College Insurrection regularly features links to the courses offered by Prager University.
The online institute offers comprehensive information on a litany of social and political subjects from a more right-of-center approach — and it’s all delivered in a condensed, five-minute video experience. The educational source describes itself as “an entirely new concept...
As the season of graduation continues, many people are reflecting on their past campus experiences.
Harold Witkov, a contributor to Enter Stage Right, share is views on a term he learned in the 1970’s and how it can be applied today.
The study of planned obsolescence in my sociology class started reasonably enough...
More and more students are rebelling against politically correct campus policies.
Joining the ever expanding list is one Wisconsin student who learned conservative activism while earning her degree.
Katie Johnson did not want to be associated with Conservatives when she first started at University of Wisconsin – La Crosse. Now, with only one...
Heroes are found more often in real life than one may think.
Case in point: California Polytechnic State University senior Nate Honeycutt’s work on behalf of political diversity.
Many college students spend their free time playing video games or partying, but not Nate Honeycutt.
The 20-year-old psychology and political science major, who attends a...
Educational programs are coming online at ever increasing rates.
One Georgia institution is putting a shock into the higher education system, by combing business savvy and technical innovation, it is creating the first online master’s degree in computer science.
Bonus: The degree can be had for a fraction of the cost of a...
Generally, when liberals what to enact liberty-crushing regulations, the excuse will be “it’s for the children” or “it’s preventing a serious health crisis”.
Typically, when talking about gun control, children form the “human shield”. However, one progressive school’s take on the issue at least has the benefit of trying to diversify the...
We recently reported that a journalism professor wrote that members of the National Rifle Association (NRA) were traitors worthy of a firing squad.
The Daily Caller Education Editor Eric Owens did a little research, and files this fascinating report on the background...
Dr. Helen Smith‘s book, Men on Strike, provides a myriad of campus-based examples of anti-male bias.
Sadly, it looks as if this attitude is an international one. Canada’s National Post contributor Robyn Urback has this story from our neighbors to the north (hat-tip, Prudence Paine).
There is, apparently, an ominous threat to female...
The Tucson, Arizona city council just gave the thumbs down to a proposal locating a satellite campus of Christian university on a site that is currently home to a golf course that is draining public coffers.
The Daily Caller Education Editor Eric Owens has the details.
The Tucson, Arizon...
Earlier this year, an FBI hostage team and police officers freed an Alabama 5-year-old from the gunman who killed a bus driver and kidnapped the child off a...
As an Illinois university is now diverting student fees to sex reassignment surgeries, it may be time to seriously look at the real health needs of students.
Allie Grasgreen on Inside Higher Ed has this analysis, showing data behind the illnesses that...
Low self esteem has been used as an excuse for every kind of scholastic inanity.
But the Florida Virtual School has taken this odd reasoning to a new low.
It’s low self-esteem and the need for a “sense of belonging” that drives terrorists to join groups that kill in the name of religion,...
Online learning giant Coursera has just become a little larger.
Lisa Fingeroot of The Tennessean reports that the state hopes the move will create more college graduates.
A pilot program beginning this fall at many Tennessee universities and colleges will give students and faculty a chance to A pilot program beginning this fall...
Fox News Channel’s Bill O’Reilly offers his pithy opinion about a recent Los Angeles Times article on the lack of conservative commencement speakers.
GRADUATION time is upon us again, and a study by the Los Angeles Times says plenty about the state of higher education. The paper looked at the invited commencement...
We recently touched upon the lack of campus justice for men involved caught in sex-scandals as a reason many of them are fleeing colleges.
Providence College student Christine Rousselle reviews two cases that offer a compare-and-contrast proof there is reason for male concern.
In 2005, the media exploded when a sex scandal hit...
Credit unions are often a great fiscal option to traditional banks.
The Wall Street Journal contributor Ruth Simon offers this analysis on how these institutions are supplementing the student loan market:
Credit unions are offering more private student loans, creating new choices for borrowers grappling with high college costs.
Nearly 590 of the nation’s...
One of the assertions that Dr. Helen Smith makes in her book, Men on Strike: Why Men are Boycotting Marriage, Fa...
As a history fan, I must admit the following video has been my favorite Prager University offering so far.
Prof. Anthony Esolen, author of “The Politically Incorrect Guide to Western Civilization,” is teaching the online institute’s newest course. During a 5 minute discussion, the professor dispels myths and...
As the 2012-2013 academic year winds down, Campus Reform’s Macaela Bennett lists the “dirty dozen” of odd college offerings:
1. Lesbian Lives – DePaul University: “Using the political cartoons of Alison Bechdel...
It’s Mad Men!
Here’s an intriguing bit of Americana that involves a pop song and a Kennedy, courtesy of The Daily Caller Education Editor Eric Owens:
You probably have at least some knowledge about the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s scrutiny of the ostensibly raunchy lyrics of “Louie Louie,” the Richard Berry-penned rock song...
Young Americans are often far more adept at understanding the personal implications of new technologies than their elders.
Brown University student Olivia Conetta takes a look at the impact on privacy from new government cybersecurity proposals.
The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act makes companies who share information about online threats with the...
A new poll shows that college graduates’ realities are out-of-line with their expectations.
Paired with a recent survey showing almost half of today’s graduates are underemployed, it paints a grim picture of the job market for young Americans. (Hat-tip, Instapundit).
A new poll by consulting firm Accenture shows some striking gaps between the...
