After a two year crusade to create a government-based collegiate ranking system, President Obama is throwing in the towel.
The New York Times reports:
With Website to Research Colleges, Obama Abandons Ranking System
WASHINGTON — President Obama on Saturday abandoned his two-year effort to have the government create a system that explicitly rates the...
It’s good to know so many people still believe in the rule of law.
Robert Shibley reports at the FIRE blog.
Nationwide Survey Shows Overwhelming Support for FIRE’s Position on Due Process, Right to Counsel
With sexual assault on campus so much in the news lately, and with FIRE’s concerns about campus due process...
For-profit schools are playing a significant role in the higher ed bubble.
Michael Stratford reports at Inside Higher Ed.
Pointing a Finger at For-Profits
The spike in student loan defaults over the last decade has been fueled by students attending for-profit colleges and, to a lesser degree, community colleges, according to a new analysis...
There are numerous reasons to take science courses.
Forbes reports.
Why Every College Student Needs To Take Science Courses
My “day job” is as a physics professor, and one of the things those of us in the business agonize about is the steep drop-off in students taking physics at various levels. Using statistics from...
Some Colorado students are taking higher education a little too literally.
Michael McGrady reports at the College Fix.
Going to pot: Colorado colleges up in smoke
The Princeton Review recently debuted its 2016 “best of” edition, which includes its “Reefer Madness” category – or the best colleges for students who love to smoke pot.
The...
An audit and financial reviews revealed something was wrong.
Chicago Tribune reports.
College of DuPage financial officials fired
The College of DuPage’s top two finance officials were fired Wednesday for poor money management at the publicly funded college, allegations that their attorneys said were politically motivated and without merit.
Treasurer Thomas Glaser and Controller Lynn...
Got tenure?
Inside Higher Ed reports.
Faculty Posts for Nonacademic Presidents
So far, Bruce Harreld, the newly named president of the University of Iowa, has made one decision that faculty members have applauded. Harreld, whose selection was opposed by faculty leaders and many other academics, said he would not seek the position as tenured...
Why would a college have to be pressured into allowing a 9/11 memorial?
BizPac Review has the story.
Public outcry forces university to back down, allow American flags for 9/11 victims
What did the University of Illinois find so offensive about honoring the victims of 9/11?
It took a public campaign via Facbook and old-fashioned...
The campus memorial is dedicated not only to those who lost their lives on 9/11, but to those who gave their lives in the fight against terrorism. Beat the hell outta terrorism!
From My Aggie Nation:
Freedom from Terrorism Memorial
“Beat the hell outta terrorism,” were A&M President Robert Gates’ closing remarks on Dec....
This is one of the best ratings a college can get these days. The FIRE blog reports.
University of North Florida Earns FIRE’s Highest Rating for Free Speech
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., September 10, 2015—The University of North Florida (UNF) has eliminated all of its unconstitutional speech codes, earning the highest, “green light” rating for...
The community comes together to remember.
From My News 13:
Valencia College displays 911 memorial
OSCEOLA COUNTY —
This week mark 14 years since two planes struck the Twin Towers in New York.Now, local leaders in Central Florida want to make sure today’s young people fully grasp the horror and tragedy when terrorists attack the...
The school made the students attend the play and some students misbehaved by heckling. Now those students face punishment.
Blake Neff reports at the Daily Caller.
College Promises To Punish Students Who Heckled Mandatory Play
A liberal arts college in North Carolina is pledging to identify and potentially punish students who heckled a play...
Joliet Junior College joins others across the country who are taking time to remember those we lost fourteen years ago today.
From the Joliet Patch:
Joliet Junior College to Hold 9/11 Tribute
Joliet Junior College will pay tribute to those who lost their lives in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks at 8:45 a.m....
Who needs due process on campus? One Democrat in Colorado doesn’t think schools even need definitive proof that a rape occurred before expulsion.
Robby Soave reports at Reason.
Rep. Jared Polis Thinks Colleges Should Be Able to Expel Students When They’re Only 20% Sure a Rape Happened
Forget preponderance of evidence—Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colorado)...
The good times are coming to an end.
Fox 32 Chicago reports.
College presidents’ pricey perks coming to an end
CHICAGO (FOX 32 News) – They were paid six figures and are accused of mismanaging millions. Now, two financial officials with the College of DuPage are out of jobs. But they are not alone.
Top...
From $51,300 to $870.
US News reports.
10 Private Schools with Highest, Lowest Sticker Prices
The bad news is that sticker prices at private colleges and universities continue to climb.
The good news is that almost no one pays those jaw-dropping amounts.
In fact, nearly 90 percent of freshmen at private universities earned some institutional grant...
Have progressives even taken over higher education at Catholic colleges?
It sure looks that way.
Peter Hasson of Campus Reform reported.
Report: 63 Catholic colleges have ties to Planned Parenthood
Sixty-three Catholic colleges and universities have ties to Planned Parenthood, according to an investigative report released by the Cardinal Newman Society.
The report, which is titled...
Free, huh? How is he planning to pay for this, and if someone is paying it’s not exactly free is it?
Ashley A. Smith reports at Inside Higher Ed.
Obama Steps Up Push for Free
The White House is stepping up the effort to make tuition free at community colleges across the country.
President Obama...
You can now major in alcohol.
The College Fix reports.
Five of the most obscure college degrees in America
It’s that time of year again – the hallways and classrooms at universities across the country are filling with bleary-eyed students binge-drinking coffee before their 8 a.m. lecture.
But for some students the cl...
Law schools have a subset of the higher ed bubble all to themselves.
George Leef examines the issue in a new post at See Thru Edu.
We Have Oversold Law School – Now What?
Articles on the huge gap between the number of students graduating from law school and the number of jobs available...
Those in New Haven are proud today.
USA Today reports.
There’s a new No. 1 college in the U.S.
Yale’s 2019 freshman class already knew they were attending an elite institution. What they didn’t know was how elite.
Its 1,364 incoming freshmen are officially attending the top school in the USA, according to new data...
Wikipedia just wasn’t left leaning enough for these Harvard students.
Jennifer Kabbany reports at the College Fix.
Harvard students edit Wikipedia in effort to ‘dismantle the patriarchy’
Reason No. 128 why trusting Wikipedia can be dangerous territory: Harvard students recently held a Wikipedia “edit-a-thon” in an effort to “dismantle the patriarchy,” The Harvard...
