors of Manhattan College Complain That Students Are Out of Control

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Posted by    Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at 11:00am

Neighbors of this city based school claim that the students’ night time activities are a disruption.

CBS News in New York reported.

Neighbors Say Manhattan College Nightlife Has Gotten Out Of Control

Manhattan Collegeis located right in the heart of the Riverdale section of the Bronx,...

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Iowa College Students Not Thrilled About Hillary Visit

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Posted by    Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at 8:00am

This is from the UK’s Daily Mail. Good luck finding a report like this in the American media.

Iowa students preparing for Hillary’s first ‘listening’ session think she’s a ‘control freak’ who will be ‘talking s**t’ and only wants immigration reform because the Democratic party needs voters

  • Daily Mail Online spoke to ten...
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Lawsuit Seeks to Keep Sweet Briar College from Closing

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Posted by    Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at 2:00pm

As we recently reported, the small college has come to the point of closure but many are upset by this development.

Susan Svrluga of the Washington Post.

Sweet Briar faculty join lawsuit seeking to stop the college from closing

A group of faculty and staff members at Sweet Briar College has filed a motion...

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Colleges Try to Renew Interest in the Study of Chemistry

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Posted by    Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at 11:00am

If you have the mind for it, chemistry can lead to a very lucrative career path.

Melissa Korn of the Wall Street Journal reports.

Chemistry Departments Try to Attract More Students by Retooling the Major

Forget economics. Chemistry might be the real dismal science.

Undergraduate programs have been characterized for decades by rigid, yearlong sequences...

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Divest Harvard Group Blocks Entrances to Campus Building

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Posted by    Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at 8:00am

Students from Harvard who want to school to divest from fossil fuels staged a protest in which they blocked entrances to Massachusetts Hall.

Video and report via the Harvard Crimson.

Calling for Divestment, Protesters Blockade Mass. Hall

Members and supporters of the activist group Divest Harvard began a planned blockade of three entrances to...

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Joe Biden: Let’s Make Community College Free Like High School

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Posted by    Monday, April 13, 2015 at 5:00pm

If we make community college “free” who’s really going to pay for it?

Doesn’t someone always pay?

From The Hill.

Biden: Make community college ‘free’ like high school

“It’s simple, folks — two years of community college should become as free and universal as high school is today if we’re to make this economic resurgence...

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UCLA Mandates Diversity Class Due to Bigotry

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Posted by    Monday, April 13, 2015 at 2:00pm

Does anyone believe for a minute that there’s a ‘bigotry’ problem among students at UCLA?

Robert Wilde of Breitbart reports.

UCLA Mandates Diversity Class Because Students ‘Afflicted With Bigotry’

After twenty years of lobbying for a mandatory diversity class for all students, the University California Los Angeles faculty finally got their way.

Friday the university...

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The Daily Princetonian Profiles Ted Cruz

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Posted by    Monday, April 13, 2015 at 12:30pm

It looks like Ted Cruz’s interest in the constitution goes back to his days as an undergrad.

Katherine Oh of the Daily Princetonian.

Ted Cruz ’92: Grassroots phenomenon who once seemed destined for the ivory tower

While many now identify Ted Cruz ’92 as the classic example of a conservative populist politician, few still...

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Chapman University Won’t Punish Vandals Who Defaced Reagan Statue

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Posted by    Monday, April 13, 2015 at 11:00am

Good thing it wasn’t a statue of someone revered by Democrats or these students might be in real trouble.

The FOX News Insider reports.

College Won’t Punish Vandals Who Defaced Statues of Reagan, Thatcher

Statues of historic figures like Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher and Ayn Rand were defaced at a California college campus...

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