I wonder what one wears to “prom-munism?”
KRQE News reports. Hat tip to Hot Air.
Seniors vote for Communism-themed prom
They’re calling it “prom-munism.” Seniors at an Albuquerque school want...
It’s great to hear some good news coming out of academia once in a while.
Victoria Razzi of the College Fix reports.
What these college students did for 12 hours might surprise you – in a good way
Millennials show altruistic side at Syracuse University
For a college student to dance for 12 hours straight...
George Orwell was a good writer but he never could have imagined academia today.
Our friend Hans Bader writes at the Competitive Enterprise Institute.
University of California Dean: Academic Freedom Makes Students “Feel Unsafe”
Recently, the dean of the School of Social Welfare at the University of California at Berkeley condemned a professor’s constitutionally...
Students are not always right and therefore should not always get what they want.
CBS News in Los Angeles reports.
UC Irvine Students Vote To Remove American Flag From Campus Lobby
Students at the University of California, Irvine, have voted for a more “inclusive space” by banning...
I was going to make a Hogwarts joke here, but they beat me to it.
Dina Rickman of the Independent reported.
Someone created a Harry Potter themed sex education lesson
What’s the one thing missing from sex education lessons thus far? Magic, obviously.
Now two students at Boston University have changed that, after devising a...
Once again, FIRE steps in to help students fight for free speech on campus.
From the FIRE blog.
Students Sue Dixie State U. Over ‘Free Speech Zone,’ Censorship of Bush, Obama, Che Flyers
Students filed a First Amendment lawsuit today against Utah’s Dixie State University, with assistance from the Foundation for Individual Rights in...
Why don’t gun control advocates trust young women to protect themselves with guns?
Awr Hawkins of Breitbart reported.
Everytown: Fight Campus Sexual Assault With Backpacks, Not Guns
Michael Bloomberg-funded gun control groups Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America are currently running a television ad against Campus Carry...
It’s a good thing none of these kids were alive during the punk era.
Yvonne Dean-Bailey of Campus Reform reported.
Oberlin students cancel ‘Viet Cong’ performance, call band name ‘deeply offensive’
Oberlin College has decided to cancel a scheduled concert by the Canadian band Viet Cong in solidarity with Vietnamese and Vietnamese-American students.
The show,...
What’s the problem? College students all over the country have to deal with ridiculous rules of conduct.
Colleen Flaherty of Inside Higher Ed reports.
Writing Bad Code?
Is a professor sending out a late recommendation letter for a student as bad as one who commits academic misconduct or, say, sexually harasses a colleague? And...
Maya Rao of the Star Tribune points out that in especially cold winters, college students who drink face a real danger of getting caught outside and freezing to death.
Minnesota college tragedies: Drunk, frozen and underage
Pink flowers adorn a tree by the wooded trail where a drunk college student wandered in her...
When National Public Radio is addressing the problem, it’s pretty clear that it’s real.
Debate: Do Liberals Stifle Intellectual Diversity On The College Campus?
There is agreement on both the political left and right that a majority of college professors in the United States are liberal or left-of-center. But do liberals stifle free...
The higher ed bubble has finally burst for this all women college in Virginia.
Eric Owens of the Daily Caller reported.
This $47,095-Per-Year College Will Shut Its Doors FOREVER This Spring
Sweet Briar College, an all-female bastion of the liberal arts since its founding in 1901, announced on Tuesday that it will permanently cease...
It’s good to give students incentives, but paying them?
FOX 13 reported.
University to pay students who graduate on time
Howard University is going to pay its students to graduate in four years.
The school says it will cover 50% of the cost of a student’s final semester if they graduate early or on time,...
Have you ever volunteered for a scientific study? Be sure to read the fine print.
Jennifer Couzin-Frankel of Science Insider reports.
Human subjects protections under fire at the University of Minnesota
A damning report on how the University of Minnesota (UM) protects volunteers in its clinical trials concludes that researchers inadequately reviewed research studies...
I can’t say there are many surprises on this list. The FIRE blog reports.
FIRE Announces 10 Worst Colleges for Free Speech in 2014
More than half of America’s top colleges maintain speech codes that blatantly violate First Amendment standards. But every year the Found...
Yeah, who cares about things like laws and due process? This is long but read it all.
David Hookstead of the College Fix reports.
Students accused of rape have too many rights, say some at campus rape panel
A “Confronting Campus Rape” discussion at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Monday night delved into the...
This is from about ten days ago but I just stumbled on it last night. It’s over 30 minutes long but I was drawn in and watched the whole thing.
Sean discusses politics, terrorism, foreign affairs, Israel, the economy and many aspects of his own life.
Watch it all below.
I don’t understand why some colleges are raising their prices when everyone is already saying higher education is too expensive.
Max Denning of The Ithacan reports.
Ithaca College announces tuition increase for 2015–16
The Ithaca College Board of Trustees has approved a tuition increase...
One of the things that makes college so expensive is all the line item fees and charges for things besides tuition. That’s what makes this plan so attractive.
Kelly Heyboer of NJ.com reports.
Bloomfield College to simplify tuition, offer ‘one cost’ for attendance
In an effort to be more “straight forward” about how much...
This is probably not the most appropriate comparison. In fact, it’s offensive.
Eric Owens of the Daily Caller reported.
UCLA Workshop: Illegal Aliens Are Just Like Dying AIDS VICTIMS; US Government Is To Blame
The University of California, Los Angeles hosted a workshop last week comparing the “mass deaths” of illegal aliens “along the...
Just keep pumping up that higher ed bubble.
ABC 11 reports.
Duke University Leaders Raise Tuition by About 4 Percent
Duke University students will pay higher tuition bills next fall, with undergraduates paying 4 percent more and those seeking graduate or professional degrees seeing similar increases.
The Durham school’s Board of Trustees on Saturday approved...
Not a good sign for the former Florida governor’s 2016 prospects.
Watch.
Kaitlyn Schallhorn and Gabriella Morrongiello of Campus Reform reported.
VIDEO: College students stage Jeb Bush walkout during CPAC speech
Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush was met with protest during a speech Friday afternoon at the 2015 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).
Conference-goers, including a...
