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….Reliable statistics about strippers’ salaries are basically impossible to come by. Here’s what’s out there: A 2010 U.K. study found dancers earning about $74,000 per year. Dancers who sued one New York club reportedly said they could earn $1,000 or more in a day. A...

We recently reported that the Koch brothers made a major gift to the United Negro College Fund (UNCF), primarily for scholarships .

The reaction of some educators is filled with as much “tolerance” as we have come to expect from progressives.

….When the UNCF announced one of its largest gifts ever on...

The latest video from Prager University is focused on the many benefits, including emotional, of the free enterprise system.

Built into the foundation of free enterprise is a promise. It’s a promise that no other economic system offers. This promise has a great deal to do with your sense of well-being, that...

We reported that the Alliance Defending Freedom filed a lawsuit on behalf of Thomas Nelson Community College student Christian Parks, asserting he was denied free speech rights because administrators prohibited him from talking about Jesus Christ on the quad.

The school as settled out of court, which is a free speech for...

Given how many successful entrepreneurs and entertainers reside in the Greater Los Angeles area, it is a little perplexing that the organizers of an upcoming UCLA graduation ceremony couldn’t manage to invite a less controversial speaker.

Vietnam veterans in California are furious all over again with Jane Fonda, after the actress was...

Some Utah students are upset about their yearbook photos because the school decided to photoshop some modesty modifications into the images.

A group of female high school students in Wasatch County say their school took “modesty” standards too far when their yearbook photos were digitally altered to cover up skin.

Several girls at...

The Modern Language Association blocks many news agencies from covering their conferences and events.

However, the news of the anti-Israel activism of many of its members continues to seep out unabated.

Inside Higher Ed’s Scott Jaschik reports that while majority of members voted to pass an resolution critical of Israel, it didn’t receive...

Progressives around the country have gotten the memo: The newest meme to spread is “White Privilege”!

One of them, Denice Frohman, is a questionably talented poetess whose...

Brown University may have set a new record…for the tendency of today’s schools to mollycoddle students.

On the other hand, for those select students who want to teach at a yoga school, perhaps the new degree may actually lead...

Many universities are facing daunting fiscal struggles because of the combination of escalating costs and declining enrollments.

However, one noted Indiana institution appears to had a little push from a crooked investment adviser.

Call him the “Wolf of Ball State”.

An investment adviser was sentenced to four years and three months in prison for...

We recently noted that Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg accused the entire Ivy League of liberal political bias during a particularly fiery commencement address at Harvard University.

Southern Methodist University student Hayley Waring expresses her gratitude for the defense of speech, especially in light of a personal experience with progressive...

In an attempt to remain competitive in the distribution of financial aid to students, the University of Akron decided to stop converting unused scholarship awards to cash for students with other scholarships.

Affected students are complaining about “bait and switch”.

Officials at Akron, a 27,000-student public institution in Ohio, wanted to free up...

In wake of complaints that its exams have lost relevance in predicting college success, one noted testing firm is shaking up its approach and adding new sets of scores.

ACT, the most popular college admissions exam, is adding more subscores for science, technology and career readiness after criticism that the tests have...

Georgia Tech is still putting the finishing touches on its affordable MOOC-like online master’s degree, but students are giving it a passing grade.

Carl Straumsheim of Inside Higer Ed files this report:

Administrators at the Georgia Institute of Technology are optimistic but “not declaring victory” after one semester of its affordable online master’s...

An innovative collaboration involving a Vermont college is allowing students to self-publish books.

The project’s organizers believe it will aid give humanities students a concrete “deliverable” for the future as well as a tremendous opportunity for learning about the process of publication.

Inside Higher Ed’s Charlie Tyson has this report:

…[José] Ferreras’s writing career...

When countries signed up to join the European Union, the promise of better trade and fiscal health seemed like a sweet deal.

Now, as the laws of unintended consequences come into play, EU bureaucrats are looking to extend their power and influence into the higher education systems of participating counties.

Breitbart’s M.E. Synon...

The recent spate of tragic slaughters on campuses across the country, including the spree killing near the University of California – Santa Barbara, has Chapman University student Haylee Barber reflecting on a potential historic analogy.

At age 21, I recently watched the 1939 film Gone with the Wind for the first time.

That...

Given that many students are now on summer break, they probably don’t need to study why they are suddenly so happy.

However, the University of California – Berkeley is betting that some of them will tap into their inner geek and check out a new online course.

Students around the world will soon...

The administrators at one Ivy League institution seems to think  that “taxes are for the little guy.”

I wonder how their “1-percent” protesting students and faculty who support “Occupy Wall Street” feel about this news item?

Residents and activists in Philadelphia’s West Philly neighborhood, home to the University of Pennsylvania, recently gathered to...

We have recently noted that some universities are now offering courses featuring such pop-culture luminaries as Beyonce and Miley Cyrus.

Princeton student Sarah Schwartz sheds some light on this trend by reviewing a survey course that was recently promoted at her school — American Studies, AMS...

Are public universities adopting a little “Tea Party” attitude, as many of them are now attempting to push back on the big government control that seems to keep growing?

Bloomberg’s Michael McDonald files this report:

…The universities want more control over tuition and academic programs as they become less dependent on public subsidies....

A noted magazine publisher is shaking up its business model, by joining with universities to co-brand certificates and eventually degrees.

Inside Higher Ed’s Doug Lederman files this report.

Architectural Digest. Wired. Gourmet. Popular magazines and producers of high-quality content, of course — but educational providers?

In a way, yes, if their publisher, Condé Nast,...