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Harvard prof laments what liberals have done to higher education

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Posted by    Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 8:00am

Harvey C. Mansfield is a Harvard University professor of government who recently had a revelation.

Real Clear Politics published this piece yesterday.

The Higher Education Scandal

Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, is an institution of good reputation and high quality, where I have some friends. It offers a liberal arts education typical of the...

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Students investing in college in the dark

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Posted by    Monday, May 20, 2013 at 5:00pm

A new piece by Andrew P. Kelly at The Hill suggests students need better information before making a decision that might saddle them with so much debt.

Students need better information

On May 1, millions of Americans made the second-largest investment decision of their lives: they chose a college. After years of late-night...

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The College Conservative – The GOP has a bigger problem than the youth vote

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Posted by    Monday, May 20, 2013 at 3:30pm

Keith Fierro of the College Conservative says the Republican Party should be more concerned about immigration than the youth vote.

The GOP’s Problem Isn’t Youth, It’s Immigration

If I have to hear one more person quip about Republicans losing the youth vote because we won’t support killing babies or...

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College Enrollment Decline Accelerates

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Posted by    Monday, May 20, 2013 at 2:00pm

The Higher Education Bubble is bursting, and the pace 0f its rupture is picking up.

Doug Lederman of Inside Higher Ed analyzes the data behind the enrollment number decline:

The decline in college enrollments appears to be accelerating, with 2.3 percent fewer students enrolled on campuses this spring than there were in spring...

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‘Cute’ Boston bomber Tsarnaev poised to become new teen idol

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Posted by    Monday, May 20, 2013 at 12:30pm

It is well known that American girls avoid math and science classes during their teen years.

Sadly, they also seem to be avoiding good taste and common sense.  The College Fix reports that accused Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is poised to become the Justin Bieber of the prison set.

You may have missed this...

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LGBT group at San Diego State sparks controversy with rebranding as “Queer Student Union”

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Posted by    Monday, May 20, 2013 at 11:00am

A group of students change their organization’s name and sparked a discussion on political correctness.

Walter Morris of Fox News 5 in San Diego reports on the situation at a local university:

A student group at San Diego State University is changing its name to be more inclusive, but the new name is...

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Northwestern student gov’t diversity position exludes heterosexual white males

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Posted by    Monday, May 20, 2013 at 9:30am

Stephen Piotrkowski thought he would be a fine candidate for Northwestern’s student government but he has three strikes against him, he’s white, male and straight.

Timothy Dionisopoulos of Campus Reform reports.

Northwestern student govt nominee’s confirmation blocked because he is a ‘heterosexual white male’

A student’s bid to become associate vice president of diversity...

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Liberty University continues to fight Obamacare

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Posted by    Monday, May 20, 2013 at 8:00am

Liberty is a Christian University which objects to the birth control provisions in the law.

AP report via The Washington Post.

Appeals court in Va. hears Christian university’s suit against Obama health care law

RICHMOND, Va. — A Liberty University lawyer urged a federal appeals court to overturn the Obama administration’s health care reform...

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Missouri State Student: The GOP Establishment vs Conservatives

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Posted by    Sunday, May 19, 2013 at 4:30pm

A long-term discussion on the right-o-sphere centers on the differences between establishment Republicans and conservatives:

Missouri State University student Lindsey Kolb chimes in with her thoughts on this issue:

We’re emerging into a society that is becoming more and more liberal in its political beliefs. The mass of young people is more likely to...

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Study suggests smartest students avoid academia

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Posted by    Sunday, May 19, 2013 at 2:30pm

An interesting new post by Malcolm A. Kline of Accuracy in Academia suggests that very few top performing college students end up working in academia.

Best & Brightest Avoid Academia

Or vice versa. A group of academics decided to track what happens to bright kids over the course of a quarter-century and found...

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Free speech advocates not thrilled with new sexual harassment rules

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Posted by    Sunday, May 19, 2013 at 12:30pm

Gee, why would free speech advocates have a problem with rules that make everyone a criminal?

Blake Baxter of The College Fix reports.

Free Speech Advocates Alarmed by New Federal Sexual Harassment Rules

New guidelines from the Department of Education lower the standards of what constitutes sexual harassment to any “unwelcome conduct of a...

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Faculty union fights plan to arm police at Rhode Island campus

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Posted by    Sunday, May 19, 2013 at 11:00am

States like Pennsylvania and Texas are allowing, or planning to permit, concealed carry for students on campus.

Institutions at other states are throwing up obstacles for arming anyone on campus, including security professionals. Timothy Dionisopoulos of Campus Reform has these details:

The faculty union at the University of Rhode Island (URI) is opposing several...

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Liberal student-activist rape-hoaxer also threatened former boss with handgun

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Posted by    Sunday, May 19, 2013 at 9:30am

We recently covered the Facebook saga of University of Wyoming student Meghan Lanker-Simons, who she allegedly posted on an anonymous social media page threat to herself in the guise of an outraged conservative.

It seems that Lanker-Simons...

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Conservatives snag just 17% of top college commencement speeches

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Posted by    Sunday, May 19, 2013 at 8:00am

We recently posted a wish-list of 15 conservative speakers for college commencement events.

And they are likely to remain only on wish lists, too. Paul Bedard of Washington Secrets analyzes the data of the actual number of conservatives engaged for graduation ceremonies:

When President Obama gave his commencement address at Ohio State University...

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The Looming Student Loan Crisis

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Posted by    Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 6:00pm

It turns out that the Housing Bubble and the Higher Education Bubble have the same root cause: failure to scrutinize income.

In The American, the online magazine of the American Enterprise Institute, Jackson Toby analyzes how this failure will impact the next generation.

The portfolio of federally guaranteed student loans passed the $1...

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