Statistics show that commencement speakers are rarely conservative.
Now, the number show that when they get the rare invitation to give a graduation address, they then become the focus of “tolerant” liberal activism.
Of the Top 10 biggest controversies surrounding graduation speakers this commencement season, seven specifically targeted conservatives or business leaders, a survey...
File this story under “Nanny State gone wild”.
A series of behind-the-scenes mistakes by educators in a Florida school district led to children’s biometric information being culled without their parents’ permission, TheLedger.com reported.
In May, parents of students in the Polk County School District received a letter stating a pilot program would track...
In tough economic times, one campus rabbi is reaching out to save a program geared to conservative Jewish students.
Rabbi Esther Reed, Senior Associate Director of Rutgers Hillel, explains:
Yesterday, I got the news that United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (USCJ) decided to close the KOACH/College Outreach program. My students at Rutgers have...
In the wake of all the recent scandals, Young Americans are becoming even more disenchanted with the nanny state.
Gabriella Hoffman is a Regional Field Coordinator at The Leadership Institute where she is tasked with identifying, recruiting, and training young conservatives on college campuses. She takes exception to some points President Obama...
As sexual identity diversity policies have been enacted, various schools have struggled with certain aspects of program implementation.
Especially in the areas related to locker-rooms and bathrooms.
It looks like a court will soon weigh in on the subject.
Maine’s highest court will soon decide which restroom Nicole Maines, a 15-year-old transgendered student,...
Campus Reform reporters have been investigating the University of Maryland’s connections to the National Security Agency.
They have posted video featuring an exchange with campus police:
University of Maryland (UMD) police on Wednesday prohibited two Campus Reform reporters from filming an alleged covert government facility where Edward Snowden is believed to have worked...
Many college students are social media exhibitionists.
In fact, the young generation is so versed in the new technologies that there are now degrees in the subject.
So Edward Peichel of St. John’s University a little confused over the fuss about the National Security Agency’s scanning scandal.
By now, we’re all familiar with the ...
In the Obama Economy, unpaid interns are the modern-day equivalent of entry-level employees…minus the pay and benefits.
It seems young Americans have caught on, to the point there is a website for those who want to get in on upcoming class action lawsuits against companies engaging in unfair labor practices.
Ricochet contributor D.C....
And here we thought “butt-chugging” was dangerous!
A West Virginia judge has dismissed Marshall University from a lawsuit filed by a student who was injured because of his response after seeing another student shoot a bottle rocket out of his ass at a frat party.
The Marshall University Board of Governors was able...
In his book, Worthless: The Young Person’s Indispensable Guide to Choosing the Right Major, author Aaron Clarey deems journalism degrees as one of the biggest time-and-money wasters for students.
An recently published analysis backs his assertion:
A new study by Bankrate.com of various college majors shows that among four-year degree programs, journalism is dead last...
It is my suspicion that the Koch Brothers must be enjoying the attention generated by their possible newspaper purchases too much to stop.
After the Los Angeles Times reporters threatened to leave in...
File this op-ed under “Delusional”.
Bill O’Reilly’s column last Saturday was an example of faulty logic. He claims universities prefer “liberal” speakers and professors and ignore “conservative” ones, universities being bastions of “liberal indoctrination.”
When you stop laughing I will continue. …
Consider scientific principle, since college is largely about intelligent pursuits. Scientific investigation...
What is the cure for “diversity” complaints?
If you run the #1 Winner of The College Stupidity Award, the answer is: Even more diversity!
Florida Atlantic University launched a website promoting diversity following complaints from Jewish groups about activities on campus by a pro-Palestinian group.
The website features a video on which faculty and students...
Sometimes, this best way to judge something is to figure out who’s for it.
If a supporter is Obama, according to California State University at Fullerton Kieth Fierro, then it probably is full of fail.
Republicans are acting like the immigration bill is a discussion on what to have for dinner, like the...
The College Fix Editor Nathan Hale has complied a list and checked it twice, finding out which school is naughty and which one is just plain worthless.
The Chronicle of Higher Education has published data on graduation rates at more than 1200 colleges nationwide. Below, I’ve compiled a list of the ten...
America has recently seen its newspapers try to ban terms such as “illegal immigrant”, “undocumented immigrant”, and “Islamist“.
Some languages offer even more interesting challenges for the “Language Police”! Nonetheless, one German university has said “auf Wiedersehen” to some key grammar rules (hat-tip, The College Fix).
The University of Leipzig has voted to...
Hmmm…
Danielle Powell was close to getting her bachelor’s degree when she was kicked out of her university for being gay in 2012, and now says the only way the school will transfer her credits to another school is if she agrees to pay $6,300. In response, Powell has launched an online...
The New York Times recently reported that suicide rates in this country have sky-rocketed.
In fact, suicide is the third leading cause of death for teens. That’s what makes this story from The Daily Caller Education Editor Eric Owens so troubling:
An English teacher at a posh Manhattan private school instructed students as...
The Oregon Legislature just passed legislation preventing public and private universities from gaining access to students’ social media accounts?
Perhaps the state’s politicians figures the feds were already scanning them.
The bill, Oregon Senate Bill (S.B.) 344, simply bans administrators from taking passwords to students’ accounts through any means of coercion.
“A public or...
The College Fix Associate Editor Jennifer Kabbany has an exclusive report on a California school that is ignoring the protests of female students to appeal to a male student with gender identification issues.
One of the largest public charter high schools in the nation allows a boy who identifies as female to...
University of Chicago (UC) administrators recently removed pews from an 88-year old chapel on campus in order to accommodate Islamic prayers.
No word, yet, from the non-Muslims who use the chapel.
Chicago NPR affiliate, WBEZ news, reported on May 23, the pews, which are now part of display at the Museum of Contemporary...
In light of the recent National Security Agency scan-dal, young Americans have every right to be concerned about personal items in school databases.
Valerie Strauss reports on an exchange about concerns over a controversial $100 million student database in The Washington Post:
