Professor Jacobson has been following the University of Texas kerfuffle involving pro-Palestianan students disrupting an Israeli Studies event. This is the latest development.
Form our parent site, Legal Insurrection:
Why Hasn’t UNEDITED Video of UT-Austin Israel Studies Disruption Been Released?
On November 13, 2015, the UT-Austin Palestine Solidarity Committee disrupted an Israel Studies...
Because avoiding adulthood as long as possible is en vogue.
From our parent site, Legal Insurrection:
Students Across America DEMAND Equality, Padded Safe Spaces
I don’t harbor many memories from undergrad that are related to social justice or student protests. At one point, one guy (it was t...
And now for some good news.
The Chicago Tribune reports:
Outreach Community Ministries program helps college-striving teens aim high
On a cold and rainy school night, 16-year-old Norberto Lopez and his tutor, Mark Tader, were reviewing the concept of transcendentalism at the Outreach Community Center in Carol Stream when they paused over an epigram...
One of the more rational discussions on the matter.
From the LA Times:
How therapy can help combat college sexual assault
I am the mother of a college-aged daughter and a high school-aged son as well as a licensed psychotherapist who works with adolescents and young adults, so I read this opinion with special...
The number of billionaires who went to prestigious universities might surprise you.
The Washington Post explores:
Billionaires show that going to a top college isn’t very important
For the kind of student who stresses over Ivy League college applications, economists have some good news: Attending an “elite” institution probably won’t have much impact on...
Malia Obama will be graduating high school next year. How does the first family plan to pay for her tuition?
The New York Post reports:
How the Obamas are paying for Malia’s college
Michelle Obama’s message for high school seniors fretting about their college prospects is simple.
Do your research. Visit college campuses. Sit in...
I could think of a heckuva lot better ways to burn $100 million, but okay.
From The Atlantic:
Brown University’s $100 Million Inclusivity Plan
Every university responds to student protests in its own way.
Earlier this month, scores of Brown undergraduates formed a circle on a quad...
Can the current college campus crisis be mitigated with better education in high school?
From the Heterodox Academy:
The Yale Problem Begins in High School
A month before the Yale Halloween meltdown, I had a bizarre and illuminating experience at an elite private high school on the West Coast....
“It belongs in a museum!” – Indiana Jones
The Houston Chronicle reported:
University of Texas professor found this ancient, rare biblical script selling on eBay for $99
While perusing pages of antique auctions on eBay, a University of Texas professor was surprised to spot a rare, ancient fragment of the Greek New Testament inconspicuously...
After reporters were banned from a student sit-in, Smith will revisit their media access policies.
Mass Live reports:
Smith College to review media access policies following ban on reporters at sit-in
Following a ban on reporters at a Smith College sit-in Wednesday imposed by student activists and upheld by administration, the school says it...
“We are coming” was painted on an iconic rock on Youngstown’s campus.
The campus paper, The Vindicator, reports:
YSU students meeting now to repaint iconic rock
Youngstown State University students are working now to repaint the rock outside of Kilcawley Center with the American flag.
YSU senior Jordan Wolfe organized...
Our parent site has the exclusive on the Brandeis chaos.
From Legal Insurrection:
EXCLUSIVE: Brandeis Provost Green Lights Academic Pass for Protesters
Earlier this week, Brandeis University became the latest in a long line of academic institutions to receive a “list of demands” from its allegedly beleaguered student body. Saying that “we [Brandeis has]...
Let’s all hug and talk about our white feelings.
The Independent reports:
University of Vermont hosts 3-day retreat for ‘privileged white students’ to discuss ‘what it means to be white’
An American university has held a three-day retreat for students who “self-identify as white” to discuss “white privilege” in the midst of the ongoing...
First amendment? Meh.
From our parent site, Legal Insurrection:
Poll: Millennials Cool With Restricting Free Speech
Polling released by Pew late last week reiterates a disturbing trend among the millennial crowd — the desire to censor free speech.
So then what is the cure?
From Gateway Pundit:
Colorado Professor: “Whiteness Is a Disease”
Dr. Cheryl Matias is an assistant Professor at the University of Colorado at Denver.
Matias is also a race hustler who believes “whiteness is a disease.”
Because preaching racist hate is acceptable...
Welcome to adulthood.
From Fox Business:
Students Need to Step-Up College Debt Responsibility
Over the past several days, I’ve spent a lot of time covering people with money gripes. Last Tuesday, I attended a rally here in New York for people calling for a $15 dollar an hour minimum...
Has the student loan debate alienated those most in need?
Politico reports:
Neediest borrowers sidelined in student debt debate
The nation is having the wrong conversation about cracking existing student debt — and the presidential candidates aren’t helping. Very few people with bachelor’s degrees default on their student loans — only 4...
An acting student is suing his school after being suspended for violating the school’s sexual misconduct policy. The plaintiff claims he and two other students engaged in a consensual threesome. A participant of the consensual (so says the complaint) ménage à trois, a female, later complained to school officials who investigated...
How the latest wave of college student protests is rooted in thuggery, not principles.
Peter Roff writes at U.S. News and World Report:
Thuggery, Not Principled Protests
Though they might like to think otherwise, today’s college demonstrators are far different from those who occupied academic offices and open spaces during...
The irony is thick with this one.
The Associated Press reports:
Students want Woodrow Wilson’s name removed from Princeton
Students staged a protest Wednesday inside the office of Princeton University’s president, demanding the school remove the name of former school president and U.S. President Woodrow Wilson from programs and buildings over what they said...
The saga continues. Just over two months ago leader of Israeli Studies disruption called on BDS movement to “support Palestinian resistance groups.”
From our parent site, Legal Insurrection:
UT-Austin anti-Israel student leader called for “support” of Hamas, Islamic Jihad, PFLP
The students who disrupted a UT-Austin Israel Studies event hosted by Professor Ami Pedahzur...
A University of Houston Law Center first year law student faked her own kidnapping in the throws of a personal crisis.
From Above the Law:
Student Found Bound And Gagged At Law School Faked Her Own Kidnapping
It’s almost finals time, and you know what that means: students across the country are becoming...
