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George Washington U. Professors Fantasize about Obama on Mt. Rushmore

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Posted by    Friday, May 24, 2013 at 12:30pm

A debate on President Obama now focuses on which scandal-ridden President he is most like:  Richard Nixon or Warren Harding.

However, hope springs eternal among some members of elite academia.  George Washington University student Katherine Rodriguez shares some dreams of the faculty at her school.

A handful of George Washington University political and...

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Dinesh D’Souza at Northwestern

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Posted by    Friday, May 24, 2013 at 11:00am

Dinesh D’Souza is a conservative pundit who most famously produced 2016: Obama’s America, a movie that details potential reasons for the current President’s political motives.

In a rare campus appearance by a conservative, Souza recently addressed more than 80 people at Northwestern Univeristy before answering about a dozen questions almost equally divided...

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Professor gives MOOCs a thumbs-down

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Posted by    Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 6:30pm

The list of MOOCs (Massive online courses) seems to be expanding as rapidly as the known universe.

In The American Conservative, Wheaton College Professor Alan Jacobs shares his lack of enthusiasm for this development.

When I think about turning all this into a MOOC, my first thought is: How easy that would be....

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Come on, can’t they take a good cricket prank?

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Posted by    Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 5:00pm

Some stunts are better in theory than reality.

Using the internet to put-together a prank involving thousands of crickets, some Kentucky high school students are getting a major time-out. Eric Owens of The Daily Caller has a report:

Seven seniors at East Carter High School in the rural northeast corner of Kentucky were...

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NYU researchers sold study results to Chinese competitor

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Posted by    Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 3:30pm

It looks like one New York professor is giving new meaning to the term “outsourcing”.

Sarah Hofmann of The Daily Caller reports on the faculty member who is selling his lab’s discoveries to a Chinese firm.

A New York University professor and a lab engineer have been released on bail on Monday after...

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College Fix Editor: Porn is a weapon in the real campus ‘war on women’

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Posted by    Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 12:30pm

Justifiably, the “pornification” of our campuses is getting more public attention.

We feature items from The College Fix regularly. Its editor, Nathan Harden, was recently interviewed by LifeSiteNews.com’s Ashley Herzog on the subject, starting with Yale University.

[Nathan Harden] exposed how Yale women are constantly degraded on campus. They are valued for their...

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Pelosi Fails Math During UC Davis Address

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Posted by    Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 12:30pm

Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi gave an eye-popping demonstration of Washigton-style mathematics during a commencement speech at a California University.

Oliver Darcy shares the contents of that address in Campus Reform.

House minority leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Cali.) told graduates at the University of California – Davis law school on Friday that...

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Camile Paglia Fisks Academia’s Three Latest Sex Books

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Posted by    Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 9:30am

Camile Paglia is a noted feminist who has strayed off the progressive reservation when it comes to the latest college curricula.

She has has reviewed three academic books on fetish-based sex for The Chronicle for Higher Education: Her analysis gives new meaning to the phrase “cutting edge”.

Three books from university presses dramatize...

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Business Schools Now Sceening Applicants Using “Emotional Intelligence”

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Posted by    Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 6:30pm

Business schools are taking an intriguing new approach to selecting scholars.

Melissa Korn of The Wall Street Journal reports that feelings are being used to assess applications for these institutions.

Forget what you know. Business schools increasingly want to know what you feel.

Schools are trying to choose from a crowded pool of well-qualified...

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Northwestern ‘Social Justice Week’ turns into anti-Israel hatefest

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Posted by    Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 5:00pm

“Tolerance” doesn’t seem to mean the same thing at certain college campuses as it does elsewhere in this country.

Earlier, we reported that Northwestern University excluded white, heterosexual males from student government.  Now, Israel is the focus of derision during a special week of activities at that institution:

This past week Northwestern University...

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University administrators should reject calls for fossil fuel divestment

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Posted by    Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 3:30pm

Many college and universities are struggling in a time when the “higher education bubble” is bursting.

Gabriella Hoffman is a Regional Field Coordinator at The Leadership Institute, and calls for administrators to reject the divestment drama being initiated by their campuses’ progressive student groups, which will only further hurt these schools economically.

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Post-Doc’s “Dear John Letter” to PC Academia

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Posted by    Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 12:30pm

After embracing an academic career  for nearly a decade, a post-doc is now shunning her former dream of becoming a professor.

Rebecca Schuman has written a “Dear John letter” in the Chronicle of Higher Education, in which she likens the academic world to “a cult.”

I was a nerd, and a walking...

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Swarthmore: Where Not To Send Your Kid To College

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Posted by    Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 11:00am

Regular College Insurrection readers have seen Swartmore College featured for its “Masturbatory Theater Club”, environmental activism, and steep tuition increases.

The school is now the focus of a piece by Rod Dreher,a senior editor at The American Conservative.

Want to know how much it costs to attend Swarthmore College for a year? $55,750. ...

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PC Safari Targets Northwestern U. “Spirit Animal” Party

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Posted by    Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 9:30am

The political correctness patrol never takes a break on its quest to hunt down college campus fun!

At Northwestern University over the weekend, a few students tried to organize a party with a “Spirit Animals” theme: “Come celebrate spring quarter with NBN this Saturday at our annual spring party! Theme: Spirit Animals....

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College Enrollment Decline Accelerates

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Posted by    Monday, May 20, 2013 at 2:00pm

The Higher Education Bubble is bursting, and the pace 0f its rupture is picking up.

Doug Lederman of Inside Higher Ed analyzes the data behind the enrollment number decline:

The decline in college enrollments appears to be accelerating, with 2.3 percent fewer students enrolled on campuses this spring than there were in spring...

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‘Cute’ Boston bomber Tsarnaev poised to become new teen idol

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Posted by    Monday, May 20, 2013 at 12:30pm

It is well known that American girls avoid math and science classes during their teen years.

Sadly, they also seem to be avoiding good taste and common sense.  The College Fix reports that accused Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is poised to become the Justin Bieber of the prison set.

You may have missed this...

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LGBT group at San Diego State sparks controversy with rebranding as “Queer Student Union”

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Posted by    Monday, May 20, 2013 at 11:00am

A group of students change their organization’s name and sparked a discussion on political correctness.

Walter Morris of Fox News 5 in San Diego reports on the situation at a local university:

A student group at San Diego State University is changing its name to be more inclusive, but the new name is...

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Missouri State Student: The GOP Establishment vs Conservatives

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Posted by    Sunday, May 19, 2013 at 4:30pm

A long-term discussion on the right-o-sphere centers on the differences between establishment Republicans and conservatives:

Missouri State University student Lindsey Kolb chimes in with her thoughts on this issue:

We’re emerging into a society that is becoming more and more liberal in its political beliefs. The mass of young people is more likely to...

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Faculty union fights plan to arm police at Rhode Island campus

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Posted by    Sunday, May 19, 2013 at 11:00am

States like Pennsylvania and Texas are allowing, or planning to permit, concealed carry for students on campus.

Institutions at other states are throwing up obstacles for arming anyone on campus, including security professionals. Timothy Dionisopoulos of Campus Reform has these details:

The faculty union at the University of Rhode Island (URI) is opposing several...

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Liberal student-activist rape-hoaxer also threatened former boss with handgun

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Posted by    Sunday, May 19, 2013 at 9:30am

We recently covered the Facebook saga of University of Wyoming student Meghan Lanker-Simons, who she allegedly posted on an anonymous social media page threat to herself in the guise of an outraged conservative.

It seems that Lanker-Simons...

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Conservatives snag just 17% of top college commencement speeches

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Posted by    Sunday, May 19, 2013 at 8:00am

We recently posted a wish-list of 15 conservative speakers for college commencement events.

And they are likely to remain only on wish lists, too. Paul Bedard of Washington Secrets analyzes the data of the actual number of conservatives engaged for graduation ceremonies:

When President Obama gave his commencement address at Ohio State University...

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The Looming Student Loan Crisis

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Posted by    Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 6:00pm

It turns out that the Housing Bubble and the Higher Education Bubble have the same root cause: failure to scrutinize income.

In The American, the online magazine of the American Enterprise Institute, Jackson Toby analyzes how this failure will impact the next generation.

The portfolio of federally guaranteed student loans passed the $1...

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