The Intercollegiate Review has been running a six-part symposium entitled, “Sex and the Polis: Perspectives on Marriage, Family, and Sexual Ethics.”
The series ends on a rather low note…for women, by addressing the myth that the...
The Kings College student Patrick Seaworth shows why the teaching of real American history is important.
In an essay for The College Fix, Seaworth reviews the prescient words of President Theodore Roosevelt.
A century ago, hyphenated Americanism was a slur, an epithet, an insult – a means of denigrating immigr...
We recently reported that one former University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill got paid for a course to which he didn’t even show up!
To prevent something similar form happening, the City Colleges of Chicago system is considering a plan in which...
Talk about “original scholarship!”
Props to Harvard sociologist Orlando Patterson, who recently condemned the “knockout game” and fellow scholars who seem indifferent to its brutality.
“This pattern of violence is sick and barbaric, and, for its victims, both senseless and tragic,” said Harvard sociologist Orlando Patterson in an exclusive interview with The...
As an increase in the minimum wage levels is being touted as a solution to the cool economy, Hillsdale College student Hank Prim reviews the dangerous realities of this scheme.
By increasing minimum wage, what people fail to see is the unintended consequences of said action. We have to look past the...
The Camden, New Jersey superintendent who reported the following results for his district can at least take comfort in the fact that his students are not test-cheaters.
The new school superintendent in Camden, N.J., says it was a “kick-in-...
Score another victory for First Amendment rights, thanks in part to the team from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE).
We recently reported that a California community college student was prevented from passing out copies of the Constitution — on Constitution Day, of all days, because of campus “free speech zone” restrictions.
It...
We recently reported that there were meningitis outbreaks at Princeton and University California – Santa Barbara.
Andrew Desiderio, a student at George Washington University, has more details on infected students on those campuses and updates on other...
Finals week at Harvard was interrupted by a hoax bomb threat, which annoyed students ready for their exams.
However, as with many emergency response incidents, there were lessons to be learned. The Harvard Crimson’s staff offered its assessment:
Within minutes of receiving an emailed bomb threat yesterday, Harvard University Police Department officers and...
Flags are flying high at Davidson College, a liberal arts college in a small North Carolina town.
Gay Pride flags, that is.
Rainbow flags flew from many Davidson College dorm room windows last week in a show of support for an undergrad who was told he could not fly a gay pride flag...
The following story should put a chill in any excessive drinking plans college students may have for upcoming holiday celebrations.
A college student in Duluth, Minn., may lose one or more of her hands and feet after spending a night unconscious on the porch of the house next-door...
The office of Senator Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) just released a 177-page overview of questionable projects that have been allotted nearly $30 billion in federal funds.
“The Blaze” has scoured the list to pick the top six money wasters, and a Hope College project leads the list.
1. Nearly $300,000 for a Video Game
The...
A Colorado professor who had her teaching assistants portray prostitutes claims she is being forced to retire after the ensuing controversy.
The College Fix offers the details:
“It is with a sad heart that I share the news that I am being pressured to accept an early retirement package by the University of Colorado,” CU Boulder...
While we report often on the fiscal challenging facing students working on undergraduate degrees, it appears that those going for even pricier graduate ones are also being slammed hard.
And an analysis of recent numbers shows that as the Higher Education Bubble pops, fewer undergrads are opting to go for those...
As the recent bomb scare at Harvard shows, the campus police are ever ready to respond to emergency situations in a professional manner.
However, for many college towns, there is increasing concerns about their boundary of their reach, especially in high-crime areas.
…[A] proposed expansion of authority has stirred concerns in Washington, D.C.,...
There is a new group of students that diversity outreach programs don’t really seem to address: Homeless students.
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid estimates that there are 58,000 homeless students on campuses nationwide…and between the burden of student loans and high cost of tuition, the number of students without homes...
The University of California – Berkeley student newspaper, The Daily Californian, is featuring a special “Millenials Issue” that offers student opinion pieces related to the current generation of scholars.
Articles include:
Brendan Pinder, the president of Berkeley College Republicans,...
A recent law school graduate was interviewed by Business Insider and makes a compelling case against following in his footsteps, especially in terms of high debt and low quality of life (via Instapundit).
This law school graduate’s answers are sobering. He attended a school that’s one of the top 20 in the...
If the findings of a new study are to believed, perhaps instead of shelling out hundreds of dollars to improve SAT scores and admittance essays, parents would be wise to invest in modeling and grooming classes for their kids.
An intriguing new study finds that high schoolers who are physically attractive are...
“Independent. Active. Adventurous.”’
This is how Denver-based magazine 5280 described the state’s female citizens in its December article titled Colorado Women.
The article also listed only liberal Democrat examples, and University of Colorado – Boulder student Aslinn Scott rightly objects.
….In presenting the history and the women in the article, one label that the...
In the wake of the President Obama’s selfie scandal, it is heartening to see a former President show some genuine concern for a fellow American.
Cade Foster has had better months. He’s the kicker for the University of Alabama that missed two field goals and had another one blocked a couple weeks...
Another item to file under “Cerdo.”
The National Institutes of Health is spending over $224,000 to study how to introduce healthy child menus in an effort to alter the “ordering behavior” of kids in restaurants.
A research project awarded on Nov. 26 to San Diego State University will attempt a “restaurant-based intervention,” coupled...
