The higher ed bubble grows at another school. Nick Anderson of the Washington Post reports.
George Washington University plans budget cuts
George Washington University, the largest higher education institution in the nation’s capital, plans to cut spending 5 percent in the coming year to help offset declining enrollment in graduate and professional programs.
GWU...
Let the lawsuits begin. The students who were smeared by this fraudulent story deserve justice.
FOX News reports.
Fraternity in discredited UVA rape story vows legal action against Rolling Stone
Phi Kappa Psi, the fraternity at the center of the discredited Rolling Stone magazine story about an alleged gang rape at the University of...
I’m not sure I get this student’s point. If you’ve ever visited Harvard, you know it’s a very safe campus environment.
Katherine Timpf of National Review.
Harvard Student’s Op-Ed: Our School’s ‘Safe Space’ Isn’t Safe Enough
A student at Harvard University published an op-ed on Wednesday complaining that her school’s “safe spaces” are just...
File this story under higher ed bubble.
Nick Anderson reports at the Washington Post.
Howard University cuts 84 staff positions
Howard University cut 84 staff positions this week, an action the university said was “necessary to ensure long-term financial stability.”
It marked the third straight year Howard has announced reductions in its workforce. The latest...
Some people think the survey was rushed out. Kind of like another federal program involving healthcare.
University Herald reports.
Major US Colleges Distribute Campus Sexual Assault Survey Amid Conflict of Interest Concerns
A group of major U.S. colleges and universities rolled out a survey to gauge how they are responding to students’ complaints of...
Naturally, the column was published by Salon.com.
Tom Johnson of News Busters reported.
Rutgers Professor: Religious Right Worships a Fictional, ‘A**hole’ God of ‘White Supremacy and Patriarchy’
Christianity’s tent is not big enough to accommodate both the supporters of Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act and Rutgers professor Brittney Cooper, who in a Wednesday piece...
Unfortunately for these professors, protests can’t change the bottom line. The school is struggling financially.
Ashley A. Smith of Inside Higher Ed reports.
Change and Protest
Financial troubles have plagued Roxbury Community College in Boston for years. Now faculty unrest appears to be on the rise.
Faculty and staff at the small two-year college protested...
When it comes to appeasing the left, it’s never enough.
Nathan Rubbelke of the College Fix reports.
Professors: Acknowledging your ‘male privilege’ not good enough; fight against it
Panelists delve into ‘how male privilege manifests itself to the detriment of others’
ST. LOUIS, Mo. – A panel of scholars, students and community educators recently came...
I guess somebody finally figured out this was a bad idea.
Susan Kruth reports at the FIRE blog.
After Outcry, Buffalo State Student Government Quickly Reverses Freeze of Newspaper’s Funding
Wednesday was April Fool’s Day, and college newspapers across the country aimed to bring some humor to their articles this week. However, not all...
No more fun of any kind!
Greg Piper of the College Fix reported.
Student government censors paper, yanks funding because of April Fools’ edition
The most dangerous time to work at a student newspaper is April 2.
That’s when negative reactions to the April Fools’ edition come down hard on the newspaper staff – and...
Traveling to Europe can be a little pricey but hey, free college.
Marketplace reports.
American students head to Germany for free college
Despite the high cost of college in this country, most American students will choose to go to school here. But a growing number of students are getting their degrees in other countries,...
Does anyone else find it funny when college students demand requirements for themselves and others?
Dave Huber of the College Fix reports.
Barnard students want ‘more diverse’ first-year requirements
A group of some 220 students at Barnard College want the school to require a “more diverse and critical first-year curriculum.”
The petitioners, led by senior...
The Washington Free Beacon has put together an amazing video which reviews some of the most ridiculous controversies on college campuses over the last few years.
Take a look.
Why College Campuses Have Become Insufferable, In Two Minutes
Remember when college and graduate school campuses were supposed bastions for freedom of thought?
Now...
Who does this guy think he is, Hillary Clinton?
Jake New of Inside Higher Ed reports.
$135,000 for Commencement Speech?
After first trying to keep the deal a secret, the University of Houston admitted this week that it is paying Matthew McConaughey $135,000 — plus travel and a fee...
It’s easy to forget the impact that the false UVA gang rape story had on academic culture but people will be writing about it for years.
Cathy Young writes at Real Clear Politics.
The UVA Case and Rape-Hoax Denial
Four months after Rolling Stone magazine published a shocking—and soon discredited—account of a fraternity gang...
Just before the Easter weekend. Absolute horror.
CNN reports.
147 dead, Islamist gunmen killed after attack at Kenya college
The massacre that killed 147 people and wounded scores of others at a Kenyan university lasted for hours Thursday before the terror was over.
“It is a very sad day for Kenya,” Interior Ministry Joseph Nkaissery...
Telling people to be careful is shaming the victim of assault or something.
Dave Huber of the College Fix.
Ohio University student paper criticizes … common sense
The editorial board of Ohio University’s The Post is chastising the mayor of its town (Athens, Ohio) Paul Wiehl, for having the gall to suggest that people...
Have you noticed that colleges only seem to censor conservative student groups?
Dave Andrusko of Life News reported.
Dundee University in Scotland Censors Two Pro-Life Student Groups
It’s a long ways to Scotland, but the intolerance of pro-abortionists is obviously as all-encompassing at Dundee University as it is in many universities in North America.
In...
The drinking was allegedly part of a hazing incident. Sad.
FOX News reports.
New York college student drank 60-ounce vodka bottle in hazing, court papers say
Court papers filed in connection with a New York college student’s alcohol-related death reveal he drank a 60-ounce bottle of vodka during what college officials say was the...
Ashe Schow of the Washington Examiner explains why.
Why the Rolling Stone gang-rape story will never be labeled a hoax
By now it’s clear that the brutal gang rape reported last November in Rolling Stone did not occur. I write that, knowing full well the backlash I could receive from not adding the...
Why are so many people in academia so ready and willing to trample on free speech? It’s a constant problem.
Kaitlyn Schallhorn of Campus Reform reports.
University suggests censoring speech in free speech tunnel to fight ‘social injustice’
A North Carolina State University administrator is encouraging student leaders to censor speech they don’t like...
Why should you be required to pay for a diversity course that has nothing to do with your major?
Jacob Johlhepp of the College Fix reported.
New vote over UCLA diversity mandate shows it’s possible to stand up to campus leftists
ANALYSIS: Opposition to UCLA diversity requirement has been surprisingly successful
LOS ANGELES – Starting...
