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Obama plans to “spread the wealth” through college ranking system

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Posted by    Friday, August 23, 2013 at 9:30am

During his current college tour, President Obama will unveil a broad new plan that aims to make college education more affordable.

How? By “spreading the wealth” by using a revised by overhauling the college-ranking system.

The plan, which Obama will roll out on a two-day campus bus tour that starts Thursday in Buffalo,...

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Crimson staff unsatisfied with report on Harvard’s secret e-mail search scandal

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Posted by    Friday, August 23, 2013 at 8:00am

Earlier this year, we reported that Harvard University administrators admitted to signing off on secret searches in the e-mail accounts of more than a dozen resident deans.

There was a subsequent investigation of this action, and the staff of the school’s student paper files this update.

In April, President Faust announced that Boston...

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The Ghost of American Education Future?

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Posted by    Thursday, August 22, 2013 at 6:30pm

Those following the Higher Education Bubble in this country can potentially glimpse into its future by looking at Australia.

Inside Higher Ed’s contributor, Julie Hare of  The Australian, describes the sad finances of typical students in her nation:

Two-thirds of all Australian university students live on less than $20,000 a year, with one...

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Study confirms link between widening gender gap GPA differences

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Posted by    Thursday, August 22, 2013 at 3:30pm

File this story under “War on Men”.

As early as eighth grade, girls are more likely to say they want to go to college and to earn better grades in school because of it, a new study says.

The National Bureau of Economic Research working paper set out to account for a relatively...

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San Diego State U. Student “How SDSU Forces Diversity Down My Throat”

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Posted by    Thursday, August 22, 2013 at 12:30pm

San Diego State University senior Emily Yavitch recently wrote “How SDSU Forces Diversity Down My Throat,” taking a look at all the mandated cultural diversity courses and how it distracts from learning she wants to do.

I think that the people who decided such classes are necessary were born in a time...

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Colgate shows athletes how to tweet smart!

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Posted by    Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at 5:00pm

The use of social media is ubiquitous, and one university has finally decided the smart approach is to make the new technology platforms to make its athletes.

“Why should we have to go to class if we came here to play FOOTBALL, we ain’t come to play SCHOOL, classes are POINTLESS.”

That was...

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Schools Have Zero Tolerance for Boys

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Posted by    Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at 2:00pm

As the school year is poised to begin, noted author and feminist critic extraordinaire Christina Hoff Sommers reviews the hostile learning environments for boys that they have become:

As school begins in the coming weeks, parents of boys should ask themselves a question: Is my son really welcome? A flurry of incidents...

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Princeton should pay its fair share….of taxes!

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Posted by    Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at 11:00am

We recently reported that some residents of the Princeton area claim that the university is violating the terms of their tax-exempt status and if you read the report below, you’ll see they make a pretty good case.

James Piereson (President...

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LA Community College forced to cancel its NRA class

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Posted by    Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at 8:00am

Los Angeles Community College (LACC) has canceled its National Rifle Association (NRA) class because of new restrictions laid down by the school’s board of trustees.

Campus Reform writer Katherine Timpf files this report:

The new regulations, which apply to all nine campuses of the LACC system, will begin this year, and ban all...

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Colorado State U. Grad Bashes Politics of Political Correctness

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Posted by    Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at 6:30pm

Caleb Bonham, a graduate of the Colorado State University and Video Reporter and columnist for Campus Reform, seems destined to be an important voice in the next generation of successful conservative pundits.

The host of “The Caleb Bonham Show”, he put together a hard-hitting video bashing the politics of political correctness:

Campus conservatives...

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Feminist professors mooching on MOOCs for messaging

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Posted by    Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at 3:30pm

Never let it be said that campus feminists leave any stone unturned when it comes to spreading their “War on Men” dogma.

Now, some of these progressive instructors have begun targeting the newly expanding Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) for use in their activism.

At first glance, “Feminism and Technology” sounds like another...

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S&P Report Says College Costs at Breaking Point

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Posted by    Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at 12:30pm

File this story under “Free Market Forces”.

Next week President Obama will swing through four college towns on a bus tour, promoting ways to reduce higher education costs. The growing attention to universities’ soaring prices is pushing some private colleges to a tuition tipping point, according to Standard & Poor’s Rating Services....

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President Obama Begins “College Affordability Tour”

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Posted by    Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at 9:30am

President Obama’s approval numbers on his handling of the economy have plummeted to 35 percent.

Among the hardest hit are young Americans struggling with high amounts of loan debt and a harsh job market. In fact, universities are now beginning to cut faculty as a result of declining enrollments.

The President’s response? Another...

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Charges dropped against student who wore fashion belt made from fake ammunition

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Posted by    Monday, August 19, 2013 at 3:30pm

One Massachusetts student made a fashion faux pas so bad that he was charged with a felony.

Happily, it looks like these charges have been dropped…as the offending belt worn is legal in all 50 states!

Police dropped gun charges last Thursday against a former Fitchburg State University (FSU) student, after they had...

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New rules loosen credit requirements, allowing poor families to float on sea of debt

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Posted by    Monday, August 19, 2013 at 12:30pm

A significant contributing factor in the “Higher Education Bubble” burst is the ease at which American students have gotten loans they will ultimately not be able to repay.

The Obama administration has now changed rules loosening credit score requirements, which mean poor families will will be left floating on a sea...

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Missouria student’s perspective on overblown Rodeoclown outrage

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Posted by    Monday, August 19, 2013 at 9:30am

To say the progressive’s response to Tuffy the Clown’s Obama show is extreme is an understatement.

Will McMahon, a student at the University of Missouri – Columbia, reminds the outraged that “dissent is the highest from of patriotism.”

Last week a great crisis began to unfold in these United States. A crisis so...

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Students Beware – Amazon restricts interstate transport of textbook rentals

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Posted by    Sunday, August 18, 2013 at 5:00pm

Students who use Amazon to rent textbooks not be aware of important rules they agree to during the deal.

Lauren Ingeno of Inside Higher Ed has the details:

Students who rent textbooks through Amazon.com’s Warehouse Deals, Inc. may be unknowingly agreeing to an unusual condition: They are not permitted to cross state borders...

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Tennessee elementary school allows pork after parent complaints

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Posted by    Sunday, August 18, 2013 at 2:00pm

Michelle Obama was unavailable for comment.

Parents sending their third-grade children back to one Tennessee elementary this school year were greeted with a blanket ban on delicious snacks made from anything originating from a pig.

Sunset Elementary School in Brentwood, Tenn. rescinded the ban on pork just one day after it went into...

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NYU Board of Trustees Axes Luxury Loan Deals for Elite Staff

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Posted by    Sunday, August 18, 2013 at 11:00am

Life has just gotten much harder for some elite school administrators.

In the wake of the compensation scandal centering on New York University loaning millions of dollars to select faculty and administrators for vacation homes purchases, the school’s Board of Trustees have axed this special perk from future budgets:

The New York University...

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U. Michigan rescinds invitation to author Alice Walker

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Posted by    Sunday, August 18, 2013 at 8:00am

When an invitation to conservatives are rescinded by an institution, fans and supporters are essentially told to “suck it up”.

But when a progressive’s event is spiked, cries of “censorship” about:

Why did the University of Michigan withdraw an invitation to Alice Walker?

Walker is an author best known for The Color Purple, which...

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NAACP targets Dartmouth fraternity/sorority that hosted gang themed party

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Posted by    Saturday, August 17, 2013 at 3:30pm

Earlier this week, we reported that a Dartmouth College fraternity apologized profusely and took steps to repair the outrage, which occurred after they hosted a “Crips and Bloods” costume party.

Of course, no amount of hand-wringing is ever enough for some of the most aggressive and aggrieved “civil rights” groups:

The Dartmouth College...

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Missouri Student’s Back-To-Campus Survival Guide for Conservative Scholars

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Posted by    Saturday, August 17, 2013 at 12:30pm

Missouri State University student Lindsey Kolb offers these tips for conservatives starting the new academic year:

1. Head’s up, everyone that surrounds you on campus, including professors and students will more than likely be liberal. It’s the constant struggle that all Conservative college students face. …

2. The classes will be biased–mostly against you....

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