Different schools have vastly different approaches to individual Chinese who are struggling with their government over human rights issues.
For example, we covered the story of New York University selling out a Chinese dissident over a lucrative deal with China.
In contrast, over one hundred Wellesley faculty members just signed a letter saying...
Ball State University’s President Jo Ann Gora recently deemed the theory of intelligent design a religious belief and essentially banned science classes from delving into the notion that an intelligence of some sort helped form the universe and life on Earth.
The College Fix Assistant Editor Jennifer Kabbany reports that the school’s...
Occasionally, we report that some bureaucrat or politician is touting the benefits of a “free public college education“.
In The Wall Street Journal, Lindsay Gelmman describes true meaning of free public education.
The kids are back in school. And you’ve probably shelled out for pencil cases, notebooks, a new backpack—and AP French.
“Free public...
The University of Kentucky just installed a 2,000 security cameras across its campus, and a number of its students have have voiced serious privacy concerns – especially as one of the cameras aimed at the school’s free-speech zone.
Christopher White, a University of Missouri graduate student and an editorial assistant for The...
Administrators at John Hopkins University admit that they ordered a professor to a remove a blog post critical of National Security Agency (NSA) for tinkering with encryption standards and recruiting large corporations to offer them unrestricted access to American’s data.
Josiah Ryan of Campus Reform files this report:
The university, which according to...
A spate of recent student overdoses involving a deadly from of ecstasy have lead some colleges to revise their drug education programs.
Megan Rogers, Inside Higher Ed writer, files this report:
Many colleges are reaching out to students about the dangers of the illicit club drug “Molly” following a series of fatal overdoses,...
It looks like the I.R.S. isn’t the only entity putting up bureaucratic roadblocks to campus conservatives’ free speech efforts.
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) offers a video reviewing the situation at the University of Cincinnati, in which conservatives gathering signatures for a ballot measure were confined to a free...
While the professors’ union have defended anti-GOP ranter, Michigan State University’s William Penn, from the consequences of his first-day tirade, a student offers an entirely different perspective on the incident.
In The Weekly Standard, Michganian Jonathan Bronitsky (a doc...
In a world filled with economic turmoil, The College Fix editor Nathan Hale wants students to ask the really important question:
College students have scores of majors to choose from. Since most college students see getting a well-paying job the primary purpose of a college degree, it’s worthwhile for them to ask:...
The federal government’s favorite solution to a problem is to throw money at it.
The deeply entrenched unpopularity of Obamacare is one a classic example, and it looks like universities are going to be the recipients of these funds. Michael Cipriano , a student at American University, offers these details.
The feds have...
University of North Carolina student Alex Thomas spent this summer writing for the the John W. Pope Center for Higher Education Policy.
As an example of the campus “War on Men”, Thomas recounted the school’s treatment of Art Pope, an UNC alum who helped found the Libertarian Party of North Carol...
Those following the story of Arkansas school districts’ plans to allow teachers and staff to act as armed security may be experiencing some news whiplash.
First, we noted that Arkansas’ Clarksville School District ‘s</...
The College Fix is looking for a few good writers for Spring 2014.
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In July, we reported that the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) and a broad coalition of organizations and individuals urged the Department of Education and the Department of Justice (DOJ) to retract a controversial “blueprint” for campus sexual harassment policies.
Their efforts at retraction appear to have at least stalled...
It is hard to know which aspect of the following story would be more insulting to a Catholic student of either sex:
1) That the sex workshop goes against the Church’s teachings on the Sacrament of Marriage.
2) The org...
As the Executive Producer of Canto Talk, I am thrilled to have the Prager University Dean of Students, Jared Sichel, on this Thursday’s Canto Talk show (click here Sept. 12th at 7 pm PT /9 pm CT/10 pm EST for live show, or afterward for podcast).
Prager University’s Project Manager Noah Yaffe...
At San Diego State University, the school year opened with Students for Justice in Palestine launching a controversial new advocacy and membership drive campaign.
Student Emily Yavitch has the details:
Called “The Right Side,” the campaign aims to “educate the student community about the reality of apartheid in Palest...
As the situation in Syria develops, with Russia coming to the rescue of Obama’s “credibility”, it seems that there there is a good lesson to be had here.
Texas student Kenneth Depew of the University of St. Thomas notes that a look at past engagements features many other items that should have...
We have been covering the harsh student and faculty response to
an award President George W. Bush is poised to receive from
the University of Denver.
Campus Reform’s Caleb Bonham went to the institution and
interviewed some students on the subject.
The results were fascinating.
“First off, I think this is a rebranding effort,...
As millions of Americans tune into the start of another college football season, Breitbart contributor Tony Lee points out that its traditions have much more meaning than just great sports.
This week, one is again reminded that America would be a better place if it its citizens...
The bad reviews for President Obama’s College Affordability Plan keep rolling in.
The latest comes from the Editorial Board of USA Today, and it shockingly free-market-friendly (hat-tip, Instapundit).
Under this program, a graduate would pay 10% of his or her income regardless of the amount borrowed. If the payment is not enough to...
File this story under “First Impressions are Important”.
Why are some majors more popular than others with undergraduates? Is it the perception that they lead to good (well paying) jobs? Are certain fields naturally more attractive to new undergraduates? Will students respond to tuition incentives to pick (or bypass) some fields?
Maybe it’s...
