That’s one way to stave off the higher ed bubble.
Kellie Woodhouse reports at Inside Higher Ed.
‘Bright Future’ Layoffs
After Ashland University on Friday laid off 23 instructors — many of them tenured — and eliminated another nine teaching positions, President Carlos Campos described the future at the financially troubled university as “bright.”
The move...
Taking the tiny house to the extreme.
The Associated Press reports:
College Student Lives in 96-Square-Foot Solar-Powered House
A college student in Vermont is living in a 96-square-foot house he built to reduce his carbon footprint — and save money.
The Rutland Herald reports ( http://bit.ly/1MwOCWq ) that Green Mountain College senior Rob Dunn has...
Rand Paul is hoping he can capture the college vote for 2016.
Athena Jones reports at CNN.
Rand Paul aims to woo college students to boost his primary chances
Republican Sen. Rand Paul is hoping college students will give him an edge over his GOP opponents as the presidential primary season heats up.
With Back...
And yet, tuition at California’s state schools keeps going up.
Larry Gordon reports at the Los Angeles Times.
College students move off campus as room and board costs rise
When he moves off campus this fall, UCLA junior Will Van Der Wey said, he will miss the variety of dining hall meals. His homemade...
Sorry kids, no union for you.
The Las Vegas Sun writes:
Board dismisses ruling to allow college athletes to unionize
CHICAGO — The National Labor Relations Board on Monday overturned a historic ruling that gave Northwestern University football players the go-head to form the nation’s first college athletes’ union, saying the prospect of union...
President Polk ran on a one term promise, but that was in 1844. Professor Lessig takes this to a whole other level by promising to vacate the office after sweeping reforms to fix a “rigged system”.
The Washington Post reports.
Lawrence Lessig wants to run for president — in a most unconventional way
Presidential...
Nick Gillespie of Reason interviews Chapman University president Jim Doti about free speech and other issues in higher education.
Watch it all below.
Here’s more:
Comedians such as Jerry Seinfield and Chris Rock aren’t the only people who feel college campuses have grown intolerant of free speech. Jim Doti, President of Chapman University, shares...
A debate has been sparked about the traditions at Yale.
Yale Daily News reports.
Stephen Davis asks Pierson students not to call him “master”
Stephen Davis, a religious studies professor who has led Pierson College since July 2013, has asked that students cease calling him “master.”
In a Friday email to the Pierson community, Davis...
As we reported last week, the University of Texas decided to move a statue of Jefferson Davis. That plan is now on hold.
Caleb Howe reported at The Right Scoop.
Plan to Remove Confederate Statue Brought to a Halt in Texas After Legal Challenge
The University of Texas in Austin had a plan. The...
Earning a score of 3 or better on Advanced Placement exams is enough for college credit in Illinois.
The Chicago Tribune reports:
Illinois streamlines AP test score requirements for college credit
High school seniors taking Advanced Placement exams this coming school year could have a better chance of earning college credit before they...
The cost of college largely varies from state to state.
Business Insider reports.
The most expensive college in every state
College costs can vary widely across the US, with tuition costing significantly more in some states than others.
To chart this range, we found the most expensive college in each state, based on overall direct...
Who needs microaggressions when you can get microcredentials?
Paul Fain reports at Inside Higher Ed.
Establishment Goes Alternative
Traditional colleges have been mostly on the sidelines for the early development of online microcredentials or badges — the kind that aren’t linked to conventional courses and the credit hour. Educational technology companies and other alternative...
It’s difficult to keep up with all the rules but some of them have obvious flaws.
Greg Piper reports at the College Fix.
Here’s one weird trick for proving sexual consent at the University of Alaska
The University of Alaska just adopted a new “affirmative consent” policy for sex between students.
That’s not new –...
An example of this? A UCLA store in the land down under.
The Age reports.
University is more than a business
God, I hated that song at uni. It was old enough to be classic, but not old enough to be cool.
It did well enough to fill a dance floor in the houses that...
Paul Caron of the TaxProfBlog points to a recent column which explores the subject.
McGinnis & Schanzenbach: It’s Time To End Faculty Tenure
Wall Street Journal op-ed: College Tenure Has Reached Its Sell-By Date, by John O. McGinnis (Northwestern) & Max M. Schanzenbach(Northwestern):
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has come under fire from academics nationwide for calling on...
This professor likes the differences between George Mason and UCLA.
The College Fix reports.
Meet the professor who gladly left UCLA and hasn’t looked back
It’s not that Professor Tim Groseclose doesn’t get into debates with his peers at George Mason University, he does – and they’re robust and exciting exchanges.
But...
Not everyone wants to rack up student loan debt before starting a career. Some high school grads are looking for career-building alternatives to college.
The Christian Science Monitor writes:
Eight career-building alternatives to a college education
College isn’t for everyone, and as U.S. student loan debt continues to rise unchecked, many would-be undergraduates are...
We all know what a great judge of integrity Mrs. Clinton can be when she wants to.
Carl Straumsheim reports at Inside Higher Ed.
Does Online Ed Lack ‘Integrity’?
A line about the integrity of online learning in Hillary Clinton’s higher education plan has experts on online education questioning...
Pushing boundaries has been exchanged for “safe space.”
Megan McArdle writes at the New York Post:
Behind college kids’ rising demands for censorship
When I was in college, people who wanted to censor others were forthrightly moralistic, trying to silence “bad” speech. Today’s students don’t couch their demands...
Andrew Kelly of Minding the Campus writes of a talk he recently gave on higher education reform.
A Conservative Path to Higher Ed Reform
This is an edited transcript of comments delivered by Mr. Kelly at the 2015 Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Symposium on “The Future of Higher Education” June 3 in...
Students at universities are being obliged to pledge their loyalty by taking the “Sustainability Literacy Test.”
Accuracy In Academia reports.
Sustainability in Higher Education
Sustainability has become a recurring theme among American colleges, and whether it’s through university curricula or carbon offsets, this new-wave has pressed students to org...
Trump could always just point to Obama as an example of why he shouldn’t have to release his college records.
The College Fix reports.
Some call for Donald Trump to release his college transcripts
So if Donald Trump is going to call his opponents a bunch of idiots, then the least he can do...
