200 campus food pantries and growing.
Sacramento CBS Local reports.
Sacramento State Opens Food Pantry To Help Students In Need
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Sacramento State has opened a food pantry to help supplement the food and toiletries students can’t afford.
Sacramento State grad student Ali Boyd knows the “st...
The “art” consisted of hanging “whites only” and “blacks only” signs in a campus building.
James Mietus reports at Campus Reform.
Segregation art project sparks uproar at SUNY Buffalo
A student at the University of Buffalo ignited controversy Wednesday for hanging “White Only” and “Black Only” signs on bathrooms and drinking fountains in Clemens...
Dress up!
Minding The Campus reports.
College Prep: Put on a Suit and Tie
There is no shortage of silly proposals on college campuses. We have, for instance, the University of Tennessee Office for Diversity and Inclusion asking students to use gender-neutral pronouns such as ze in order to create a more welcoming campus....
It doesn’t sound like the professor has thought this through very clearly.
James Delingpole reports at Breitbart.
Change Deniers Are as Bad as Hitler. Yale History Professor Goes Full Godwin
If you don’t believe in climate change you’re as bad as Hitler.
There. I’ve just precised a long article which appeared in the New York...
Finally, Comcast does something right.
From the Chicago Tribune:
Comcast extends Internet program to low-income community college students
Comcast is expanding its low-cost broadband initiative, Internet Essentials, to include qualified community college students in Illinois.
The pilot program, announced Wednesday, will open up the $9.95 per month high-speed Internet service to more than 90,000...
All those new college rules about sex and consent sometimes apply to employees too.
Colleen Flaherty reports at Inside Higher Ed.
Dating the Dean
With the changing scope of federal regulations and increased scrutiny regarding sexual assault and harassment on college campuses, more and more institutions are strongly discouraging and even banning consensual romantic...
Police are still working to determine the motive behind this senseless tragedy.
From the New York Times:
Police, Still Seeking Motive, Find Note in Delta State University Murder-Suicide
The day after thousands of people gathered for a candlelight vigil memorializing a professor killed by a colleague, investigators continue to search for a motive.
The police...
This will obviously help Duke win more games, right?
The Duke Chronicle reports.
CSGD, Athlete Ally partner to establish Sports and Social Justice Leadership Initiative
The Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity and international non-profit organization Athlete Ally are working together to establish the Sports and Social Justice Leadership Initiative.
About 20 student-athletes will participate...
Victimhood is becoming a virtue in American academia.
The College Fix reports.
Being a ‘victim’ has become a badge of honor on campus, sociologists argue
A journal article by two sociologists suggests the rise of microaggressions stems from a culture of victimhood that celebrates the aggrieved and perceives them as virtuous martyrs – most...
This is an update to a story we brought you last week. Rep. Jared Polis is sorry for his remarks.
He wrote this on Medium.
I misspoke
During a subcommittee hearing last week about sexual assault on college campuses, I committed a major gaffe during the back-and-...
Financial aid can now be applied for 3 months earlier.
Fox News reports.
Government says students can apply earlier for college aid
Aspiring college students will be able to apply for federal financial aid three months earlier than now and submit a previous year’s tax return, changes aimed at helping more people pay for...
Let’s hope this is a trend. If colleges can find ways to cut costs, it’ll do much more good than any plan out of Washington, DC.
The Times Union reported.
Defying trends, Utica College slashes tuition
Bucking a national trend of rising college costs, a small upstate New York private school announced Tuesday that...
Is the market finally adjusting?
From USA Today:
2 more colleges just got cheaper (how much do you love tuition resets?)
Here’s a surprise: Some colleges are getting cheaper.
Rosemont College, a small liberal arts school outside of Philadelphia, is the latest school to announce that it’s cutting tuition. Tuition and fees will drop by...
Students at this school sure have a lot of rules to obey when it comes to free speech.
Samantha Harris reports at the FIRE blog.
Speech Code of the Month: University of California, Santa Barbara
FIRE announces its Speech Code of the Month for September 2015: the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB).
This summer, incoming UCSB...
Florida Man strikes again.
From the Daily Caller:
Foot-Smelling Bandit At Florida International U. Arrested After Scooter Chase, Wreck
Police in Miami have sniffed out the trail of a man who, they say, has been surreptitiously crawling underneath tables inside the main library on the campus of Florida International University to smell women’s feet.
The...
The young man who wrote this is obviously pretty smart.
Via the College Fix.
Read the Facebook post that could completely change your mind about College Republicans
I am racist against illegal immigrants from Mexico. Oh wait, I’m Mexican myself. Well I dislike the poor. Oh wait, I’m not rich. Well I must be...
Goodbye free speech!
The College Fix reported.
Under consideration at U. of California: Granting students the right to not be offended
Here we go again.
As if it wasn’t bad enough that the University of California came up with a list of phrases that are supposedly “microaggressions” and, hence, to be avoided; now it will...
The funny thing about this is that most comedians don’t agree with her.
Matt Wilstein reported at Mediaite.
Sarah Silverman: Comedians Should ‘Change with the Times’ for PC College Students
Jerry Seinfeld set off a bit of a firestorm earlier this year when he said he had stopped performing comedy at colleges because the...
The leader of the most selective business school is stepping down.
SF Gate reports.
Stanford Business School dean resigns amid affair scandal
The dean of the respected Stanford University Graduate School of Business announced his resignation amid a scandal that he was romantically involved with...
It’s ironic to hear this coming from Obama. If it weren’t for progressives like him, we might not even be having this problem.
David Rutz of the Washington Free Beacon reported.
Obama Slams Liberal PC Culture on College Campuses: Students Shouldn’t Be ‘Coddled’
President Obama condemned the rash of liberal political correctness seen recently...
One study suggests black professors are expected to ‘entertain’ more than white professors.
From the Huffington Post:
Inside Academia: Black Professors Are Expected to ‘Entertain’ While Presenting
Imagine this scenario: after going through the frustrations of being a high school mathematics teacher, you went back to school for a PhD and landed your...
This is an update to a story we reported yesterday. It was probably wise for the professor to rethink the policy.
FOX News reports.
Texas university professor amends his ‘God bless you’ ban
A Texas professor issued a syllabus last week telling students to refrain from certain classroom behaviors, including “saying ‘God bless you,'”...
