Could not agree more.
From The Hill:
Obama hits ‘coddled’ liberal college students
President Obama is weighing in on the discussion over political dialogue on college campuses, saying students shouldn’t be “coddled” from opposing views.
“It’s not just sometimes folks who are mad that colleges are too liberal that have a problem. Sometimes there are...
In the newest video from Prager University, George Mason University economist Walter Williams talks about the difference between the free market and government coercion.
Watch below.
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Is capitalism moral or greedy? If it’s based on greed and selfishness, what’s the best alternative economic system? Perhaps socialism? And if capitalism is...
The age of the Greeks has ended.
Minding The Campus reports.
Wesleyan Finishes off Its Frats
And then there were none.
In early August Psi Upsilon, the sole remaining residential fraternity house at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, was suspended for the 2015-2016 academic year over an investigation by law enforcement over alleged illegal drug...
There are two things you should keep in mind as you watch this video.
First, Liberty University allowed a number of Bernie Sanders supporters to attend the speech which explains some of the applause breaks.
Second, Liberty University is a conservative institution but the students, who were required to attend the speech,...
Why is this happening?
New York Post reports.
Why do college kids have so much time to smoke pot?
So that’s why they call it higher education.
More than one in 20 college kids are smoking pot daily. According to researchers at the University of Michigan, that’s the highest rate since the “Monitoring the Future”...
We’re probably going to see more moments like this in the coming months.
Dave Huber reported at the College Fix.
Trump protesters, supporters clash at Iowa State tailgate
Students protesting against GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump at an Iowa State tailgate Saturday ended up being challenged by a few counter-protesters.
And apparently it wasn’t pretty.
One...
How the lack of due process on college campuses is causing a war on men.
Glenn Reynolds writes at USA Today:
Glenn Reynolds: A war on college men
Is Congress waging a war on college men? It’s starting to look like it.
Last week, Rep. Jared Polis, a Colorado Democrat, suggested that even innocent...
It’ll be interesting to see if politically correct campus culture clashes with the policies of the new law center.
From the Associated Press via NBC News.
Abdallah S. Kamel, Saudi Businessman, Donates $10M for Islamic Law Center at Yale
A Saudi businessman has donated $10 million to Yale Law School to establish what school...
Why bother with facts when a narrative works so much better?
NBC News reports:
Clinton Pushes Crackdown on ‘Epidemic’ of Campus Sexual Assault
CEDAR FALLS, IOWA — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton laid out a proposal Monday to combat the “epidemic” of sexual assault on college campuses.
At a “Women for Hillary” event in Cedar...
This story will be studied by students of law and journalism for years.
Ashe Schow reports at the Washington Examiner.
Woman who introduced Rolling Stone to Jackie leaves UVA
Emily Renda, the sexual assault activist who introduced Rolling Stone to “Jackie,” a woman who lied about being gang-raped, has left the University of Virginia.
Her...
Don’t say this after someone sneezes.
WTVC News Channel 9 reports.
Texas Professor Asks Students To Resist Saying ‘God Bless You’ In Class
From freshman to senior year, college students are handed syllabuses detailing expectations for courses.
“Please refrain from saying, ‘God bless you’ during the classes and exams,” the syllabus states.
Pictures of the college...
If you were in this woman’s shoes, you’d probably feel the same way.
This column is from Pacific Standard.
Bidding My College-Bound Son Good Riddance
My son, Cory, will leave our Northern California home to start college back East in the fall, prompting other mothers to offer condolences about my soon-to-be-empty nest. Though they...
Dead wrong about 66.67% of the time! That would be a “D” grade.
Minding The Campus reports.
Almost Two-thirds of Psychological Studies Are Wrong
Einstein, as everyone knows, famously defined insanity as doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting different results. Science is the mirror image of insanity (which is not to say there...
From the – you have got to be kidding me – department.
Peter Hasson reports at Campus Reform.
#BlackLivesMatter leader to teach Yale Divinity School course
Deray McKesson, one of the most vocal leaders of the #BlackLivesMatter movement, will be teaching a one credit course at Yale Divinity School this fall as a...
The University of Michigan settled with a former student over allegations the school mishandled a sexual misconduct case.
The Washington Times reports:
Ex-student, university settle sex misconduct case
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) – A former University of Michigan student has reached a settlement that has the school dropping its determination he violated a sexual...
Prove that you’re not guilty is hardly a fair starting point.
Samantha Harris reports at the FIRE blog.
University of Miami Law Prof: Affirmative Consent Effectively Shifts Burden of Proof to Accused
University of Miami (Florida) law professor Tamara Rice Lave has joined the growing number of people—including FIRE—arguing that “affirmative consent” policies unfairly...
No, this is not The Onion, this is real life. Unfortunately.
Hot Air’s Ed Morrissey writes:
Great news: University of California to declare itself intolerant of baaaaad feeeeeelz
Next Thursday, the University of California Board of Regents will meet to discuss declaring a new right for students and faculty — the right not...
Rushdie claims he’s not going to censor himself in the classroom. Good for him.
The College Fix reports.
Salman Rushdie is ‘a little worried’ about trigger warnings as a new NYU instructor
The controversial novelist and new “writer in residence” at New York University, who spent more th...
Here is the new rating plan.
The Chronicle of Higher Education reports.
White House Unveils College Scorecard That Replaces Its Scuttled Ratings Plan
The White House on Saturday unveiled the new college-information website that it developed once it abandoned its ill-fated plan to rate colleges.
The new College Scorecard site, which replaces an older one...
Due process on a college campus? What a novel idea.
The JD Journal reports.
Harvard Law School Using New Sexual Assault Procedure
Harvard Law School is implementing a new policy to take on sexual harassment. Students will be taking on new housing situations, new classes, and now a new process for the investigation and...
Students are more sensitive to cost.
USA Today reports.
Students fret over college costs more than parents
Part of the problem with Americans’ insane amount of student loan debt is how many young adults get these loans without really grasping how much they will cost. More often than not, college-bound borrowers don’t have experience...
I always hate it when my hand gets crushed by a meteorite, too.
Arizona Central reports:
University of Arizona student sues school after 270-pound meteorite crushes his hand
A University of Arizona student is suing after he says a 270-pound meteorite toppled over at a university museum and crushed his hand, according to a...
