I will never understand why California taxpayers put up with this at their public universities.
Gabriella Morrongiello of Campus Reform reported.
Public university opens taxpayer-funded campus center for illegal immigrants
Forget multicultural or women’s centers, a public university in California is debuting a new center for students residing in the country illegally called the...
Move along, nothing to see here… except that according to Fox News, “the school’s other co-founder, Hatem Bazian, who serves as the school’s chairman of academic affairs, has been accused of whipping up anti-Semitism on campuses across the nation through another organization he helped establish, the anti-Israel Students for Justice...
I thought this story would be over when the students behind the vote apologized, but there’s more.
Todd Starnes of FOX News reports.
Legislators love to wax poetic about defunding entities and seldom do. But South Carolina’s House made good on their defund promise.
From the AP Wire published on islandpacket.com:
SC House votes to defund higher education commission
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Commission on Higher Education could be forced to close next fiscal year under a...
With so many recent college graduates unemployed and suffocating under student loans, is college still a worth while investment?
R. Bowen Loftin, University of Missouri Chancellor writes in the Springfield News-Leader:
Loftin: Higher education is worth the investment
Choices define who we are, affecting our career goals, dreams and even how we handle challenges...
“I refuse to make my classroom a test-prep center.”
New York’s education reforms have left teachers feeling attacked and maligned by the system.
Elizabeth Ganga, Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy and Mareesa Nicosia write at The Journal News:
Education reform has teachers feeling under attack
Teachers are feeling under-appreciated and under attack.
A series of education reform proposals under consideration in Albany, along with an increased...
I’d get one of these immediately if I was a college student. What a handy resource to have.
The FIRE blog reports.
FIRE Releases New ‘Guide to Due Process and Campus Justice’
PHILADELPHIA, March 10, 2015—The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) is proud to announce the publication of the second edition of...
Another sad story caused by the higher ed bubble.
The Washington Post reports.
She got into her first-choice college. Then found out on Facebook it was closing.
Amelia Currin, a 17-year-old from rural North Carolina, survived all the stress of the college-admissions process — or so she thought. She writes ab...
It looks as though young journalists at the University of Wisconsin are preparing to join the MSM.
David Hookstead of the College Fix reported.
U. of Wisconsin campus paper fills pages with mostly anti-Scott Walker op-eds
Count by The College Fix finds roughly three times as many anti-Walker pieces than pro-Walker pieces in Wisconsin...
Campus carry hits Montana’s state house. Will it pass?
Charles S. Johnson reports at the Missoulian:
Bill for concealed carry on Montana campuses sparks debate
HELENA – Some legislators are trying again to pass a bill to allow people to carry concealed guns on Montana university campuses, even through Gov. Steve Bullock vetoed a...
Zaytuna College in Berkeley is now the first accredited Muslim college in America.
The Daily Caller reports.
California School Is Now USA’s Only Accredited Islamic College
A small college in California has become the country’s first accredited Muslim college.
The college, Zaytuna College in Berkeley, Calif.,...
This should go over well.
Michael Stratford of Inside Higher reports.
‘Bill of Rights’ for Student Borrowers
The Obama administration will announce Tuesday that it plans to create a centralized complaint system for federal student loan borrowers as well as a single Web site where they can manage their loan payments.
In remarks at the...
At least eight students were injured in the accident.
Carter Evans of CBS News reported.
Calif. university alarmed over collapse at roof party
Officials at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo are investigating a pre-St. Patrick’s Day party that ended when a roof collapsed. This comes after a recent crackdown on wild...
An Arizona budget deal has significant cuts to higher education.
Inside Higher Ed reports.
Killing All State Support
Arizona has a reputation for frugality with regard to state support for higher education, but a deal reached this week between Governor Doug Ducey and legislative leaders is leaving educators in the state stunned. The agreement...
The battle isn’t over yet, but this was a major step for the Catholic school.
David G. Savage of the Columbus Dispatch reported.
U.S. Supreme Court backs Notre Dame in Obamacare contraception case
The Supreme Court has revived the University of Notre Dame’s effort to shield itself from an Obama administration policy...
These colleges have the highest amount of students living on campus. Harvard leads with 99% of undergraduates living on campus.
U.S. News reports.
10 National Universities Where Students Usually Live on Campus
The U.S. News Short List, separate from our overall rankings, is a regular series that magnifies individual data points in hopes of...
Anti-gun students have taken up the tactics of the anti-Israel BDS movement. The natural question is, who gets targeted next?
Where does this end?
Pardes Seleh of Truth Revolt reported.
UCSA Votes To Divest From Gun Companies
According to a recent tweet from Campaign to Unload, an anti-gun-owning divestment campaign, the University of California Students...
The UC Irvine students who banned the American flag are now apologizing.
The College Fix reports.
UC Irvine students apologize, explain their decision to ban the American flag
Three members of a UC Irvine subcommittee that voted to ban the American flag on campus have apologized. In a statement posted on Facebook, they said:
Fellow...
Yes, they said some vile things, but that doesn’t justify expulsion.
Eugene Volokh writes at the Washington Post.
No, it’s not constitutional for the University of Oklahoma to expel students for racist speech [UPDATED in light of the students’ expulsion]
University of Oklahoma president David Boren said, “If I’m allowed to, these students will...
Firing someone for being rude seems a bit extreme.
Greg Piper of the College Fix reports.
Spanish professor to be fired for being ‘rude’ to guest lecturer
Marquette University’s John McAdams is being fired for publicly criticizing a graduate teaching instructor. Now he has company – sort of.
The University of North Georgia is moving...
The headline alone is pretty spectacular.
Al Jazeera Staff write:
Campus gun proponents slammed for ‘grotesque’ opportunism on student rape
Gun control advocates have swung out at an NRA-sponsored push to promote the proliferation of guns as a safeguard against campus sexual assault, saying so-called “campus carry” proposals amount to a “grotesque display...
In a new video from Prager University, British historian Andrew Roberts explains the history that led up to the war in Iraq.
There are some details I’d forgotten. Check it out.
Here’s more information:
Course Description
Why did America invade Iraq in 2003? Was it for oil? Or was it because Saddam Hussein was a...
