Forget gender “sensitive” pronouns, this University in Thailand is requiring all students to take a class which focuses on gender identification.
From AOL:
University introduces mandatory transgender education class
One of Thailand’s oldest and most prestigious schools, Thammasat University, is turning heads as they are now requiring freshmen to take a Social Life Skills...
Uber Technologies dropped a chunk of coin that will be used to create robotics fellowships at Carnegie Mellon.
Trib Live reports:
Uber gives $5.5 million to Carnegie Mellon University
Uber Technologies gifted $5.5 million to Carnegie Mellon University for a faculty chair and three new robotics graduate fellowships, the university...
Isn’t $108 million a year a small price to pay for the feelings of a small group of campus activists?
The Harvard Crimson reported.
Study: University Could Lose $108 Million Annually If It Divests
A study funded by the petroleum industry has claimed that Harvard would lose $108 million in investment returns per year...
I bet most college students know about rape culture and microaggressions, though.
The College Fix reported.
STUDY: Shocking number of college graduates are idiots when it comes to the Constitution
As if you didn’t have enough reasons to put on sackcloth and ashes when it comes to today’s college students…
The American Council of Trustees...
This comes after political uproar to punish the university for publishing the guide.
Inside Higher Ed reports.
Fear of New Pronouns
The University of Tennessee at Knoxville, under orders by the head of the University of Tennessee System, on Friday removed from its website a guide to pronouns that many transgender people prefer.
The guide,...
Someone clearly thought better of a bad plan.
Blake Neff reports at the Daily Caller.
Connecticut College Backs Off, Won’t Force Frats To Go Coed
An elite liberal arts college in Connecticut is backing off its unpopular push to force all its Greek houses to go coed.
In 2012, then-Trinity College president James F. Jones...
College students are adults. Do they really need their parents to monitor them?
Los Angeles Times reports.
College kids have too much privacy
A few years ago, an acquaintance received a stunning phone call from her daughter’s former college roommate. The conversation went something like this:
“I thought you should know your daughter never graduated...
How ironic that people studying education are suspected of having inflated grades.
Debra Erdley of Trib Live reported.
Grade inflation suspected for Pa. state-owned universities’ education majors
Figures from Pennsylvania’s state-owned universities that suggest would-be teachers are the top students at those schools could be a red flag for grade inflation, according to a...
Want to be successful in college? Might want to think about ditching these habits before they cause you trouble in the world of higher education.
USA Today reports:
8 high school habits that will fail you in college
Some of your high school habits will serve you well. However, making the assumption that they...
It’s not a bad idea. Most parents would likely want to know if there was a problem.
Jason Weaver reports at the College Fix.
We’re calling your parents – UMich pilot program cracks down on alcohol, drug abuse
University of Michigan freshmen who rack up two alcohol or drug violations won’t just have campus authorities...
When the Kansas State marching band’s depiction of the Starship Enterprise broke apart, the result had a few spectators wondering what had happened.
9 News reports:
Kansas State apologizes for ‘lewd’ halftime show
The last thing any university or team needs during the opening game of...
Prager University’s new video features Robert George, Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton, examining the erosion of liberty in America.
Watch below.
Here’s more information:
Course Description
Was the Constitution written in a way that was designed to protect freedom and limit the government’s size? Has it been effective in doing that? And what’s the Supreme...
He is saving about $6,000 in rent.
The Blaze reports.
See the Tiny House a College Student Decided to Build After He Was Frustrated About Rent Costs
The rent was just too high for one University of Michigan student until he decided to take matters into his own hands.
Christopher Cerk, a 21-year-old computer science...
Salena Zito of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review recently attended a Hillary event in Cleveland and provided a stunning report at Real Clear Politics.
Hillary Misses Mark With Millennials
From a distance, the visual of students lining up along Bellflower Road in this Rust Belt city’s University Circle neighborhood was good B-roll for Hillary Clinton’s...
Don’t worry, the Battle of Bulge can be beaten.
NBC News reports.
College Students: That Dreaded Freshman 15 Is Avoidable
The Freshman 15 is one of the most feared side effects of a student’s first year of college.
And though studies have found it’s not as bad as it sounds — and that the average...
All the talk about rape culture and sex assaults has got colleges over compensating with tons of talk about sex.
From the Associated Press via ABC News.
Sex Talk Part of Curriculum Under New York Campus Safety Law
They’d barely arrived on campus at St. Bonaventure University, but already the new students were talking...
Frozen yogurt. That’s right, frozen yogurt. Froyo because YOLO?
USA Today reports:
College students order more frozen yogurt than any other food
College students are not generally known for their healthy eating habits. It isn’t until you leave home that you realize cooking is a lot harder than your parents made it look.
Ordering food...
Here are some mistakes to be avoided.
Time reports.
6 Common Money Mistakes College Freshmen Make
College freshmen across the country are settling in at school for the first time and, with the high cost of tuition, money is in short supply. But even if they’ve gotten great deals on their textbooks and saved...
It was a student owned drone and luckily, no one was hurt. This is clearly a 21st century problem.
FOX Sports reported.
Another drone crashes in stadium, this time at Kentucky
A student’s drone crashed into a part of newly renovated Commonwealth Stadium before the Wildcats faced Louisiana-Lafayette in the season opener, Kentucky officials...
Eight charter schools are currently set to open in the state. No one really knows what to do next.
The Seattle Times reports.
State Supreme Court: Charter schools are unconstitutional
After nearly a year of deliberation, the state Supreme Court ruled 6-3 late Friday afternoon that charter schools are unconstitutional, creating chaos for hundreds...
It’s amazing what some people on the left will admit if you just let them talk long enough.
The College Fix reports.
Feminist research fellow: Put all men ‘in some kind of camp’
In an interview with the website radfem collective, founder of the group Justice for Women and research fellow at the University...
This is what capitalism does. And some still want communism?
Cornell Review reports.
Capitalists Wreak Havoc at Cornell By Donating Millions of Dollars
Those dastardly capitalists are at it again.
In late June, Cornell’s Department of Biomedical Engineering received a $50 million gift from the Meinig family, prominent benef...
