Our friend Professor Glenn Reynolds has a new column at USA Today which is well worth reading.
To reduce inequality, abolish Ivy League
The problem of “inequality” looms over America like a storm cloud. According to our political and journalistic class, inequality is the single biggest problem facing our nation, with the possible...
Striking always creates more demand, right?
The BBC reports:
Manchester university staff in strike ballot over job cuts
The University and College Union says more than 250 staff are in fear for their jobs after managers ignored agreed procedures.
“We now feel we have no alternative but to ballot for industrial action,” said UCU regional...
You know what they say — the proof is in the survey. Or something.
From FIRE:
New Survey Exposes Threats to Free Speech on Campus
On Monday, Yale University’s William F. Buckley, Jr. Program released a national survey measuring U.S. college students’ attitudes towards free speech on campus. The results were troubling.
The 2015 Buckley...
What a financial nightmare this situation has turned into.
The Chronicle of Higher Education reports.
Judge Rules Defunct For-Profit College Is Liable for $530 Million in Damages
A federal judge has ruled that the defunct Corinthian Colleges is liable for roughly $530 million in damages to former students, concluding a lawsuit brought by the...
If you have a bachelor’s degree and no marketable skills, what does that tell you?
The Hechinger Report has the story.
Graduates of four-year universities flock to community colleges for job skills
Lliana Ibarra’s bachelor’s degree in business administration from Washington State University couldn’t save her from...
The plan will put in place mandatory sensitivity training along with other implementations.
The College Fix reports.
Ithaca College rolls out sweeping diversity plan in wake of ‘People of Color’ student protests
Ithaca College administrators this week rolled out a massive diversity plan that includes mandatory sensitivity training, creating a “safe space” for multicultural...
Other Republican candidates would be wise to address higher education issues as well.
Meghan Keenan reports at Red Alert Politics.
It’s Personal: Marco Rubio’s plan to address student loan debt
Sen. Marco Rubio stands out in the Republican field of presidential contenders for his plan to reform the higher education system and address the...
The state with the lowest is Utah.
Time Money reports.
These Are the States Where Students Borrow the Least for College
The amount of debt that students are taking on to earn a four-year degree continues to inch up, with the Class of 2014 carrying an average $28,950 per-graduate burden. That’s up 2% from...
Does the PC mob know how they look to the rest of the country? Do they even get it?
The College Fix reports.
Yale associate master defends Halloween free expression; outrage ensues
Yale Silliman College Associate Master Erika Christakis sent out an email Friday defending the right of students to wear costumes which may...
Progress or pressure?
The Washington Post reports:
The world’s largest Christian university relaxes some rules for students
Change is in the air at Liberty University: couples can now do more than hold hands in public without fear of fine, men can wear ponytails, and students can watch R-rated movies (with “caution”). Liberty, the...
What could possibly go wrong?
From FIRE:
New York’s Affirmative Consent Law Affirmatively Confuses Students (VIDEO)
In an effort to address sexual assault on college campuses, New York became the second state to pass an affirmative consent—or “yes means yes”—law this summer, putting college students at risk of punishment if...
Gosh, what could be the reason for this problem?
The College Fix reports.
Campus anti-rape activists gripe about the travails of ‘hooking up’
In an article in New York Magazine last week, several campus anti-rape activists describe to writer Allison P. Davis their difficulties with meeting men, dating, and “hooking up.”
“Nobody ever explicitly said,...
It’s nice to see a feelgood story every once in a while, isn’t it?
NewsBusters reports.
Arizona State Honors American Hero Pat Tillman with Jersey Bearing his Name
We interrupt our regularly scheduled chronicling of the decay and leftward lurching of the sports media, and, well, sports in general, to bring you this rare...
The case for the censorship is harassment and intimidation covered by Title IX.
Fox News reports.
Groups call for censorship of popular social media app on college campuses
A new call for the federal government to crack down on a social media app popular with college students, but sometimes used to spre...
This isn’t how higher education is supposed to work.
CNS News reports.
Survey: 49% of College Students Feel ‘Intimidated’ When Expressing Beliefs Different From Professors
Forty-nine percent of U.S. college students admit they feel “intimidated” when they express beliefs or opinions that differ from their professors, according to a new nationwide survey of...
There is tension at Ithaca College.
The Cornell Review reports.
Ithaca College President Gets ‘No Confidence’ Vote from Student Government
The Ithaca College (IC) student government unanimously voted no-confidence in President Tom Rochon Monday night following weeks of contention over allegations of racism and discrimination at the school.
The resolution, passed by all 11 members...
Hard to imagine a more qualified applicant.
From The Telegraph:
Girl, 9, applies for Cambridge University’s Professor of Lego post
A super keen nine-year-old girl has applied for the role of Professor of Lego at Cambridge University – before the job was even advertised.
The youngster put herself forward citing her experience building Lego and...
Now students can get a head start on student loan debt.
From Quartz:
US students can now get federal money to take college classes while still in high school
Taking college courses during high school is the classic overachiever’s move. It impresses recruiters, employers, and college admissions officers alike—and, as a bonus, it helps...
This is the only way Democrats can upset liberal college students.
Mediaite reports.
UNC Campus Newspaper Denounces Democrats For Calling America ‘Great’
The University of North Carolina’s student newspaper The Daily Tar Heel criticized the Democratic Party for selling merchandise saying that America is “already great.”
In response to Donald Trump‘s iconic “Make America Great...
Remember when something so silly wasn’t considered a crime?
Jennifer Kabbany reports at the College Fix.
University president apologizes for wearing a sombrero
The president of the University of Louisville has apologized … for wearing a sombrero. The college has also promised to immediately launch “training on diversity and racial equality issues.”
President James Ramsey...
Where does your alma mater rank on this new list?
The Economist reports.
Our first-ever college rankings
AMERICAN universities claim to hate the simplistic, reductive college rankings published by magazines like US News, which wield ever-growing influence over where students attend. Many have even called for an information boycott against the authors of such...
This is one lecture you should be glad you missed.
The Cornell Review reports.
Ithaca College Prof. at Cornell Lecture: Agriculture is ‘Capitalist Racialized Patriarchy’
Zillah Eisenstein, a professor politics at Ithaca College, declared in a lecture last Friday that agriculture is “capitalist, racialized patriarchy.”
The lecture was titled “Thinking about Hetero-Racist Misogyny in ‘Agriculture’”...
