We recently reported that 80 percent of New York City high school graduates need to relearn basic skills before entering into the City University’s community college system.
To address this enormous problem, one principal tried to give students...
We recently covered that discovery that a University of Pennsylvania admissions officer mocked applicants on Facebook.
Dartmouth College student Luke Decker offers his thoughts on the incident, and how today’s social media impacts student expectations of privacy.
My social media accounts have begun to pick up on an interesting trend. I see tweets...
It looks like the “luck of the Irish” ran out at one Ohio school.
Dayton Daily News reporter Sharahn D. Boykin reports on the riot involving hundreds of students at the nearby university.
University of Dayton administrators will meet this week to evaluate a riot involving more than 1,000 people causing police from...
The college preparation industry rakes in millions annually, geared to helping young scholars get into prestigious institutions of higher learning.
Among the most prestigious is Wharton, the famed business School, which has now challenging applicants with a intriguing new requirement.
Melissa Korn of the Wall Street Journal has the details:
Business-school applicants try to...
College students are calling for concealed carry all across campuses nationwide.
However, at one school, the head of its police force is against concealed carry for staff and students.
Timothy Dionisopoulos of Campus Reform has the details:
The chief of police at the University of Nevada, Reno, opposes legislation that allows students with concealed...
Talk about Daniella walking into the lioness’ den!
At the invitation of the University if Toronto’s Men’s Issues Awareness Society, and the Canadian Association for Equality, Dr. Janice Fiamengo (an English professor at the University of Ottawa and former radical feminist) denounced women’s studies.
Emma Teitel of Macleans.ca on Campus reports:
Fiamengo opened the...
We recently reported that two law schools were offering partial refunds if their graduates failed to pass the bar exam.
This is one example of a new trend in college marketing schemes: Deals. Douglas Belkin and Melissa Korn have an article about other higher education bargains in the Wall Street Journal.
A growing...
The “Higher Education Bubble” turns out to be an international problem.
We recently noted that college education has almost become “worthless“, inasmuch as degrees are now required for such low-skill jobs as file clerks. Our report came from the New York Times; however, Bernard Lane for The Australian reports that the same...
One Maryland journalism student got a real education on how the current White House administration views “freedom of the press”.
The Daily Caller’s Eric Owens has this report on the actions taken by a staffer for Vice President Joe Biden at a recent event.
A press office staffer for Vice President Joe Biden...
A public university in Wisconsin is dressing up a drag show by using the veil of “diversity”.
The College Fix offers details of student complaints about an event being held at a school in Wisconsin.
A drag show featuring men dressing up as women and slated for today at the University of Wisconsin-Fox...
The University of Colorado-Boulder found the conservative professor it was seeking.
In The Daily Caller, Jim Huffman (Dean Emeritus, Lewis & Clark Law School) had a few thoughts on what effect this new hire will have on...
Across the country, millions of college students are making fun plans for “Spring Break”.
In the Daily Bruin, University of California-Los Angeles student Eitan Arom shares his experience about his break last year, which featured more service than fun.
I’m not particularly good at laying bricks.
Yet about a year ago, over spring break,...
Recently, Salon.com writer Andrew Leonard argued that conservatives have declared war on higher education.
Glenn Reynolds notes: Actually, the academic class is doing pretty well on its own.
In Minding the Campus, Andrew P. Kelly and KC Deane fisk Leonard’s arguments, including the fact budget trimming has bipartisan support:
Bipartisan Support for Cutting Higher-Ed
The...
Some campus Chick-fil-A outlets were targeted for closure in the wake of the statements by the firm’s president supportive of traditional marriage.
Yet, many students enjoyed both the stance and the food, and defended the presence of the popular fast food chicken chain at their schools. However, Red Alert Politics contributor Laura...
When male students head off to Brown University to study biology, this is probably not what their parents had in mind.
Oliver Darcey of Campus Reform reports on a special “Sex Week” event that seems less “inclusive” than typical Brown fare, as it clearly is directed at only one gender:
Brown University is...
“White Privilege” is the theory advanced by people desperate to claim racism but who can’t actually find racism. So it’s no surprise that many White Privilege conferences are held on campuses.
In Campus Reform, Timothy Dionisopoulos reports on an event being held at a Colorado pubic university that is being promoted with the...
We have covered a myriad of ways in which students are financing their higher education.
However, one Michigan students has utilized her pet and the court system to enhance her educational finances. Eric Owens of The Daily Caller reports:
Grand Valley State University, a large public school in western Michigan, has been justly...
I have a tragic mix of College and Legal Insurrection to share today.
I regularly cover the challenges students and recent graduates have in handling their education loan debts. Sadly, student debt seems to be the root cause of two murders and a suicide.
In an Above the Law post, Elie Mystal notes...
Supporting the Second Amendment has become the trendy, new movement for students nationwide.
Hundreds of scholars at one Texas university are petitioning their state for the right to concealed carry. Scott Greer of the Campus Reform has a report:
More than 600 students at Baylor University signed a petition in support of a...
Harvard University administrators are dealing with criticism after they secretly searched 16 residential deans’ e-mail last year in order to track down a leak about a cheating scandal.
IT experts say that the school would benefit by adjustment in policies. Ry Rivard of Inside Higher Ed has the details:
University information technology experts...
Pennsylvania State University will be reeling from the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal for years to come.
The school has just received an $8 million bill for an investigation by the (added) former Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; an article in USA Today has the details:
Penn State has released a...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) put out a call for consumers to share their student loan stories on its message board to try and established sensible new rules for student loans.
Among the comments were these horror stories, complied by Mandi Woodruff in The Business Insider:
Steve Macintyre: $100,000 in debt and...
