And he’s a flag stomper. How charming. I guess this is how higher education opens one’s mind.
Chuck Ross of the Daily Caller reports.
Valdosta State Student Who Stomped US Flag Wants To Kill All White People
Eric Sheppard, the Valdosta State University student who was confronted last month by an Air Force veteran...
Incensed over Oxford University’s plan to divest from oil sands and coal, some 70 alum symbolically gave back their degrees.
From Clean Technica:
Oxford University Divestment Plans Yields No Support From Alum
Oxford University announced last week its intentions to divest from coal and oil sands companies, however, almost 70 Oxford alumni have criticized...
This is a very inspirational story. Congratulations to this young man.
Liz Klimas of the Blaze reports.
College Football Player Who Was Paralyzed His Freshman Year Just Graduated. See the Two Amazing Things He Did Over the Weekend.
More than four years ago, Chris Norton made a tackle on a kickoff that would change...
No talking about God at school!
Accuracy in Academia reports.
School Bans “God” From Homework
Mackenzie Fraiser may be a sixth grader, but she knows more about her constitutional rights than Somerset Academy. The Las Vegas school took a big gamble when it told a 12-year-old girl to drop God from a paper for...
What’s the point of going to college if you end up being unable to support yourself?
From Yahoo News.
Half of college graduates expect to be supported by their families
American college graduates — and their parents — appear to be increasingly reluctant to cut the financial apron strings.
About half of students expect to...
Good news!
USA Today reports.
More college grads are getting better jobs
Employers are recruiting freshly minted college graduates more intensively this spring and not just to be food servers, cashiers and call center representatives.
Melissa Remmey, 22, who graduated from Wake Forest University in North Carolina last week with a political science degree, recently...
Of course. If there’s one thing that no one associates with Oberlin, it’s liberal activism.
David Knowles of Bloomberg reports.
Michelle Obama Urges Activism in Oberlin College Commencement Speech
First lady Michelle Obama had a message for the graduates of Oberlin College on Monday: Get to work.
“I want to urge you to actively seek...
The University of Oregon is considering rolling out a student health care plan that’s Obamacare friendly.
According to the The Register-Guard:
University of Oregon considers creating UOCare, its own self-insured student health plan
The University of Oregon is proposing to create its own health insurance plans — UOCare —...
Italians aren’t too thrilled with plans for a new university in their backyard.
Newsweek reports:
Odd School Ties: Islamic University Creates Backlash in Italy
Perched on the heel of Italy’s “boot,” the town of Lecce has long been known for its comely churches and intricate Baroque buildings. Today, however, the “Florence of the South”...
It looks like Syracuse is trying to avoid being consumed by the higher ed bubble. Good for them.
Syracuse.com reports.
After years of losing money, Syracuse University tightens its belt and its mission
Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud grew up outside of Rochester. The lesson of Eastman Kodak is part of his DNA.
He does...
Robert De Niro probably deserves credit for honesty, though his choice of words could have been better.
Daniel NUssbaum of Breitbart reported.
De Niro to Graduating Class: You’re F**ked
Robert De Niro delivered the commencement speech to graduates of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts on Friday, opening up his remarks with a blunt...
Students need to be protected.
The College Fix reports.
Over 500 UC alumni urge adoption of measures to fight campus antisemitism
More than 500 University of California alumni have joined 23 organizations in requesting that UC President Janet Napolitano “adopt a number of measures to rein in antisemitic acts against students.”
One of these is...
The former house speaker gave a commencement speech at San Jose State University.
Mark Hensch of The Hill reported.
Pelosi to new grads: Find strength in diversity
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) instructed the Class of 2015 on Saturday to celebrate America’s history as a cultural melting pot.
“Our founders had confidence in a...
Another college planning to close.
Inside Higher Ed reports.
Notoriety and Now Closure
Just a few years ago New Jersey-based Drake College of Business was seeing record growth and opening its second location. But now the for-profit institution, with a campuses in Elizabeth and Newark, will close its doors.
The priv...
Since student debt is now over a trillion dollars, it’s hard to see how this wouldn’t be an election issue.
Douglas Belkin of the Wall Street Journal reported.
Student Debt Is Hot Topic for 2016 Field
The rise in college costs—and student-loan burdens—is breaking through...
This is the kind of thing we love to see from our institutions of higher education.
The Washington Times reports:
University begins project to help blind students with math
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Until he was 13, Logan Prickett did everything a normal child did.
However, anaphylactic reaction to contrast dye in an MRI test...
Rutgers-Camden students got a special performance during their graduation ceremony this year.
Fox News reported.
New Jersey rocker Jon Bon Jovi addresses Rutgers-Camden graduates with new song
Rocker Jon Bon Jovi has a new song of graduation advice.
He broke it out Thursday while giving a commencement address for Rutgers University’s Camden campus.
In verse, he...
Climate activists have set their crosshairs on Edinburgh University.
The Guardian reports:
Climate activists attack Edinburgh University’s stance on fossil fuels
A group of academics and climate activists from around the world has condemned the University of Edinburgh’s refusal to divest from fossil fuel companies, saying that its arguments for not doing so are...
Because patriarchy or something, right?
Jennifer Kabbany of the College Fix reports.
Crowd of college coeds go topless in quad to protest indecency laws
A crowd of female UC San Diego students took off their shirts and bras and hung around a grassy quad with their breasts exposed Wednesday in a protest against indecency laws.
The coeds...
Football in college is more like the pros now.
Bleacher Report reports.
Everett Golson and the New Free Agency in College Football
In the end, the only things missing from The Decision: Everett Golson-style were Jim Gray and ESPN. But it’s one thing waiting for the world’s greatest professional basketball player, LeBron James, to...
Some colleges seem to have trouble with the first and second amendments.
Mary Lou Byrd of the Washington Free Beacon reported.
Student Sues College After Gun Rights Sign Needed ‘Special Permission’
A student at a Texas college filed a lawsuit Wednesday claiming administrators shut down her free speech event that included a gun rights...
Though it may likely be called a violation of the first amendment.
FIRE reports.
State Department’s Anti-Semitism Definition Would Likely Violate First Amendment on Public Campuses
In a radio interview yesterday, University of California (UC) President Janet Napolitano stated that she believes the UC system should adopt the U.S. State Department’s definition of anti-Semitism....
