Colorado Christian University student Haley Littleton notes a Winston Churchill quote, “a joke is a very serious thing.”
In an essay for The College Fix, Littleton goes on to describe the power of humor to win the votes of Young Americans:
When Republican activist Caleb Bonham wanted to spread the news about an...
Young Americans feeling sad and unfulfilled after struggling to find a job worthy of their talents and education may take comfort in this list from Buzz Feed of 19 well known individuals whose careers got off to a rough start.
1. Jon Hamm: – At 27, Hamm couldn’t find any work and...
When New York’s Monroe Community College officials wondered why more students weren’t taking advantage of early registration, they took a look to find the source of the problem.
Simply put: Too much information.
The college had conducted research that showed students who registered earlier were more likely to succeed: they get financial aid...
We have been following covering cases that prove points made by Dr. Helen Smith’s in her new book, Men on Strike: Why Men are Boycotting Marriage, Fatherhood, and the American Dream — and Why It Matters
Last fall, Notre Dame University student Michael Bradley delivered a freshman orientation speech. In it, he...
Conservative icon Thomas Sowell offers his summer reading list for National Review:
Instead of fighting the Japanese for every island stronghold as the Americans advanced toward Japan, MacArthur sent his troops into battle for only those islands that were strategically crucial. In the same spirit, parents who want to bring their brainwashed...
A federal appeals court has backed Boston College in its case for retaining most of the interview records on Northern Ireland that the British government (backed by U.S. authorities) wanted turned over to help with long term investigations.
The court reduced from 85 to 11 the number of oral history interviews Boston...
The bad news: Millions of baby boomers about to retire before the next generation is ready to pay for generous retirement services.
The good news: Middle-aged Americans are planning to delay their “golden years” plans, so the impact of mass retirements may be delayed. Colleen Flaherty of Inside Higher Ed takes a...
Something else to blame on biochemistry!
A new study shows that students don’t necessarily learn more from “great” instructors than from average or poor ones.
Imagine you receive the same lecture twice: once from a charismatic lecturer speaking fluently without notes and maintaining eye contact; and again from a hesitant speaker, slumped over...
The engineers and scientists at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly) have cooked up something special for the summer: A new program offering teachers intensive training in STEM (science-technology-engineering-math) disciplines.
Ben Esner, the Director of NYU-Poly’s Center for K-12 STEM Education has these details in the Huffington Post:
This summer, NYU-Poly’s...
Make room for a newly identified workplace victim group: The ugly!
People who are considered unattractive are more likely to be belittled and bullied in the workplace, according to a first-of-its-kind study led by a Michigan State University business scholar.
“Frankly, it’s an ugly finding,” said Brent Scott, associate professor of management and...
In this fun, new age of technology and social media, worries about potential dangers to privacy and personal relationships mount.
Baylor University student Danny Huizinga wants fellow conservative students to not loose sight of the benefits that have resulted from technological innovation.
Twitter is a strong example of the transformation of social media....
“Diversity” programs and “cultural inclusion” goals of many progressive institutions have minimized the importance of Western Civilization and key languages of history — including English.
So, it’s nice to see English getting a little respect in a new book. Serena Golden of Inside Higher Ed interviews author Scott L. Montgomery about the...
Anyone versed in the principles of free market economics that when an item is priced beyond its worth, consumers look for alternatives.
Robby Soave of the Daily Caller News Foundation has a report on some innovative firms planning to offer such alternatives to traditional college programs:
Is college worth it? As tuition costs...
International eyes have been focused on Egypt recently.
However, it is good to remember all the trouble that North Korea has been stirring up in the Pacific Rim recently. Princeton student Josh Zuckerman shares his sound analysis:
…The North’s increasingly bellicose taunts, as well as the immediate danger that our vital military and...
The fiscal experts of the Wall Street Journal have applied the rules of honest book-keeping to the federal student loan program.
The result paints a scary picture for America’s scholars and taxpayers.
If you think the federal student-loan program looks like a bad deal for taxpayers, imagine how it would look with honest...
Janice Shaw Crouse is a former speech writer for President George H. W. Bush and is now Senior Fellow for Concerned Women for America’s Beverly LaHaye Institute.
At a high school graduation ceremony she attended, Crouse noticed something we have noted at Legal Insurrection: Our society has evolved into a Girl’s Club.
Last...
It looks like another college athletics official is caught up in a scandal.
This time it’s at The University of California – Los Angeles. Jillian Beck and Naheed Rajwani, senior staff writers for The Daily Bruin, file this troubling report:
A UCLA Athletics official resigned Thursday, after he was placed on leave for...
The wave front of the divest-from-oil movement has hit colleges like Dartmouth and Swarthmore.
A new divestment movement may soon follow, focused on student loan monies being diverted to Obamacare funding.
Campus Reform’s Josiah Ryan has the details:
Approximately 40 student activists marched outside the White House on Wednesday to demand that President Obama...
In the midst of ever increasing tuition, lawmakers in Oregon are offering a concerning proposal that would reduce it to “zero”.
Touting that students will not pay tuition, the legislature’s plans are for graduates to pay into the system based on future income.
And while this may sound good to those not versed...
There are some dangers inherent about blogging, especially about matters that should be kept confidential.
An appeals court recently upheld the University of Louisville’s dismissal of a nursing student for blogging about a patient. Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed has the details:
Students say plenty online that their professors might find unprofessional,...
Reports about that the job market for humanities and social science major is inhumane.
Peter Wood, president of the conservative National Association of Scholars, has
The horror!
Mixed-sex housing at University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill is in jeopardy, as the state Senate has voted to block it, and students are rushing to defend the set-up.
“If transgender students would prefer to have their own bathroom, we are completely content with this idea. But it would be...
