Yale University student Harry Larson is worked about Harvard Beating Yale…in terms of using MOOCs for innovative learning options:
Over the last year, headlines for more than one of the News’ articles on Yale’s online education efforts have included the word “cautious.” While Stanford, Harvard and MIT have dived headfirst into the...
One almost hesitates to share this story, as it might give American administrators enforcing Michelle Obama’s vomit-inducing lunch program some ideas.
This story is making the rounds online. A Canadian school has informed a mother of two young kids that the healthy homemade lunch she packed for her kids did not meet...
The 1922 of King Tutankamon’s tomb spatked latest wave of “Egyptomania” to wash over the world, according to Bob Brier, a Long Island University senior research fellow and Egyptologist with a particular expertise in mummies.
Brier recently reviewed the history of Egyptomania, which is the topic of his latest book, in a...
As families start prepping for next week’s Thanksgiving celebration, Cornell student Max Schecter has a few thoughts about potential political discussions that may occur around dinner tables and points out they won’t all be Democratic vs Republican debates.
Democrats Turn on Obama(care): If you’ve been following the rollout of Obamacare, you know...
Normally, college administrators shy away from embracing free market principles.
However, an Argentine university president is putting out a proposal that institutions of higher education could learn something from Google’s business model that could be applied their funding.
Could a university ever adopt the Google business model and offer tuition for free?
This may...
We covered the outrage expressed at a University of Texas conservative student group that hosted an “affirmative action bake sale.”
But its most recent event garnered such a serious threat from the administration, that the game was over before it began.
A conservative student group at the University of Texas has cancelled their...
When Texas state senator Wendy Davis held an eleven hour long filibuster to block Senate Bill 5, legislation that would create new abortion regulations in Texas, she was hailed as the new liberal hero by media outlets.
Southern Methodist University student Haley Waring details Davis’ biography and why this should worry Americans,...
The College Fix features an intriguing review by Mark Agather, a leader within the Montana Tea Party movement, about his recent chat with a University of California – Berkeley student.
It went precisely as one would expect.
Sometimes it is hard to believe what’s going on in our world. For ex...
After a year of experimenting with increasingly popular online education formats, faculty members at San Jose State University are urging a review of how the institution is run.
Carl Straumsheim of “Inside Higher Ed” offers these details:
Faculty at San Jose State University on Monday rebuked their administration’s many ventures into online education...
State University of New York – Cortland students broke out into a riot after the annual “Cortaca” football game between Cortland and longtime rival Ithaca College.
Business Insider contributor Peter Jacobs files these details:
Thousands of Cortland students took to the streets during the day Saturday, apparently while the game was still being...
It looks like school mascots are not the only things under attack by progressive activists.
Point Loma Nazarene University student Jacob Roth comes to the defense of another school’s football uniforms.
The Northwestern University Wildcats will take on University of Michigan’s Wolverines this afternoon in a football game that’s largely a pride match...
Not only are college courses going online, but so is tutoring help.
And, as a Wall Street Journal article reports, this innovation is a very good development for struggling scholars.
It’s a nightly dilemma in many households: A student hits a wall doing homework, and parents are too tired, too busy—or too...
We have been following the news regarding the Supreme Court case on Michigan’s ban on race-based college applications.
Stanford University student Brandon Camhi takes a detailed look at the matter, and notes that the focus should on the politics.
In November 2006, Michigan voters passed the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative (MCRI) by 58%....
Talk about outsourcing to India!
Given the Harvard cheating scandals we have covered, one has to question why a new study by that school about cheaters used students from Bangalore (hat-tip, Instapundit).
College students who cheated on a simple task were more likely to want government jobs, researchers from Harvard...
We recently featured a video in which Harvard students couldn’t name the capital of Canada.
Now, in another video expose, watch Illinois students struggle with the determination if famous native son, Abraham Lincoln, was a Republican or Democrat. To be fair to the students, it probably isn’t helpful that a plaque at...
With so many college students “majoring in Fun” and focusing their studies on “sexual scholarship”, education experts are facing a daunting challenge.
The annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education featured rigorous debate on how student learning outcomes fit into the Obama administration’s new proposed federal ratings system.
As...
Campus conservatism has a real champion, who hails from one of the most progressive schools in America.
Jonathon Imber, a professor of sociology at Wellesley College in Massachusetts, recently gave a fascinating address “On Teaching Conservatism” about to a group at a Georgia institution. It offers a ray of hope to those...
Sometimes, the most useful information is given outside of college classrooms.
Ben Shapiro, editor-at-large of Breitbart.com, gave some savvy advice to Young America’s Foundation conference attendees on how to frame and win arguments with liberal peers and professors.
Step One: “Embrace the fight.”
Have courage, maintain...
Given the fact that many California schools are focused more on “self-esteem” and “messaging” than real scholarship, institutions of higher learning rely on remedial classes to bring recent graduates up-to-speed.
Therefore, accelerated remediation is staring to catch on at California community colleges in a big way. Paul Fain of Inside Higher Ed...
About the only thing consistent within the Obama Administration has been its use of the race card to defend policy failures.
The most recent example comes from the US Secretary of Education and his explanation for the troubles facing Common Core.
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan insisted that “white suburban moms” are to...
We recently wrote about Michigan State University spending lavishly while its students face rising costs.
It looks like another of the state’s institutions of higher learning is following suit, as it starts its new fundraising campaign with a high-priced party.
Administrators at the University of Michigan, taking to heart the old saying “one...
With student loan lenders, it seems you face a lose-lose situation.
A new report indicates that borrowers of student loans face obstacles not only when they seek flexibility from private lenders in reducing their monthly obligations, but also when they seek to pay down their debt more quickly.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau...
