New polling data Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice and Braun Research, Inc. found a majority of Americans support educational savings accounts.
Opportunity Lives writes:
Poll: Majority of Americans Support Education Savings Accounts for All Students
More states are passing School Choice legislation than ever before despite the backlash from teacher unions. Education savings accounts...
Who could have imagined such a thing is true? Besides the people who have been saying it for years, I mean.
Blake Neff reported at the Daily Caller.
Feds Discover Their Own Aid Is To Blame For Rising Tuition
A new report by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York has found that the...
What will schools do to stay accredited? Some examples are suing, lobbying, and looking for a new rater.
The Wall Street Journal reports.
How Ailing Colleges Stay Accredited
When a Maryland college went to court last week to try to keep its accreditation, it was following a playbook that troubled schools have used for...
Why not just do a ‘Hunger Games’ style competition for the prize?
Jacqueline Thomsen reports at Inside Higher Ed.
A ‘Loan Lottery’
In New Jersey, some may be able to pay off thousands of dollars in student loans with one $3 payment — if they’re lucky.
A New Jersey state representative proposed legislation Monday morning...
She was admitted to Sweet Briar, but found it was closing forever. Now, she is planning to attend this fall.
The Washington Post reports.
A college-admissions disaster. And now, hopes for a happy ending
Amelia Currin sailed through the winter of her senior year of high school in North Carolina, admitted early decision to...
Have we really come to this? Will every college student need a lawyer in the future too?
Ashe Schow of the Washington Examiner reported.
Advocacy group distributes sexual ‘consent contracts’ to college students
The Affirmative Consent Project, which advocates for “yes means yes” sexual consent policies, has been distributing “consent contracts” to college students...
For-profit colleges might prove a viable alternative for those wishing to avoid the stranglehold of student loan debt.
Opportunity Lives writes:
For-Profit College Offer Viable Path For Students Looking to Avoid Crushing Debt
The Obama administration recently won a legal battle in its ongoing push against the for-profit college industry. Yet, as is so...
A sad story to be sure. Your heart breaks for the student’s family.
FOX News reported.
Family sues a year after California fraternity pledge dies on grueling hazing hike
The family of a California college student who died during a grueling fraternity hazing hike is suing the organization and the school, saying the young...
Texas private school Baylor University recently announced they’d be dropping a long-standing ban on ‘homosexual acts.’
The Houston Chronicle reports:
Baylor drops ban on ‘homosexual acts’
The world’s largest Baptist university has dropped a ban on “homosexual acts” in its sexual conduct policy.
After years of appeals from students, alumni and others, Baylor University revised...
The irony is that this student club will be seen by most as less controversial than a campus club for conservative students.
Pardes Seleh of Campus Reform reports.
Kinky sex club rises at USC
Students at the University of Southern California (USC) could soon be tied up, but not in their studies.
USC students have...
Let’s get inside the mind of an employer.
Forbes reports.
What Employers Are Looking For When Hiring Recent College Grads
Many employers today feel that recent college graduates are falling short in their preparedness to join the workforce. The qualities that result in job success are becoming harder and harder to find in college...
This is apparently going to be a regular thing now.
Alex Griswold of Mediaite reported.
UNC Confederate Memorial Vandalized with ‘Black Lives Matter,’ ‘KKK’
A memorial to Confederate soldiers who lost their lives in the Civil War on University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill’s campus was defaced over the weekend with the words “KKK,” “murderer,”...
She is accused of not being related to the Cherokee People.
Inside Higher Ed reports.
Scholar who has made name as Cherokee is accused of not having Native American roots
When the scandal broke last month over Rachel Dolezal, the Spokane, Wash., NAACP leader and adjunct instructor of Africana studies at Eastern Washington University...
Hillary’s enthusiasm gap at the college level might be worse than previously thought.
Sandor Farkas reported at the College Fix.
As Hillary Clinton stumps at Dartmouth, College Democrats no-shows, College Republicans turned away
‘I did not see any College Democrats there’
HANOVER, N.H. – A recent Hillary Clinton campaign stop at Dartmouth College saw College Republicans...
According to these studies, overbearing parents may be the cause of increased instances of depression among college students.
Slate reports:
Kids of Helicopter Parents Are Sputtering Out
Excerpted from How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success by Julie Lythcott-Haims, out now from Henry Holt...
This is one clever way to avoid student loans.
From the Daily Breeze.
Tech-minded El Segundo teen granted $100,000 to not go to college
Like so many parents, Tanya and Jim Latta expected their son Zach to go on to college after graduating from high school. As social workers with master’s degrees, the pair...
The progressive war on sex rages on…
The Star Tribune reports:
University of Minnesota to adopt ‘affirmative consent’ rule for sex partners
The University of Minnesota is joining a national movement requiring students to obtain “affirmative consent” from their sex partners or risk being disciplined for sexual assault.
The policy change, sometimes known as the...
They could start by stopping the flow of money out of Washington.
Emma Baccellieri writes at the Providence Journal.
Congress looks for ways to cut college costs
As college costs continue to climb, Congress is taking a fresh look at federal financial aid and considering ways to stop states from driving up tuition at...
Applications are down, but new law schools are being formed.
Bloomberg reports.
Is It Time to Start Shutting Down Law Schools?
This month, the American Bar Association provisionally accredited a new law school at Concordia University. More than 200 law schools are accredited in the U.S. An analysis of data from the ABA itself...
Courtney Such of Real Clear Policy recently interviewed Ben Miller from the Center for American Progress.
He doesn’t think student loan debt is a very big problem.
Student Loan Debt: It’s Not All Bad
As the national conversation about student debt continues, Ben Miller, senior director for post-secondary education at the Center for American...
A party divided?
The Denver Post reports.
Gay marriage ruling divides conservatives at Denver gathering
The legalization of gay marriage nationwide produced a stark political and generational divide Saturday at the Western Conservative Summit in Denver.
“I think you’d be really hard-pressed to find a college Republican who doesn’t like gay marriage,” said David Stoffey,...
I’m not sure this is the best way to address this problem.
The Hill reported.
Administration to punish colleges for poor education
The Obama administration will begin penalizing colleges that do not prepare students to find jobs in their chosen career paths after graduation.
The Education Department’s controversial “gainful employment” regulations went into effect Wednesday....
