New Law in Arkansas Gives Students Right to Counsel in Disciplinary Appeals
Due process for college students? What an American idea.
Joseph Cohn of the FIRE blog reports.
New Arkansas Law Gives Students Right to Counsel in Disciplinary Appeals
Screening of ‘American Sniper’ at U. Michigan Packs a Crowd
The College Fix reports there was applause at the end.
UMich screening of ‘American Sniper’ packs room, garners applause as credits roll
Movie screened under police presence, talks from campus ‘Bias Response Team’ officials
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – University of Michigan students thronged to the campus union on Friday night for the weekly UMix Late...
Northeastern Prof: If We Execute Tsarnaev the Terrorists Win
This sounds like a logical and well thought out position.
Eric Owens of the Daily Caller.
Professor: If Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Is Executed For Murdering This Little Boy, THE TERRORISTS WIN
A professor at Northeastern University has declared that a federal court should not sentence guilty Boston Mar...
What is it About Free Speech and Due Process That Colleges Just Don’t Get?
The FIRE blog points to a few recent examples of free speech and due process violations in higher education.
Colleges Rush to Violate Free Speech, Due Process in Response to Speech Controversies
PHILADELPHIA, April 9, 2015—In the wake of the University of Oklahoma’s unconstitutional decision to summarily expel students involved in a racist...
Princeton Faculty Wants to Treat College Students Like Adults
Expose students to ideas they might not like? What an innovative concept.
Jennifer Kabbany of the College Fix reports.
Princeton faculty take a stand against sheltering students from offensive ideas
Professors declare: ‘It is not the proper role of the university to attempt to shield individuals from ideas and opinions they find unwelcome, disagreeable,...
Condom Usage Dropping Among College Sophomores
Sex without a condom was unthinkable to most college students in the 80’s and 90’s. Not so much today.
NPR reported.
Why Is Condom-Use Suddenly Dropping Among College Sophomores?
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:
There’s research about sex in college – new research – and also on the precautions students of different ages and from different economic...
Who’s to Blame for the Rising Cost of College Tuition?
I think Danielle Douglas-Gabriel of the Washington Post may be onto something here.
College tuition is getting more expensive. Here’s who’s actually to blame.
In an op-ed in the New York Times over the weekend, University of Colorado law professor Paul F. Campos offered a provocative answer to the frequently asked question: why...
Indiana Student Accepted to Every Ivy League College
Congratulations to Stefan Stoykov, who couldn’t even speak English when he came to America at the age of 8.
The Indy Star reports.
North Central senior accepted to every Ivy League college
On his first day of school in the second grade at Nora Elementary, Stefan Stoykov sat in the corner of the classroom,...
Victor Davis Hanson – Modern University Is Failing Students
In a new column for National Review, Victor Davis Hanson suggests that our higher education system is no longer achieving its objective. I couldn’t agree more.
The Modern University Is Failing Students in Every Respect
Modern American universities used to assume four goals.
First, their general education core taught students how to reason inductively...
Mandatory ‘Cultural Competency Training’ Demanded by Students at Binghamton
I’m not sure I even know what ‘cultural competency training’ is but some students at Binghamton feel it’s a must.
Bethany Salgado of Campus Reform reports.
Binghamton students demand mandatory ‘cultural competency training’
Students for Change, an anti-discrimination group on Binghamton University’s campus, met with university President Harvey Stenger to address a list of...
Columbia Students Not Allowed to Discuss Content of Amal Clooney’s Class
As we recently reported, George Clooney’s wife Amal Clooney is teaching a class at Columbia this spring. For some strange reason, students aren’t allowed to discuss what happens in the class.
The New York Times reported.
How Amal Clooney Took New York
At 10:30 a.m. on Monday, Amal Clooney walked into Classroom 103 in...
Boston University Screens Documentary Film About Campus Rape
The University of Michigan almost didn’t show American Sniper when some students protested, but Boston University got almost no news coverage for a film they showed on campus this week.
BU Today reported.
Campus Rape Film The Hunting Ground Screens Tonight
The BU community is invited to a free screening tonight of The Hunting...
Barry University Prof Files Charges Against Student Who Worked With James O’Keefe
The student had already been suspended. Now there’s a criminal complaint.
From WPLG News.
Barry University professor files criminal complaint against student
The suspended Barry University student who taped undercover footage portraying professors as ISIS supporters is now named in a criminal complaint.
Florida’s law against recording conversation without knowledge or consent is the basis...
The Far Left Ruined Liberalism on Campus
Taylor Schmitt of Minding the Campus reminds us that the left is responsible for the state of college campuses today.
How the Far Left on Campus Ruined Liberalism
I have some confessions to make: I am a liberal. I am pro-choice. I favor the legalization of gay marriage and marijuana. Claremont imageGiven supreme...
North Dakota Bill Protects Student Journalists from Censorship
Wouldn’t you assume protections like this are in place at most colleges already? Nope.
Greg Piper of the College Fix reports.
Approved bill protects North Dakota student journalists from censorship
Good news for student journalists with nosy administrators: North Dakota’s Legislature has approved a bill that would guarantee their right to publish...
“I can’t have you participate in class anymore.”
The title of this post is the opening line of a column about liberal bias in schools of social work by Devorah Goldman of the Weekly Standard that will blow your mind.
The Closing of the Campus Mind
“I can’t have you participate in class anymore.”
I was on my way out of class...
Want to Get Paid to go to College? Study Shipbuilding!
This is an amazing opportunity for anyone interested in engineering.
Paul Fain of Inside Higher Ed reports.
Student and Shipbuilder
Apprenticeships often are touted as a neglected alternative to enrolling in college, one that leads to jobs. A smattering of colleges, however, think apprenticeships can go hand in hand with earning a degree.
Students at...
‘Advocates’ Block Campus Reform From Speaking to College Students
The ‘advocates’ who act more like hired goons in this video are part of the United States Student Association or USSA for short. Ironic name, huh?
Take a look.
Gabriella Morrongiello of Campus Reform has the story.
VIDEO: Student advocacy organization blocks students from speaking to Campus Reform
The United States Student Association (USSA)—the...
Barry University Student Suspended for Working With James O’Keefe
A Barry University student has been suspended from the school for working with James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas video company.
Blake Neff of the Daily Caller reports.
Student Suspended For Helping With James O’Keefe Video
A student journalist at Barry University was slapped with a suspension for helping conservative provocateur James O’Keefe film a video...
Did UVA Learn Anything From the Rolling Stone Story?
It doesn’t look that way. It looks like the school is clinging to disproved campus rape statistics.
Dave Huber of the College Fix reports.
Latest edition of UVA magazine addresses sex assault scandal
This week, just prior to the Columbia Journalism School’s review of Rolling Stone’s now-infamous University of Virginia “rape” story, the spring...
Multiple Arrests Made Near University of Kentucky After Final Four Loss
More trouble after a big sports event? Shocker.
Reuters reports.
Dozens arrested near University of Kentucky after Final Four loss
Thirty-one people were arrested overnight near the University of Kentucky after the school’s previously undefeated men’s basketball team was knocked out the NCAA’s Final Four tournament in a semi-final loss to Wisc...
Prager University – Profits Are Progressive
In a new video from Prager University, economist and professor Walter Williams of George Mason University explains why profit motivation is a good thing.
Here’s more information.
Course Description
Is profit a dirty word? Would the world be better off without them? Or are profits progressive — the only thing that can move potatoes...
