Thankfully, their conference questioning Israel’s right to exist has been condemned as anti-semitic.
Patrick Sawer, and Jonny Paul report for The Telegraph:
University’s ‘anti-Semitic’ Israel conference condemned
A leading British university has been condemned for hosting a conference questioning Israel’s right to exist which critics say will legitimise anti-Semitism.
Pressure is growing on Southampton...
These students are lucky to have FIRE on their side.
David Deerson of the FIRE blog reports.
Media Report on Latest Stand Up For Speech Case: Censorship at Dixie State
Earlier in the month, students William Jergins, Joey Gillespie, and Forrest Gee filed a First Amendment lawsuit against Utah’s Dixie State University, the eighth...
Could a teacher be too Catholic to teach? Not at a public school, but a Catholic school!
Accuracy in Academia reports.
At NJ School, Chalk It up to Intolerance
Is it possible to be too Catholic to teach at Catholic school? New Jersey’s Immaculata High School thinks so. In a story that would be...
Evans obviously touched many lives with his work.
Greg Piper of the College Fix reports.
Honoring a luminary of the conservative college journalism movement
Vivian Hughbanks, a Hillsdale College student and our former intern at the Student Free Press Association, has written a short Townhall account from last Friday’s tribute to conservative college journalism...
Is it better to get the degree or dropout?
Forbes reports.
Is College Still Worth It?
Mark Zuckerberg. Bill Gates. Steve Jobs. Sir Richard Branson. These are some of the world’s most illustrious college dropouts. Of course, they’re also outliers – extraordinary individuals who probably didn’t need college to be successful in the first...
Apparently, social justice is a key component of being an effective writer.
Colleen Flaherty of Inside Higher Ed reports.
Write Privilege
TAMPA, Fla. — White privilege — the concept that whites benefit from structural racism in ways that similarly situated nonwhites don’t — has been hotly debated among academics for decades. But recent events...
Yesterday it was reported that a student from Reed College was banned from class because of his views on rape. Today, more details reveal the issue was not one of opinion, but one of behavior.
From our parent site, Legal Insurrection:
College student banished from class for his views on rape?
Yesterday, BuzzFeed News...
Sigma Chi is the latest fraternity to find itself suspended.
Michal Graczyk from the Associated Press reports for ABC News:
University of Houston Suspends Fraternity for Alleged Hazing
University of Houston officials are promising swift punishment, including expulsion and criminal charges, if allegations of hazing...
Of course they do. Nothing that happens at Berkeley surprises me anymore.
FOX News reported.
Student group demands California university rename building after convicted cop killer
A black student organization at the University of California at Berkeley is demanding the university rename a building on campus after Assata Shakur, a former Black Panther, convicted...
This is a tragic story.
NBC News reports:
University of South Carolina Fraternity Member Found Dead
A University of South Carolina fraternity member was found dead at an off-campus home, authorities said. The national organization of Pi Kappa Alpha has suspended the chapter.
Authorities identified the student as Charles Terreni Jr., 18, a freshman. Richland...
You can’t question rape culture in today’s academic environment. The narrative will not be challenged.
Blake Neff of the Daily Caller reported.
Student Barred From Class For Disputing Rape Statistics
A student at Reed College has been banned from class for denying the existence of “rape culture” in...
No college lectures and smoking on planes please.
New York Daily News reports.
SEE IT: Penn State-Abington professor arrested for ranting, smoking on Nicaragua-Miami flight
She couldn’t save it for the lecture hall.
A Pennsylvania college professor got arrested for launching into a recorded rant about U.S. relations with Venezuela halfway through a flight from...
This issue was put to bed at the school last year but the BDS activists won’t take no for an answer.
Matt Lamb of the College Fix reports.
Divestment resolution against Israel back on the table at Jesuit university
More support as a queer, feminist and black issue
Despite a veto from the student government...
He is the Ivy League food psychologist. He knows what makes you consume more calories.
Mother Jones reports.
This Fast-Food-Loving, Organics-Hating Ivy League Prof Will Trick You Into Eating Better
The Chicken Quesadilla Grande is calling to me. I am jet-lagged, starving, and fairly certain that a giant pile of melted cheese will dramatically...
Caleb Bonham of Campus Reform recently spoke with some students about their share of the national debt.
Take a look below.
VIDEO: Students shocked by their share of the national debt
Campus Reform hit...
Straight from the horse’s mouth.
Ed Morrissey writes for Hot Air:
Former Obama law prof: EPA is “burning the Constitution” with its CO2 regulations
What happens when two Constitutional law scholars collide? Usually, the more learned of the two prevails, but don’t bet on it in this case. Harvard University Professor Lawrence Tribe, described...
This could be a reality before you know it.
The Herald Tribune reports.
Concealed weapons on college campuses closer
TALLAHASSEE — Emotionally charged legislation that would allow concealed weapons on Florida’s college campuses gained momentum Monday, easily clearing a second Senate committee following impassioned testimony from gun control advocates and gun rights supporters.
The bill...
China is taking young talent from America’s tech giants.
Why one Ivy League grad turned down Amazon for a job in China
Fresh out of business school in the U.S., Belinda Chen had her pick of jobs — including a plum offer from Amazon. But she headed east instead to join online retailer...
This is hardly surprising. The last time we checked this story, the damage had topped $400,000.
USA Today reports.
Party’s over for frat after ski-resort rampage
The University of Michigan’s Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity has been permanently disbanded by its parent organization for not only wrecking a northern Michigan resort but also for not...
No need for a diploma to get a badge.
WTSP reports.
Sarasota police no longer require college degree
Sarasota, Florida-The Sarasota Police Department is running low on police officers there are 12 vacancies and more are expected due mostly to retirements.
“Over the next 4 years we’ll lose 38 officers,” says Sarasota Police Chief Bernadette...
As Inside Higher Ed reports, this deal is supposed to make it easier for students to move from school to school if they choose.
Crossing State Lines
California’s 112-campus community college system is making it easier for graduates to attend historically black colleges and universities across the country.
The system is launching a new...
This D.C. university gets the Title IX probe:
Nick Anderson reports for the Washington Post:
Feds launch a sexual violence investigation at American University
The U.S. Education Department has begun an investigation of how American University responds to sexual violence, officials disclosed Wednesday, pushing the total of colleges and universities under federal scrutiny...
