Colleges definitely know how to spend money.
College Fix reports.
Colleges continue to blow through money like there’s no tomorrow
Two North Carolina institutions of higher education are announcing an agreement Thursday afternoon to streamline students’ ability to transfer between them.
That’s a boon to students at the 58 members of the North Carolina Community...
There’s no end to the things you’re not allowed to do on college campuses.
National Post reports.
University bans native headdresses, fake dreadlocks from frosh week because of ‘cultural appropriation’
Leave your native headdresses and fake dreadlocks at home. And don’t bother with the Mohawks, bandanas, tank tops or short shorts, either.
Western University student...
Davis finally got it right.
FIRE reports.
UC Davis Reverses Punishment of Student Club That Used University Name
DAVIS, Calif., August 27, 2015—The University of California, Davis (UC Davis) has reversed its punishment of a student club, concluding that the Ayn Rand Society at UC Davis (ARS) did not violate the university’s trademark policy...
A Florida State diploma is not the only thing you get as part of this bargain. No, you will also receive Stephanie Ritter’s entire college experience. Or at least an abbreviated version of it.
From Rare:
This Florida State graduate just came up with an interesting way to get $50,000
Stephanie Ritter is...
You may remember Jonathan Gruber. He’s the guy who called Americans stupid for falling for his and Obama’s lies about Obamacare.
Alex McHaddad reports at the College Fix.
College students nationwide assigned public finance textbook by Jonathan Gruber
The architect of the Affordable Care Act is also the architect behind the way in which many...
The University of Tennessee Knoxville is advocating revamping the English language in order to be more inclusive. ‘They?’ Hardly. You must now refer to ‘them’ as ‘hir’ ‘zir’ or ‘xem.’ Yes, this is real life.
From Fox News:
Call me ‘ze,’ not ‘he’: University wants everyone to use ‘gender inclusive’ pronouns
Educators in the...
The left is always talking about fairness but they don’t really mean it.
Lauren Houck reports at Campus Reform.
Student told she can’t start conservative club
Moriah DeMartino, an incoming freshman at Hagerstown Community College (HCC) in Maryland, has been told she cannot establish a conservative club on campus.
When DeMartino approached school administrators in...
MIT comes out on top.
Business Insider reports.
Hiring managers say these are the 25 best colleges in America
We recently released our seventh-annual list of the 50 best colleges in America.
To create the list, we asked more than 1,000 Business Insider readers to weigh in on which schools best prepare students for success...
This report is fascinating. The new tackle device is remote controlled and can even right itself. Plus it cuts down on player injuries.
Watch the video below.
Adjuncts are not happy with the status quo of their positions.
Inside Higher Ed reports.
Developing Adjuncts
Non-tenure-track faculty members are the majority of the teaching force, so what are colleges and universities doing to help them develop as teachers? As for many issues related to adjuncts, there’s a significant data gap on the...
Gotta keep pushing that narrative.
Morgan Chalfant of the Washington Free Beacon reports.
Feds Promote Study Saying 43 Percent of Dating College Girls Are Victims of ‘Abuse’
The Obama administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ) is promoting a study that claims 43 percent of college women who date are victims of “dating abuse,” a category...
This could be a problem for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.
Time magazine reports.
Trump University Was A Scam, Say Former Students
Do you remember Trump University? Probably not — it didn’t really catch on.
And one big reason it didn’t catch on is because it was a total scam, say a slew of former students...
Some colleges are sitting on endowments worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Should they be taxed?
Howard Gleckman explores the issue in a new column at Forbes.
Should College Endowments Be Taxed?
Last week, the often-provocative Victor Fleischer rocked the higher education world with a New York Times op-ed that accused universities of hoarding...
There seems to be a lot of this sort of thing going around these days.
Valerie Strauss reports at the Washington Post.
Sound familiar? Two university leaders resign after using personal e-mails for business
Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state and front-runner for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, is embroiled in a contr...
Stay in high school that extra year?
The Detroit Free Press reports.
5 years of high school can net students college degree
Justin Schlehuber is starting his freshman year soon in Lincoln Park, and one thing is already certain: He’ll be in high school for five years. But when he leaves, he’ll have something...
Now here’s a plan to deal with the rising cost of college. Make the pot smokers pay.
Jesse Paul reports at the Denver Post.
Pueblo County commissioner seeks marijuana tax-funded college scholarships
A Pueblo County commissioner is proposing a ballot measure for a program to fund college scholarships through a marijuana excise tax.
Commissioner Sal...
Since the frat house was off-campus and this is a public university, the school really had nothing to say about it.
Sarah McLaughlin reports at the FIRE blog.
Public Universities Threaten Students Over Controversial Off-Campus Banners
Public universities must tolerate students’ off-campus speech even when it offends some, or most, of the student body....
Save some money this year.
ABC 13 reports.
Ways to save on college textbooks
Nationally, college students are expected to spend up to $1,100 on textbooks, but there are ways to get significant savings.
At the University of Houston’s Barnes and Noble, you can save up to 80 percent when you rent a used textbook...
Doesn’t it seem like some schools are going to extreme lengths to prove how progressive they are?
Breana Noble reports at the College Fix.
Public university offers transgender voice lessons
UConn group meant for individuals ‘pursuing vocal and communication changes related to gender identity’
Classes to help transgender individuals alter their vocalization are slated to be offered this...
This is awesome. A student named Lem Turner has won free tuition for a semester at Ball State for making a half court basket.
Watch the video below:
FOX News has more.
Ball State freshman wins free tuition with half-court shot
An incoming freshman has won free tuition for a semester at Ball State University...
Should students be required to violate the terms of their faith for an assignment?
Colleen Flaherty reports at Inside Higher Ed.
Not So ‘Fun Home’
Alison Bechdel’s graphic novel Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic has won numerous accolades and its stage adaptation swept this summer’s Tony Awards. The book is an autobiographical meditation on...
Free speech is an issue that’s even affecting scholars on campus, not just students.
Alex Morey reports at the FIRE blog.
Bioethicist Alice Dreger Resigns from Northwestern Over Censorship
Bioethicist and author Alice Dreger has resigned from her professorship at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, citing continuing censorship by university administrators.
“An institution in...
