I can understand not wanting students to take over the meeting but would it hurt to have some student representatives there?
Kaitlyn Schallhorn of Campus Reform reports.
Students surprised with monumental tuition hike while locked out of tuition meeting
As the University of Virginia announced a plan to increase tuition by 11 percent—one of...
Should students write in only a blog format?
Inside Higher Ed reports.
Blogs, Essays or Both?
Asking students to blog for an audience of their classmates instead of writing an essay for a professor can bring out different qualities in their writing, according to a study published in next month’s volume of Teaching Sociology....
The most transparent administration ever.
Michael Stratford of Inside Higher Ed reported.
U.S. Keeps Scrutiny of Risky Colleges Secret
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Education is so concerned about the risk that dozens of colleges pose to students and taxpayers that it has curtailed access to federal money at those inst...
How do you get the most for your college investment?
Forbes reports.
Cashing In On The Right College
Some 40 million Americans have gone into debt to finance a college education for the right reason: They wanted to improve their economic prospects and learn something new.
But it’s always debatable if that money was well...
Exactly two people – as in one, two – have filed over 1,700 sex discrimination complaints to the Dept. of Education and the Obama administration won’t say who they are.
Does this sound a little fishy to you?
Lindsey Layton reports at the Washington Post.
Civil rights compl...
The University of Oklahoma frat member caught on film apologized publicly today.
Susanna Kim reports for ABC News:
One of the former University of Oklahoma fraternity members seen chanting a racist song in a video spoke publicly for the first time today, saying he’s...
We can’t let facts get in the way of a helpful political narrative, right?
From Ace of Spades.
Senator For Gurlz (TM) Kirsten Gillibrand: Don’t Blame The “Victim” Who Invented The UVA Gang-Rape Hoax Out of Whole Cloth Just To Get the Attention of a Boy She Had a Crush On
We need a...
According to Buzzfeed, after a Stanford University article explained how to access the secrets of your college admission file, some of the nation’s top university’s are having Enron parties with admissions files.
Molly Hensley-Clancy reports:
Elite Colleges Are Now Destroying Admissions Records
This January, a group of Stanford University students gained access to their...
This piece by Lenore Skenazy of Reason goes a long way in explaining the behavior of some college students today.
College Students: Stop Acting Like You’re Made of Sugar Candy
What happens when a generation grows up being told that nothing is safe enough, not even a walk home from the park? Or...
A college education is so expensive these days, it must be looked on as an investment, but all investments are risky.
Fortune reports.
The risks of investing in a college education
Over the next week or so, the last of the 3.5 million American high school students will know whether or not they’ve been...
This story was published last month but we haven’t covered it yet and it’s pretty amazing.
Watch:
Pump Up the Bass To Douse a Blaze: Mason Students’ Invention Fights Fires
A thumping bass may do more than light up a party—it could flat out extinguish it, thanks to a new sound-blasting fire extinguisher by...
Following the controversy over a racist video, the University of Oklahoma has hired a diversity officer.
Jake New of Inside Higher Ed reports.
About Time?
The speed and forcefulness with which David Boren, president of the University of Oklahoma, moved to punish members of Sigma Alpha Epsilon after they were caught singing a racist...
Despite widespread negative coverage of a bulletin board that shames ‘privileged’ students, Appalachian is leaving the board in place.
From The Appalachian.
University Housing defends East Hall bulletin board amidst controversy
University Housing said they will not take down a bulletin board posted in East Residence Hall by a resident assistant, despite a continuing...
Enrollment at the online university is down. Way down.
Spencer Jakab writes at the Wall Street Journal:
University of Phoenix Flames Out
Executives at Apollo Education Group Inc. would love to live their marketing slogan: “I am a Phoenix.”
While the once-soaring for-profit education giant isn’t in ashes, its business has shriveled. For example, degreed...
I hope the members of this fraternity (whose lives were ruined) end up owning the university.
Chuck Ross of the Daily Caller reported.
President Of Fraternity Falsely Accused Of Gang-Rape In Rolling Stone Article Shares Details Of Who Might Be Sued
The national president of Phi Kappa Psi, the fraternity whose University of Virginia...
Maybe college is not always the right choice.
The Christian Science Monitor reports.
Why college isn’t (and shouldn’t be) for everyone
I know a high school senior who’s so worried about whether she’ll be accepted at the college of her choice she can’t sleep.
The parent of another senior tells me he stands at the...
This was a very nice gesture on the part of these young ladies.
Spencer Irvine of Accuracy in Academia reports.
Liberty University Female College Chapter Offers Support for Jewish Fraternities in Light of Anti-Semitic Graffiti
The Liberty University chapter for the Young Women for America, released a video to show their support for Jewish...
What happened at Cornell?
Minding the Campus reports.
Now Cornell Is Being Sued
Cornell is the latest university to face a due process lawsuit; last week, attorney Andrew Miltenberg filed a suit in New York’s Northern District. (You can read the complaint here.) The specifics are depressingly familiar—though with something of a twist, since...
This student may actually be expelled over a misunderstanding on the university’s part.
PR Log reports. Hat tip to Instapundit.
George Washington University Makes Racist Mistake, But Blames and Bans Student
George Washington University officials made a racist or religious mistake but, instead of promptly correcting it, they have blamed a Jewish student for...
So this happened…
Erin Gloria Ryan of Jezebel writes:
Entire College Rugby Team Suspended Over Recorded ‘Fuck a Whore’ Chant
One chilly afternoon in late November 2014, a few dozen students at the University of Mary Washington gathered in a house about a half mile off their Fredericksburg, Virgini...
Talk about a life ruining nightmare. Ashe Schow of the Washington Examiner reports.
Student accused of sexual assault: Like being at the ‘bottom of this pit’
Joshua Strange was accused of sexual assault in 2011 by an ex-girlfriend and expelled from Auburn University. Since then, he’s told his story numerous times, but hasn’t...
This sounds like something straight out of Chairman Mao’s Little Red Book.
Unreal.
Kaitlyn Schallhorn of Campus Reform reports.
App State dorm bulletin board shames ‘privileged’ students
A bulletin board hung by a resident assistant in a primarily freshmen and sophomore dorm shames those who are have white, male, Christian, able-bodied, heterosexual, or cisgendered “privilege.”
“Why...
