There will be no more textbooks at University of Maryland University College. This will save their students a lot of money but will it work?
USA Today reports.
Maryland university to eliminate textbooks
The University of Maryland University College plans to eliminate textbooks this fall to save students money by using resources online.
Kara Van...
The accused student claims the university did nothing to protect him and made his life a living hell.
The Associated Press reports.
University Defends Mattress-Carrying Project Against Lawsuit
Citing the importance of the First Amendment, Columbia University asked a judge Friday to reject a student’s lawsuit...
In the newest video from Prager University, FIRE president Greg Lukianoff examines the threat to free speech coming from American college campuses.
As a nation, we’re going to have to deal with this problem sooner or later.
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Should offensive speech be banned? Where should we, as a society, draw the...
Sexual assault should be handled by the justice system, not campus kangaroo courts.
From the Washington Examiner:
Chicago Tribune calls for police reporting of campus sexual assault
A Chicago Tribune editorial from Friday called for colleges and universities to turn accusations of sexual assault over to the police.
While the editorial board spends the first...
The school has enrolled over 3,000 Chinese students since 2014.
From the Indy Star.
Chinese student population surges at Indiana University
More international students at Indiana University are coming from China than any other country.
Data from the university show that 3,100 Chinese students were enrolled on the Bloomington campus in 2014, the latest statistics...
The man behind some of Americas most iconic horror flicks passed away Sunday. Craven didn’t wait to get to Hollywood before he began to cause a stir. While attending Wheaton College, Craven served as an editor for a campus literary magazine, which ultimately lead the school’s president to denounce him from...
There was some legal back and forth about this but it has finally happened.
From the Associated Press, via ABC News.
University of Texas Removes Jefferson Davis Statue
A statue of Jefferson Davis was removed from its pedestal Sunday on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin, days after a court rejected...
I understand being disenchanted with the Republican Senate Majority leader, but this is a bit much…
The Daily Caller reports:
Tulane University College Democrats To Mitch McConnell: ‘Suck My D***’
What claims to be the official Twitter account of the Tulane University College Democrats celebrated the one-year anniversary of the death of Michael Brown...
Students have been told that use of these words could actually affect their grades.
Peter Hasson reports at Campus Reform.
Professors threaten bad grades for saying ‘illegal alien,’ ‘male,’ ‘female’
Multiple professors at Washington State University have explicitly told students their grades will suffer if they use terms such as “illegal alien,” “male,” and...
The results are striking.
Campus Reform reports.
Fed study: degrees didn’t protect blacks, Latinos from downturn
As the 2016 presidential contenders eagerly vie for the youth vote with promises to expand and further subsidize higher education, a new study claims that a degree is no guarantee of financial stability, at least for African-Americans...
Let’s hope they share the winning entries on YouTube.
From the Loyola school paper, The Maroon.
Social justice film contest seeks undergrad submissions
America Media and the Ignatian Solidarity Network have announced a new social justice film contest entitled “Voices from the Margins ’15.”
The contest invites college undergraduates to participate by creating short films...
Joe Boucher, former producer of the ‘Simpsons’ and ‘King of the Hill’ is returning to his alma matter, but this time as a staff member.
The Washington Times reports:
Former ‘Simpsons’ producer to return to Roanoke College
ROANOKE, Va. (AP) – Roanoke College is getting animated.
Joe Boucher, a former producer for “The Simpsons” and...
Classless act by vandals.
Stanford News reports.
Stanford police seek information on vandalism of Angel of Grief
Stanford police are seeking information and witnesses to recent vandalism of the white marble Angel of Grief statue at the Stanford Family Mausoleum.
The Stanford Department of Public Safety received a report on Tuesday, Aug. 11, that someone...
Well, almost no one. Eric Owens of the Daily Caller reports that very few people are majoring in the subject.
Russia Is Such A Backwater Dump Nobody Wants To Study It Anymore
The state of new research and graduate-level instruction on Russia in American colleges and universities is depressingly sad because, in a...
Selfie culture has now entered the world of higher education.
Dave Huber reports at the College Fix.
Indiana U. Northwest to offer course dedicated to studying … selfies
Eve Bottando’s course “Mass Communications and Culture” at Indiana University Northwest this fall will be all about the “selfie.”
“People think selfies aren’t worthy of nuanced conversations,...
He would push players to play while injured.
Inside Higher Ed reports.
Allegations of Athletic Abuse Vindicated
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on Friday abruptly fired its head football coach, Tim Beckman, after an external review into the coach’s behavior revealed that he put his players at risk by deterring them from reporting...
This is a very sordid story. I feel bad for the student if it’s true.
Philip Messing reports at the New York Post.
Student ‘molested’ by TSA agent in LaGuardia bathroom
A uniformed TSA agent lured a college student into a La Guardia Airport men’s room under the pretense she needed more screening —...
Some advice for prospective law students.
US News reports.
Law School Grads Share Application Dos and Don’ts
Applying early can leverage opportunities for scholarships, says one law school graduate.
There is no surefire way for getting into the right law school.
Some applicants take the LSAT numerous times to get a competitive score. Others apply to...
Economic changes have prompted an increasing number of college students to take on contractor jobs as opposed to “traditional jobs.”
Robert Farrington explains at Forbes:
College Students And The Small-Job Economy
The modern day economy is changing, and the jobs that used to be readily available for college students have shifted. Th...
A new post by Peter Wood of Minding the Campus explores the danger of group think in academia.
The Pressure of Group Thought
Academic “consensus” is in the news. Stetson University professor of psychology Christopher Ferguson, writing in the Chronicle of Higher Education,recently gave a run-down on how the American Psychological Association supposedly...
Mark Normand of Last Comic Standing chatted with the folks at The Federalist about college kids and their depressing lack of humor.
From The Federalist:
Comedian Mark Normand Says College Kids Can’t Take A Joke Anymore
The hilarious Mark Normand of Last Comic Standing joins Federalist Radio. The funnyman tells Ben that today comedy...
Have students had enough of mandatory diversity?
The College Fix reports.
New mandatory diversity class at University of Oklahoma draws boos from students
Freshmen will be required to take a 5-hour course on diversity in their first year, starting this fall at the University of Oklahoma, Tulsa World reported in June.
Now that students are...
