No, we’re not living in a ‘post-materialistic’ society, and no, we’re no just going to ignore the economy in favor of dealing with every new ‘social issue’ that’s hip these days.

Matthew Dragonette at The College Conservative writes:

Why Economics Still Matter

Beginning in the 1970s, University of Michigan professor Ronald Inglehart proposed a theory...

Thanks, Jerry Brown.

Greg Piper at the College Fix has the story:

‘Yes Means Yes’ Sexual-Consent Bill Finally Signed Into California Law

Soothing allies who were afraid he would give in to pressure from civil liberties and men’s rights groups, California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signed into law a bill that makes his state...

FSU Liberals: “I’m sorry, but we don’t serve your kind here.”

We probably should have guessed this was going to happen.

Malcolm A. Kline at Accuracy in Academia has the story:

Republican Sighted in Academe!

Academia is up in arms. The board of trustees at Florida State University (FSU) just named a Republican to be...

Here’s an update to our previous report.

Another university has caved in to a whining student body. Remember, faculty and staff: the student is always right!

Derek Draplin at The College Fix has the story:

Accused...

It seems accreditation is no longer a measure of whether a school can educate it students, but a tool to force political ideology onto private businesses — forcing them to deny beliefs that are “deeply embedded in [their] culture.”

Here’s more from The College Fix:

Christian College Could Lose Accreditation In A Year...

The authors of an editorial which claimed that ‘flesh-colored’ bras were an example of racism are now pleading with the internet to stop making fun of them. No word yet on whether the internet will accept a truce.

Greg Piper at the College Fix has the story:

Stop Saying We Think Bras Are...

Someone somewhere finally decided that this ‘diversity’ business has been taken a few steps too far.

Kyle Brooks at The College Fix has the story:

Marquette Student Government Blocks Diversity Coordinator Position

A Jesuit college that pays for same-sex partner benefits, has hosted a kinky-sex student workshop and whose pr...

You know, I for one miss the days when sex was something private, personal, and special, and not something you demonstrated in public with dildos and ‘vulva puppets’.

Jennifer Kabbany at The College Fix has the story:

College Hosts ‘Get Laid’ Seminar, Complete with Hands-On Demonstrations

There wasn’t a lot left to the imagin...

A new app for Android and iOS tries to assist two parties in getting ‘affirmative consent’ for sex, but it doesn’t fulfill all of the many clauses of the California Affirmative Consent Bill. (Maybe it says something about the practicality of a law if you can’t write a computer program to tell...

It seems the Holocaust was just too long ago for kids these days to remember.

Daniel Mael of Truth Revolt has the story:

UC Berkeley Students Call For Murdering Jews: ‘We Support the Intifada’

A group of students and other community members on the campus of University of California at Berkeley confirmed their support for...

The Coalition claims that America devalues ‘people of color’ and indiscriminately kills black people.

Here’s more from The College Fix:

Ivy League Black Students Form Group; Claim U.S. Devalues, Kills Black People

Black student leaders at all eight Ivy League campuses on Monday launched a multi-university “Black Ivy Coalition” because, they say, Americans devalue...

The chancellor of Syracuse University, Kent Syverud, has been quoted as saying he “cares about college rankings.”

Ry Rivard at Inside Higher Ed has the story:

Syracuse U. curbs work with program to help urban youth attend college

Syracuse University plans to scale back its involvement in a scholarship program for public high school...

It had been a longstanding rule that colleges without application essays — those that did not evaluate applications ‘holistically’ — were not allowed to have a membership in the Common App, the most widely-used online college application platform in the US.

Scott Jaschik at Inside Higher Ed has the story:

Common Application ends...

Why did most humanities faculty support Salaita’s appointment and most hard science faculty oppose it? Some have gone so far as to say that this is because academics in the sciences tend to be ‘more objective.’

Colleen Flaherty at Inside Higher Ed has the story:

Salaita case illustrates ‘two cultures’ of academe, many...

The protests focused on increased transparency in harassment investigations: apparently, the students who filed complaints against the professor knew nothing about his forced resignation until they read about it in the student newspaper.

Here’s more from the College Fix:

Hundreds Protest U. of Delaware Harassment Policy After Accusations Against Prof

A sociology professor at...

Another development in the push to make universities about happiness and comfort, not intellectual growth.

Dave Huber at The College Fix has the story:

Where Your Money Goes: Wake Forest Hires ‘Director of Well-Being’

Check it: Wake Forest isn’t just about academics. It has recently started a program for the well-being of students and...

Signatories of the statement, which points out the strong Anti-American and Anti-Israeli bias in many Middle East Studies Departments, include the Louis D. Brandeis Center and Accuracy in Academia.

Malcolm A. Kline of Accuracy in Academia has the story:

Groups to Congress: No Taxpayer Funds for Biased, Politicized Middle East Studies

This morning several...

When freedom of speech is inconvenient, or makes their life a bit difficult, they’re totally okay with government censorship.

Greg Piper at the College Fix has the story:

Students Love First Amendment… When It’s Convenient For Them, Survey Finds

The Knight Foundation’s new report on First Amendment attitudes among high school students and teachers...

Mark Bauerlein at Minding the Campus details how logic and reason have begun to slip away from university campuses, only to be replaced by ‘identities’ and ‘sensitivities’:

Yale Muslims: Hurt Feelings but No Arguments

As Lauren Noble wrote two days ago here at Minding the Campus, Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s speech at Yale on...

A U.S. Department of Education regulation stating that a for-profit institution cannot offer a program that has a debt-to-student ration of 8% or more is being challenged by representatives from Kaplan, mostly because a huge number of programs at non-profits and public schools don’t pass the same test.

Spencer Irv...

That’s $350 million, all from graduates Dr. Gerald Lok-chung Chan and Ronnie Chi-chung Chan — so much money that Harvard has decided to rename an entire school after their father: The T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Matthew R. Zubrow at The Dartmouth Review has the story:

Harvard Continues Trend of Large...

Chelsea Gruenwald at The College Conservative offers up some potential reasons why young women are rapidly abandoning the feminist movement:

The Rise of Anti-Feminism: The New Era of Feminism?

While feminist movements across the globe are gaining media attention, another movement has also gained attention: anti-feminism.