As a result of underage drinking, Dartmouth’s Beta Alpha Omega fraternity was suspended without any type of hearing by Dean of the College.
Joseph Asch, member of the Class of 1979, takes a look at the case and concludes there is dishonesty in the enforcement of conduct standards:
…An example closer to home...
College administrators and free-speech advocacy groups aren’t the only ones alarmed over the federal government’s new sexual assault and harassment rules under Title IX; students are now voicing their concerns about updates that include requirements from the new federal rules.
The Daily Bruin student reporter Kendall Mitchell reports on the worries expressed...
As colleges are trimming back budgets, personnel, and degree programs, it seems another favorite collegiate program is now being downsized: The classic “Junior Year Abroad”.
Forget junior year abroad. More students are opting for overseas study and adventure that last as little as a week.
Some students say shorter trips interfere less with...
We recently reported that Howard University was experiencing financial problems so severe that is was poised for a credit downgrade.
With guest speakers like this, it is no wonder:
A top-ranking Facebook executive told a room full of students at the historically black Howard University that until recently, white men ruled the world.
Sheryl...
One of the most important arguments for a college education is that it increases the earnings potential for the graduate.
However, in the academic world of “unfair” practices, the new University of California- Berkeley chancellor has just added actually rating schools on post-graduate earnings…based on a new Obama administration plan.
A year ago...
Students at a Catholic University are objecting to a musical event headlined by a group that promotes view that are in “direct opposition with Catholic social teaching and Creighton’s stated values.”
However, administrators are saying, “The show must go on!”
Creighton University in Omaha, Neb. is distributing tickets to a Macklemore & Ryan...
We recently reported that former mayor of Los Angeles, Antonio Villaraigosa, known for outlandish expenditures of taxpayer monies and a scandal-ridden personal life, joined Harvard University’s faculty as a visiting fellow.
The Los Angeles Times reports on his next stint and the school.
The most chilling part of the story: His specialty will...
The stories we cover about The Foundation of Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) mainly involve free speech rights.
However, in a new column, FIRE’s Nico Perrino discusses student privacy rights:
It monitors email and social media accounts, uses thousands of surveillance cameras to track behavior and movement, is funded by billions of dollars...
The Cornell Big Red Bear is the mascot of Cornell University sports teams and attends not just sports events, but also alumni and other gatherings.
The person inside the suit does not need to be male, but a controversy is brewing on campus as to whether the Bear should exhibit “male...
Some surprisingly conservative news has been coming from a very blue state recently.
We just reported that a conservative student paper won a big legal battle with Oregon St...
The Obamacare exchange website isn’t the only one riddled with glitches to the point it is deeply frustrating hopeful applicants.
A cascade of glitches in a major online college application program has frustrated prospective students across the country and prompted several universities to push back their fall deadlines, exposing vulnerabilities in the...
Critic and social commentator Roger Kimball recently took a detailed look at the race industry.
Some of his analysis included a look at its divisive presence on college campuses today, which included a divisive email and a probable hoax
…Racism, Inc. manufactures only one-way ratchets. That is to say, “all animals are equal,...
California State University – Fullerton student Keith Fiero says anthropogenic global warming, also known as man-made global warming, is a fad.
Our society’s obsession with mass catastrophes is nothing new. We were all there for the Y2K and mad cow disease scares. The Soviet bomb and an invasion from Mars haunted the...
If the Obama administration believed that young Americans were going to roll over and pay heavily for other people’s healthcare, then a recent demonstration is going to come as a very unpleasant surprise:
With props that included a severed plastic arm and signs that read “Obamacare,” “quality” and “affordable” written in fake blood, a...
We have been following the story of the young Ohio University couple who engaged in a public sex act that went viral in the new media.
In the wake of the notoriety, the young woman claims that she was being sexually assaulted. Jonathan Taylor, founder of A Voice for Men, takes a...
Washington Free Beacon contributor Robert Charette reviews assertions made by ESPN’s “Tuesday Morning Quarterback” Gregg Easterbrook in his new book, which warns that football’s very popularity risks ruining the game.
InThe King of Sports: Football’s Impact on America, Easterbrook says that hat the sport’s future is endangered by professional football being beamed...
Harvard University is one of the many American institutions that promote “Sex Week”….all for student health, of course.
The College Fix Assistant Editor Jennifer Kabbany shares some information about another, less well-known, sex-oriented program at the school.
….And while people across the country raised eyebrows at some...
It is not often that a university turns to venture capitalism as a model for innovative instruction.
However, University of California-Los Angeles student Eitan Arom reports on such a program at his school that is a great model for other offerings.
For three academic quarters out of the ye...
An Ohio football player became the latest victim of zero tolerance bullying policies, for writing poetry for a class assignment mourning the results of a recent game.
On Friday, at Rittman High School just outside of Akron, Ohio, junior Nick Andre’s composition class assignment was to write a poem about something that...
Many American students are crying for more gun control rules based on emotion.
However, Brown University student Andrew Powers uses facts to shoot holes into many popular gun control memes:
It seems to be almost a constant background fixture of national debate — periodically taking to center stage in the aftermath of horrific...
Despite the attempt of the American press to sweep Benghazi over the rug, it seems Americans haven’t forgotten.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was heckled about Benghazi terrorist attack as she tried to deliver a speech at a New York university.
Clinton was speaking at the University of Buffalo as part of the university’s...
The recent government shutdown and debt ceiling date show there is a rift between Tea Party and the “Republican Establishment” on whether to go with strategy or ideology.
Knox College student Alex Uzarowic says that despite the differences, it is essential that the two groups work together.
…Words like RINO (“Republican In Name...
