One of the approved approaches for using race-based admissions is looking at college applications “holistically.”

The arcane process was so disturbing,  one admissions application reviewer declined the offer to participate in the program.  Ruth A. Starkman, who  teaches writing and ethics at Stanford, files this report in The New York Times:

Fortunately, that...

We recently featured a piece on “Freedom Feminism”, which is a movement to reclaim real feminism from progressive and often hypocritical radicals.

Washington State University – Pullman student Michelle Chan, a sophomore animal science major, offers a true “Freedom Feminism” analysis in The Daily Evergreen.

I describe myself as a feminist, an advocate...

Based on the following report, perhaps New York City parents think that the Anthony Weiner scandal was enough sex-based material for...

With today’s college students adeptness at using new technology and skill at mooching off of their parents for an extended period of time, one could reasonably argue that today’s generation of young Americans is the brightest group ever born.

However, as a video offering from Campus Reform shows, the 8th graders back...

University of California schools are slashing their budgets on most aspects of campus activity.

However, based on a breaking exposé from the Center for Investigative Reporting’s Erica Perez and Agustin Armendariz, it looks like the travel budget remained generous for UCLA’s elite administrators with questionable medical issues.

Thirteen years ago, the University of California...

It is said that things that can’t go on won’t.

However, a new study indicates a professorship is forever.  Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed explains:

Since the economic downturn, many experts on the academic work force have worried that professors will delay retirement (given that their investment accounts took hits),...

When law school admissions are on the decline, institutions have to find ways to appeal to students.

Therefore, having low retention rates for students with achievement-based scholarships would be very concerning to administrators. Indeed, as two law schools are now defending their retention records.

Despite being credited with the lowest merit scholarships retention...

Via changes to Title IX, the Education Department’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) has mandated a lower threshold of certainty in sexual harassment and assault cases.

Subsequently, Minding the Campus contributor KC Johnson projects a probable growth area for litigation: Suits against colleges for rigging sexual misconduct hearings against male without any...

Sometimes, the best education occurs outside the classroom.

The truth of this adage can be found as The College Fix editor Nathan Harden reviews reports of a student intern involved in Anthony Wiener’s mayoral campaign.

What is it about Democratic politicians and their interns?

The media has been abuzz this week with the exploits...

The “Pornification” of our campuses is nearly complete, if sex comics are now part of assigned freshman reading.

Campus Reform’s Timothy Dionisopoulos has the details:

Faculty and administrators at the College of Charleston (CofC) have assigned all freshman students a graphic sex memoir as part of their mandatory 2013 summer reading.

The controversial book...

For book lovers, file this news under “Feel Good Story”:

A library book – apparently checked out about 185 years ago – recently found its way back to the circulation desk at Centre College in Kentucky.

The book, second in the volume from a collection titled “Ancient Civilizations” by Charles Rollin, was found by...

In addition to tuition inflation, grade inflation among American colleges and universities is prevalent.

A new study may offer an explanation: Applicants from institutions with grade inflation are favored over those who had more rigorous instructors.  As schools market the success of their graduates, those that inflate grades are rewarded.

Inside Higher Ed...

A cyber-security firm’s new study found college students’ personal and financial information is jeopardized by many universities, as they allow students to send such data through unsecured, unencrypted emails easily read by identity thieves.

The College Fix analyzes the troubling report:

At least one tech expert dismissed the survey as somewhat unimpressive, saying unless students are...

A professor at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) just wrote that all higher education should be completely free to students.

Clearly, the man doesn’t teach economics.

Campus Reform writer Timothy Dionisopoulos has the details:

Dr. Kevin Lyles, an associate professor in the UIC political science department, made the claim in a post on...

File this story under “Frontiers of Science”:

A professor at Idaho State University in Pocatello has announced that his plan to use an unmanned aerial vehicle to search for Bigfoot is nearly ready for launch.

The man behind the world’s first Bigfoot drone is Jeffrey Meldrum, Ph.D., a versatile professor of both anatomy...

The University of Alamaba’s police force is one of the busiest in the nation.

After issuing over 50,000 parking tickets, the school’s police have stepped on the free...

Obama’s recent comments on “phony scandals” that are somehow preventing the awesomeness of his policies to be fully appreciated is drawing widespread criticism and derision.

For example, the mother of a slain victim of the Libyan embassy attack was deeply offended, as her son’s death was very real.

Hillsdale College student Conner Dwinell...

After the Sandy Hook school shooting tragedy that took the lives of so many young children, many states went forward with plans to arm teachers.

Arkansas was one of those states.

At first, one of the state’s community colleges allowed staff concealed carry privileges.

Now, 0ne of the state’s school districts is now arming...

To say that the faculty and students across the University of California’s school system are unhappy with the appointment of former Homeland Security head Janet Napolitano would be an understatement.

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As law school graduates outnumber professional jobs by a two-to-one ratio, more and more Americans are opting for different careers.

Subsequently, one new law school has failed to meet its target enrollment and the student-to-faculty r...

File this under “Fascinating”.

California’s universities are a bastion of progressive indoctrination, to the point that many of its educators are fighting back on agenda-driven academia.

So, while it has just made a former Obama administration official its head, the UC Regents has just adopted a new policy that impacts free speech rules.

The...

We have noted that the evolution of MOOCs (massive open online courses) is shaking up the world of higher education.

Danielle Allen, a professor of social science at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, says that an online revolution is coming and takes a look at what is developing as campuses...