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Florida State U. plans to scalp company that made an offensive T-shirt

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Posted by    Saturday, January 18, 2014 at 8:00am

Recently, we reported that a liberal writer called the Florida State Seminoles the ‘Champions of Racist Mascots’.

That seems to have hurt the PC-sensibilities of administrators, as the school is now t...

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New Hampshire U. Student: On Christ and Economic Principles

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Posted by    Friday, January 17, 2014 at 6:30pm

University of New Hampshire student Phil Boynton offers a compelling argument to refute a fellow scholar’s assertions that ” Jesus Christ was a socialist.”

The most recent column by my friend Mr. Daniel Fournier, is one that is certainly intriguing, especially with the Christmas season upon us. In his piece Mr. Fournier...

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Adjunct Professor Seeks Greener Academic Pastures in New, Online Business

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Posted by    Friday, January 17, 2014 at 3:30pm

We have recently featured commentary that professors who can’t get tenure should get real jobs and covered the emergence of online college course options.

One adjunct professor has obviously seen the writing on the wall, and is getting rid of the academic administrative middlemen to open a new, online business that will...

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Second Study Confirms Link between College Hook-ups and Depression for Women

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Posted by    Friday, January 17, 2014 at 12:30pm

Last year, we reported on a study in The Journal of Sex Research that involved 3,900 students, which linked depression and anxiety among college students with casual sex.

The journal recently published a second study…with results consistent with the first.

A newly released study of nearly 500 female college students has found that women who casually...

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Yale Blocks CourseTable, a Popular Student Evaluation Site

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Posted by    Friday, January 17, 2014 at 9:30am

Yale University has just blocked a student-developed course and instructor evaluation website.

Peter Xu, a senior in Morse College and a co-founder of the CourseTable that was just shut-down, makes a compelling case for administrators to reverse their decision.

We are disappointed that an institution we so love...

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Baylor University Student: Don’t Try to Explain Politics with Science

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Posted by    Thursday, January 16, 2014 at 6:30pm

Conservative pundits often regale their audiences with reports of “scientific evidence” that their beliefs, actions, or attitudes are inferior to progressive ones based on some questionably obtained data.

Baylor University student Danny Huizinga explores this concept in more detail:

Do Democrats make better neighbors? According to a long article by Ken Stern in The Atlantic, the correct...

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Your Next Teaching Assistant May be Named HAL

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Posted by    Thursday, January 16, 2014 at 3:30pm

Stanford University may have crated a program that will soon bring “2001: A Space Odyssey” to a classroom soon!

A group of researchers at Stanford University has engineered a computer program which can process thousands of students’ submissions for an assignment in a computer programming course. This “robotutor,” called Codewebs, indexes submissions...

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Cal Poly Considers Ban on Student Drinking Games

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Posted by    Thursday, January 16, 2014 at 12:30pm

There may be no more drinking games during registered fraternity and sorority parties at California Polytechnic State University, if newly proposed school policies are implemented.

The alcohol policies at Cal Poly have been in negotiation by the university and Greek leaders for the past several months. All fraternities and sororities on campus...

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West Virgina U’s student newspaper staff: It’s time to talk about hazing

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Posted by    Thursday, January 16, 2014 at 9:30am

Recently, hazing rituals have been described as torture, resulted in serious injury, and led to death.

The staff of West Virginia University’s student newspaper formally expressed concern about the practice in a recent editorial.

It’s 2014, and hazing is still an issue. With all the awareness campaigns and stories in the news, it...

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Brown Student on Lawsuits in a World of “Free Healthcare”

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Posted by    Wednesday, January 15, 2014 at 6:30pm

It is suspected that Obamacare’s failures will lead to demands for a single-payer healthcare system.

Brown University student Roja Garimella discusses what happens when the American legal system meets the world of “free healthcare”.

However, consider a different scenario in which people obtain services entirely free of charge and...

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Why Law School Can’t be “Fixed” From Within

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Posted by    Wednesday, January 15, 2014 at 3:30pm

With applications and enrollments to law school plummeting, educators are wondering how best to fix the problem.

Cleveland State University law professor David Barnhizer has a few thoughts on how not to do it (hat-tip,

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Frat’s “Hell Night” Rituals include Hot Sauce and Poop

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Posted by    Wednesday, January 15, 2014 at 12:30pm

With stories like this, it certainly can be argued that fraternity members are among the most creative on campuses.

A student at the State University of New York at Canton in the furthest reaches of upstate New York has alleged that the fraternity hazing he and two other fraternity pledges endured near...

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Education Department Recognizes Same-Sex Marriages for Financial Aid Packages

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Posted by    Wednesday, January 15, 2014 at 9:30am

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision hat invalidated part of the Defense of Marriage Act, the Education Department will begin recognizing same-sex couples for the purposes of distributing federal financial aid.

Under the new rules, the federal government will treat gay couples who are married in a state or country...

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College Leaders, Faculty Express Concerns About Obama’s College Rating Plan

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Posted by    Tuesday, January 14, 2014 at 6:30pm

We have reported that many higher education luminaries, including Janet Napolitano (Former U.S. homeland security secretary turned as president of the University of California system), expressed skepticism about the workability of a college rating system the Obama administration is developing.

Inside Higher Ed’s Michael Stratford reports on the comments received about the...

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NY assistant principal allegedly steals $800K from teachers union

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Posted by    Tuesday, January 14, 2014 at 3:30pm

While teachers unions often claim they are victims of conservative policies, at least one seems to be the victim of a rogue assistant principal.

An assistant principal who works at a New York high school in ritzy Westchester County was charged Wednesday with grand larceny after being accused of stealing almost $800,000...

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College Student on Obamacare: “I heard it doesn’t work”

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Posted by    Tuesday, January 14, 2014 at 12:30pm

While professors may be staging an Obamacare love-fest, the administration still isn’t feeling much love from young Americans for its “Affordable Care Act.”

Breitbart’s Jerome Hudson has the details in an exclusive report:

President Obama’s support among young Americans ages 18 to 29 has plunged from 61 percent in December 2012 to last...

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Clintons Promoting Soros Backed, For-Profit College Corporation

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Posted by    Tuesday, January 14, 2014 at 9:30am

Last summer, we reported that business mogul George Soros was funding protests against high student loan debt that also demanded the government help with repayments.

The Daily Caller Education Editor Eric Owens reports that Soros’ motives may not be entirely charitable.

Former President Bill Clinton and presumed 2016 Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton...

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MIT Student: New Bullets Can Fundamentally Transform “Gun Control” Debate

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Posted by    Monday, January 13, 2014 at 6:30pm

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is undoubtedly a place where students know about innovative, new technologies that could be readily available to Americans in the near future.

One of its graduate student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, David Warsinger, asserts that emerging technologies could save lives and transform the debate over...

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Justice/Education Departments Slammed for Race-Based Student Discipline Rules

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Posted by    Monday, January 13, 2014 at 3:30pm

Education experts everywhere are upset over directive from the Departments of Justice and Education that instructs schools to cease punishing disruptive students if they fall into certain racial categories.

The letter, released on Wednesday, states that it is a violation of federal law for schools to punish certain races more than others,...

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2014 Law School Applications Plummet

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Posted by    Monday, January 13, 2014 at 12:30pm

With recent law school graduates stating that, “I Consider Law School A Waste Of My Life”,it’s no wonder that the American Bar Association is reporting that number applications for entry into these programs is plummeting (hat-tip, Instapundit).

As of 1/03/14, there are 131,097 Fall 2014 applications submitted by 19,529 applicants. Applicants are...

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George Washington U. Student Questions Defense Dept.’s $684K Study on Race-Based Cancer Rates

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Posted by    Monday, January 13, 2014 at 9:30am

George Washington University Andrew Desiderio is questioning the logic behind the Defense Department’s newest study on race-based prostate cancer rates instead of a subject more suited to the actual defense of the nation.

Wayne State University has been awarded a $684,000 grant from the Department of Defense to research why black men...

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Lynn University drops Old Learning Management System in favor of iTunes U

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Posted by    Sunday, January 12, 2014 at 5:00pm

Given how ubiquitous iPods and iPads are on campuses today, it is not surprising that at an institution is graduating to iTunes U.

Lynn University will phase out its learning management system for the next stage of its tablet-centric evolution. Beginning this fall, the university’s daytime undergraduate courses will be managed through...

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