Given the increasing cost of tuition and plummeting college enrollment numbers, Loyola may want to consider a “student sustainability project” in 2014.
Loyola University of Chicago is in the middle of a half-billion dollar construction binge, according to Crain’s.
A recent splurge on new construction includes a $58.8 million “Institute of Environmental Sustainability.”...
Given the fact that a Common Core test recently presented a completely unsolvable equation, it is no wonder that administrators are looking for “strong math writers”.
The Daily Caller Education Editor Eric Owens has the details on Common Core job opportunities published on Craigslist.
As EAGnews.org explains, a company that generates all manner...
The announcement by Amazon that they planned to start offering 30-minute deliveries via drone-like
“octocopters” generated a lot of buzz.
Now, Robby Soave of The Daily Caller reports that Unmanned aerial drone research is coming to several public universities, according to a recent announcement from...
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) has flagged two of campus speech codes as so egregious that they deserved special mention as 2013’s Speech Codes of the Year “winners”.
Troy University
Troy, a public university in Alabama, defines harassment (PDF) as “any comments or conduct consisting of words or actions that...
Professor Jacobson has been covering the push-back against the American Studies Association’s (ASA) academic boycott of Israel, which has been forcefully rejected by Trinity College and dozens of other institutions.
Yet, a Jewish professor has just published her support for the boycott.
… Colin Dayan, the Robert Penn Warren professor of Humanities at...
A couple of London students created an uproar over t-shirts they created that depicted Jesus and Muhammad.
However, the London School of Economics (LSE) has been forced to apologize for squelching their free-speech rights by forcing them to cover-up. Breitbat’s Raheem Kassam files these details:
In October it was reported that two students, Chris...
It’s truly hard to believe that the executives at A&E were oblivious to the religious and political beliefs of a star of its hit TV show, “Duck Dynasty.”
And while the network big-wigs debate about killing the duck that laid the golden eggs after Phil Robertson’s recent interview went viral, Pennsylvania State University...
File this under “Cruel and Unusual Punishment”.
Legislation proposed in Lansing, Mich., would strip students of their driver’s licenses if they repeatedly miss class.
Rep. Andy Schor, of Lansing, introduced two bills last week in the Republican-controlled state House to combat truancy, the Associated Press reported.
“Children need to be in school learning,” the...
Gloria J. Browne-Marshall, Constitutional Law Professor at John Jay College in New York City, wrote an essay published on Christmas day that is a truly marvel of modern scholarship!
The PoliticsInColor piece denounced 2013 as a year of disappointment for black Americans, and offers true insight into race-based progressive doctrine.
She cites several...
As we enter into the New Year, I wanted follow one of blogging’s finest traditions: The Top 10 List.
The top of my favorite post list features those about the wonderful Canto Talk interviews I did with my compatriot, Aleister of American Glob.
1) College Insurrection Night on Canto Talk: Aleister and I...
The following story is a sad comment on the state of religious “tolerance” that exists on some American college campuses.
Keeping an eye on the Nativity display at Greensboro College is a full-time job for Stancil Locklear. That includes Christmas.
“It’s my first time ever having to work on Christmas and being away...
The following story highlights the concerns Americans should have about the degree of progressive indoctrination at the nation’s universities.
The Daily Caller’s Education Editor Eric Owens has the story on a law proposed by an Ohio representative, a graduate of Stanford and Georgetown, which would have required background checks on homeschooling parents.
Ohio...
One British school is waging an intriguing counter-attack in the “War on Men”.
An analysis of the situation highlights the need for more male teachers instead of specialized lessons (hat-tip, Instapundit).
CHASE High School in Westcliff, Essex, is offering students ‘man days’. An Ofsted inspection found achievement among male students was “inadequate”. Victoria...
Finally!
In the wake of a continued combination of reduced state subsidies and student complaints about tuition increases, American colleges and universities are trimming administrative staffing bloat and reducing back-office waste.
The State University of New York system shaved $48 million in the past two years by cutting unused software licenses and consolidating...
As we have chronicled frequently, one aspect of the “Higher Education Bubble” is the lavish pay many administrators (including school presidents) enjoy.
Surprisingly, some schools are now trying a free market tactic to alleviate the situation: Tying raises to results.
Like all leaders of American colleges and universities these days, Massachusetts Bay Community...
In terms of the campus “War on Men”, Cathy Young (contributing editor at Reason magazine) has a brilliant, detailed analysis of the battlefield.
One aspect of the anti-male campaign that Young reviews is the “Rape Culture” doctrine, explaining why young men are now “guilty until proven innocent” as they are hauled before kangaroo...
Despite the mainstream media meme, it is not membership in the GOP that is important to be a big player on Wall Street.
Max Abelson and Zeke Faux of Bloomberg news has the real story.
Conor Hails, head of the University of Pennsylvania’s Sigma Chi chapter, was in a Philadelphia hotel ballroom last...
We recently noted that the University of Colorado – Boulder Campus Planning Commission recommended renaming two renovated dormitories “Houusoo Hall” and “Nowoo3 Hall” after two Arapaho Indian chiefs…using linguistic instead of phonetic spellings to be even more culturally sensitive.
University of Arizona student Julianne Stanford has an update, and notes this trend...
Young men are now being hauled in front of campus courts, losing due process rights and being punished based on questionable testimony in alleged sex assault cases.
However, social media may come...
We have been covering the disturbing situation at the University of Michigan, centering on the campus Young Americans for Liberty (YAL) request for funding from student fees to cover...
Alvaro Watson is the founder of Students for Intellectual Freedom National (SIFNA), a politically and Classically Liberal/Conservative and Human Rights organization.
In an article for the Western Center of Journalism, he expressed deep concerns about how conservative student groups are caving to aggressive progressive activism.
Conservative students cannot solely rely on College-Republican student...
While Title IX sex harassment rules have often been used to conduct the campus “War on Men” that screams for the involvement of civil rights groups, there is a lawsuit developing that involves women and one of the nation’s largest rights organizations.
The national office of the Americ...
