I suppose that’s one solution.
From NPR:
As Migrants Pour In, Germany Launches Online University For Them
In May, 21-year-old Kashif Kazmi fled his hometown of Parachinar in northwest Pakistan. As part of the country’s Shiite minority, Kazmi was targeted by the Pakistani Taliban. The rest of his family are still there.
“I really miss...
Of course, how can we have a Halloween without progressives trying to ruin it?
Peter Fricke reports at Campus Reform.
Wesleyan provides checklist to help students avoid ‘offensive’ Halloween costumes
Now that Columbus Day is over, Wesleyan University is turning its attention toward the next controversial date on the calendar: Halloween.
Wesleyan’s Office of Student...
It looks like this “Diversity” spending was just a big gravy train.
Scott Greer reports at the Daily Caller.
TN Lawmakers Rip Apart University System For Spending Millions On ‘Diversity Programming’
Some Republican legislators in the Tennessee legislature are not happy with the state’s taxpayer-funded university system spending $5.5 million every year on...
She was last seen Oct. 6.
Fox News reports.
Mystery surrounds disappearance of Nevada college student Dianne Thacher
The disappearance of a college student in Santa Barbara, Calif., has police baffled and her East Coast family fearful Tuesday, after a full week of uncharacteristic silence.
Dianne Thacher, who at 23 was in her freshman year...
Will wonders never cease?
The College Fix reports.
Affirmative action hurts students it’s intended to help, UCLA law professor argues
A UCLA law professor critiques affirmative action as detrimental to the very people it strives to aid: minority students.
Over 50 faculty members gathered to rally.
The Tribune reports.
Cuesta College Faculty Members Rally for Pay Raise
Holding signs reading “United for Education. Fair Pay Now!” more than 50 Cuesta College faculty members gathered Wednesday on the San Luis Obispo campus to rally support for the faculty union’s goal to seek a...
This man was essentially forced out by his colleagues, not the school.
Colleen Flaherty of Inside Higher Ed reports.
Putting Harassers on Notice
One of the biggest names in astronomy resigned his professorship at the University of California at Berkeley on Wednesday over the fallout from a damning investigation into his conduct with female...
Being wrong can be costly.
From The Guardian:
University of Sussex to pay student protester £20,000 in damages
The University of Sussex has apologised to a former student, admitting there was “no truth” in its claim that he’d led an unlawful occupation of the university and carried out acts of criminal behaviour.
The university agreed...
Because of course they do.
From our parent site, Legal Insurrection:
97% of Faculty Donors at Cornell Univ. Contribute to Democrats
How politically diverse is the Cornell University faculty?
Not very, according to a study done by The Cornell Daily Sun, the student newspaper. By dollar volume, 96.62% of political donations during 2011-2014 went to...
The school’s by-laws prevent him from being paid for his work.
Hollie McKay reports at FOX News.
Illegal immigrant fights for pay after being elected Cal-Long Beach student body president
Politics pays in college, but not quite as well for illegal immigrants.
Student government representatives at most public universities collect money for their service, including...
File this story under, you couldn’t make this stuff up.
Blake Neff reports at the Daily Caller.
Anti-Rape Activist Resigns After Raping Somebody
Annie Teriba appears to have sterling credentials as an activist. She edited the journal No Heterox**, targeted at Oxford’s “queer and trans*” communities, was a member of the black students’ committee...
60 percent of freshmen said they wished they had “more help getting emotionally ready for college.
NBC News reports.
Survey: Most Freshmen Are Not Emotionally Prepared for College
High school students spend years taking classes that will help them tackle the rigors of college courses.
But according to a new national survey, most freshmen were...
This is just another higher education exercise in leftism and social justice.
The College Fix reports.
Notre Dame replaces PE class with mandatory ‘cultural competency’ lessons
At Notre Dame, tennis, golf and ultimate Frisbee have been replaced with “cultural competence,” “inclusiveness” and “human sexuality.”
The University of Notre Dame this semester replaced its longtime mandatory physical education course...
Let’s take a look at the last debate.
Red Alert Politics reports.
#DemDebate: Who won over younger voters?
With the first Democratic primary debate now behind us, the question now is who won the night? Who will surge in the polls?
And, who will win the youth vote?
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and self-identified...
How can this be true when the left is always telling us the opposite?
From Beliefnet.
Harvard University Study Reveals Astonishing Link Between Firearms, Crime and Gun Control
According to a study in the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, which cites the Centers for Disease Control, the U.S. National Academy of Sciences...
This could certainly help mitigate skyrocketing college expenses.
From the Christian Science Monitor:
How ‘open textbooks’ could ease college sticker shock
A bill introduced in the Senate last week could soften the blow of college textbooks prices.
An average US college student spends about $1,225 per year on books and supplies, according to the College...
In the newest video from Prager University, Rabbi Joseph Telushkin examines the old saying that honesty is the best policy.
Is it really? Not always.
Here’s more information.
Telling the truth is usually right. But can it also sometimes be wrong? If so, when? And why? Rabbi Joseph Telushkin, a bestselling author and renowned...
After allegations of sexual harassment surfaced, UC Berkeley the professor in question off with a warning. Students say that’s not enough.
From Raw Story:
UC Berkeley defends handling of sexual harassment claims against astronomy professor
BERKELEY, Calif. — As fury grows over reports that astronomer Geoff Marcy sexually harassed female students for years, the...
What a mature way to make an argument.
Joel B. Pollak reports at Breitbart.
Anti-Religious Slurs Carved into Cars at UC Davis
Police are searching for a suspect who carved anti-religious hate messages on cars in a parking lot at the University of California Davis on Saturday.
Eleven cars were vandalized, among which eight had...
The data from coast to coast.
Business Insider reports.
Hardest Colleges to Get Into
You might have guessed that Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, would be the hardest college to be accepted into in that state.
But the most selective schools in other US states might surprise you.
The rankings are based on acceptance rates and...
Conservative students are made to feel uncomfortable in college classrooms all the time. Sorry if the Second Amendment makes you nervous.
Elaine Godfrey reports at New York Mag.
Many Professors Anxious About Legally Armed Students in Their Classrooms
A professor emeritus at the University of Texas at Aust...
Why are they still getting money?
The New York Times reports.
For-Profit Colleges Accused of Fraud Still Receive U.S. Funds
When the Obama administration agreed this summer to erase the federal loan debt of some former students at Corinthian Colleges, a for-profit school that filed for bankruptcy in the face of charges of widespread...
