Obama administration released the list of 55 colleges being investigated for possible violations of Title IX over handling of sexual assault and harassment complaints.
Under pressure from some victims’ advocates and lawmakers, the U.S. Department of Education on Thursday published a comprehensive list of the colleges and universities the agency is investigating...
File under “Majoring in Fun”.
Do any of you want to taste success like Beyonce or Miley Cyrus? Then head to the Rutgers University or Skidmore College as they are introducing courses inspired by these two pop princesses, starting this summer.
The women and gender studies course, “Feminist Perspectives: Politicizing Beyoncé” starting Wednesday...
The latest “Diversity Drama” involves a group of North Dakota students wearing t-shirts that combined their love of beer with an homage to a cherished school mascot.
It the event would had been staged in a fraternity, it would have been the perfect trifecta for politically correct outrage.
As it is, the local...
We have been covering the slaying of six University of California – Santa Barbara students at the hands of a mentally ill spree killer.
UCSB student reporter Max Fernbacher reports on the paddle-out in their memory that was attended by thousands.
Thousands of students and Isla Vista residents gathered on the beach below...
Despite the fact that the claims that black students are under-represented at the University of California – Los Angeles are completely bogus, the school has felt respond to the false charges with a move that is right out of the campus progressive playbook.
Furman University student Lauren Cooley covers UCLA’s recent decision...
University of California – Berkeley student Olivia Cusimano shares some good observations about campus activism and the differences between free speech and meaningful speech.
….When people find out I go to Berkeley they tend to ask a certain set of questions. Is everyone really liberal there? Have you been in any protests?...
Even for professors, it seems “all publicity is good publicity.”
Despite the fact the campus “white privilege” movement has been widely mocked, including by students, many of its academic proponents are relishing all the attention it has received.
The concept of white privilege – with roots in the 19th century, a resurgence in...
One can only hope the two senators promoting rape arrests for campus sex crimes also have the same enthusiasm for protecting the rights of the defendants and ridding institutions of kangaroo courts, too.
Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Claire McCaskill, who led sweeping changes in how the U.S. military handles rape cases, now...
Princeton student Tal Fortgang refuses to bow to the forces of political correctness just because he’s a white male and completely derides the newly arising “White Privilege” movement.
In another opinion piece, Fortgang tackles another insidious progressive concept that we reported earlier this year: “Academic Justice.”
…In the editorial, Harvard undergraduate student Sandra...
The leader of the higher ed technology company named Symplicity is now learning a valuable business lesson: Cheating is never the answer to solving business problems.
He may have plenty of of time to reflect on lessons learned, too.
Inside Higher Ed’s Cory Weinberg files this report:
During the summer of 2010, Symplicity Corporation...
College students who are contemplating a temporary career in the adult film industry to pay the bills need to understand that the decision may have deep consequences that those who want to glorify the “pornification” of campuses wish to ignore.
Alyssa Funke, a straight-A student at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, committed...
One Maine college has just given the term “late fee” a whole new meaning!
A 99-year-old Maine woman has graduated from college 75 years after a $5 fee kept her from getting her diploma on time.
Beal College in Bangor awarded Jessie White her degree during a special ceremony on Friday hosted by...
We recently reported that Harvard University is removing the “difficulty scores” from its course evaluation guide.
Student evaluations regarding this decision are none too positive.
Responding to what Undergraduate Council President Gus A. M...
When the Education Department issued its rules on “Gainful Employment” targeting for-profit educational institutions, its proposal was thrown out by a federal district court as “arbitrary” and “capricious.”
The architect of these “gainful employment” rules, Bob Shireman, just wrote a paper essentially saying that...
For a change there is a little good news for the “Greeks” on one California campus, who have been under attack at various institutions across the country for a wide variety of reasons.
The brick fraternity house with an ivy-covered front lawn and green shutters still bears its national seal above the...
Administrators are potentially calling a “foul” at Brigham Young University (BYU).
The school is now formally investigating allegations that former student-athletes accepted improper benefits.
BYU spokesman Duff Tittle confirmed the probe to ESPN’s Brent McMurphy, but the NCAA would not comment on the matter. 1280 the Zone, a radio station in Salt Lake...
Administrators and athletes at one Tennessee university are getting a sinking feeling as they look at what’s happening at the football stadium!
Work crews at Austin Peay State University got an unpleasant surprise when a 40-foot sinkhole opened up in Governors Stadium, the team’s football field. Bill Persinger, Executive Director for Public...
The University of Delaware has decided that conservative groups questioning “climate change” are not entitled to requested items under “Freedom of Information Act” (FOIA) rules.
Compare that to their treatment of such noted purveyors of science and reason — like Greenpeace!
In December, 2009, David Legates, a University of Delaware professor who was...
A federal court just handing down an important ruling that impacts two Christian colleges seeking to be exempt from the Obamacare contraception mandate.
A federal court temporarily halted the Obamacare abortion pill mandate for two Christian colleges, ruling that compliance with the law could cause “irreparable harm” to their religious freedom.
A federal...
This story just about proves Chester E. Finn’s assertion, “America’s college kids are a bunch of mollycoddled babies.”
The University of Michigan is now offering its students the latest in college amenities: Napping Stations.
On the surface, college libraries are designated as a place to study, check out books and use the computer....
It looks the University of North Carolina – Wilmington failed to learn anything from the “teachable” moment we recounted, when a court ruled that it had to give a Christian, conservative professor promotion and back pay.
The Foundation...
One professor is trying to teach her student a new philosophy about relationships.
It will be interesting to see how many students take on the extra credit assignment!
Dating has become so foreign to hookup-happy college students that Boston College philosophy professor Kerry Cronin will give her students extra credit for going on an...
