It’s good to give students incentives, but paying them?
FOX 13 reported.
University to pay students who graduate on time
Howard University is going to pay its students to graduate in four years.
The school says it will cover 50% of the cost of a student’s final semester if they graduate early or on time,...
It’s good to be the best at something. Congratulations, Kansas.
The Wichita Eagle reports.
Kansas tops national list in community college transfers completing degree at four-year school
KANSAS CITY, MO. When Julia Glenn was ready to transfer from community college to a four-year school for her bachelor’s degree, Kansas made it easy.
Under a state program,...
Have you ever volunteered for a scientific study? Be sure to read the fine print.
Jennifer Couzin-Frankel of Science Insider reports.
Human subjects protections under fire at the University of Minnesota
A damning report on how the University of Minnesota (UM) protects volunteers in its clinical trials concludes that researchers inadequately reviewed research studies...
A commemorative lecture on MLK by Melissa Harris-Perry of MSNBC at Cornell University, ended up being far from a commemoration to King and his legacy.
The Cornell Review reports.
MSNBC’s Melissa...
I can’t say there are many surprises on this list. The FIRE blog reports.
FIRE Announces 10 Worst Colleges for Free Speech in 2014
More than half of America’s top colleges maintain speech codes that blatantly violate First Amendment standards. But every year the Found...
Political correctness brigade hardest hit.
Alexandra Samuels writes at USA Today:
U. of Texas fraternity goes unpunished for ‘border patrol’ party
The University of Texas at Austin’s Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity — commonly referred to as Fiji – attracted attention from UT students and others after hosting a “border patrol” themed party Feb. 7....
Yeah, who cares about things like laws and due process? This is long but read it all.
David Hookstead of the College Fix reports.
Students accused of rape have too many rights, say some at campus rape panel
A “Confronting Campus Rape” discussion at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Monday night delved into the...
Stanford is known for having some of the top academics and athletics in the world. Could the university at “the farm” be spending too much time and money on athletics?
The Stanford Daily reports.
The price of athletics at Stanford
“It will cost Stanford Athletics almost $100 million to put Cardinal teams in competition...
This is from about ten days ago but I just stumbled on it last night. It’s over 30 minutes long but I was drawn in and watched the whole thing.
Sean discusses politics, terrorism, foreign affairs, Israel, the economy and many aspects of his own life.
Watch it all below.
A Columbia professor we reported on recently has had her domestic violence case tossed.
The New York Daily News reports.
Columbia University professor who trains cops in c...
I don’t understand why some colleges are raising their prices when everyone is already saying higher education is too expensive.
Max Denning of The Ithacan reports.
Ithaca College announces tuition increase for 2015–16
The Ithaca College Board of Trustees has approved a tuition increase...
Created in 1929, the Hazelwood Act allows, “qualified veterans and dependent children of certain disabled or deceased veterans from specific tuition and fee charges at public institutions of higher education in the state of Texas. The exemption is for a maximum of 150 credit hours and may be awarded regardless of...
One of the things that makes college so expensive is all the line item fees and charges for things besides tuition. That’s what makes this plan so attractive.
Kelly Heyboer of NJ.com reports.
Bloomfield College to simplify tuition, offer ‘one cost’ for attendance
In an effort to be more “straight forward” about how much...
My friend and professional harvester of leftist beta tears, Kurt Schlichter, has a plan for liberal academia; one that starts with an ‘S’ and ends with ‘corched Earth.’
Kurt Schlichter writes at Townhall:
Let’s Destroy Liberal Academia
It’s time to give current university system the Old Yeller treatment, except normal Americans will giggle when...
This is probably not the most appropriate comparison. In fact, it’s offensive.
Eric Owens of the Daily Caller reported.
UCLA Workshop: Illegal Aliens Are Just Like Dying AIDS VICTIMS; US Government Is To Blame
The University of California, Los Angeles hosted a workshop last week comparing the “mass deaths” of illegal aliens “along the...
Just keep pumping up that higher ed bubble.
ABC 11 reports.
Duke University Leaders Raise Tuition by About 4 Percent
Duke University students will pay higher tuition bills next fall, with undergraduates paying 4 percent more and those seeking graduate or professional degrees seeing similar increases.
The Durham school’s Board of Trustees on Saturday approved...
Not a good sign for the former Florida governor’s 2016 prospects.
Watch.
Kaitlyn Schallhorn and Gabriella Morrongiello of Campus Reform reported.
VIDEO: College students stage Jeb Bush walkout during CPAC speech
Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush was met with protest during a speech Friday afternoon at the 2015 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).
Conference-goers, including a...
Academic leaders have serious problems with the Obama Administration’s new college rating system, mostly about the level of regulation.
One Republican is proposing new legislation, with an eye to “deregulation.”
The response to his proposal by the academics should be….fascinating.
Senator Lamar Alexander on Tuesday committed to finishing a rewrite of the Higher...
Should we just pretend that type of crime doesn’t exist?
From the Daily Californian.
Graduate students voice concerns about professor’s comments on Black Lives Matter movement
Graduate students at the School of Social Welfare held a teach-in Tuesday to voice concerns about comments made by a professor in relation to the Black Lives...
Sober parties at college? These events are held by participants in the Collegiate Recovery Program.
The New York Times reports.
Not the Usual College Party (This One’s Sober)
It started with a wine cooler, said Paige Cederna, describing that first sweet, easy-to-down drink she experienced as a “magic elixir.”
“I had no inhibitions with alcohol,”...
When a University of Michigan frat trashed a ski resort, initial damage estimates were around $75,000. After further assessing the damage, Treetops Resort says they’re now estimating $430,000 in damage.
Patricia Montemurri and Robert Allen report at the Detroit Free Press:
Treetops Resort: Fraternity damage could top $400,000
One day after the University of...
Couldn’t make it to CPAC or perhaps you just want to read a recap? Well, learn all about what occurred from the point of view of a young college conservative.
Elizabeth Marcello from The College Conservative reports.
CPAC 2015 According to a College Kid
Several of us from TheCollegeConservative have been lucky enough to cover CPAC...
