Senator Nass’ comments reflect larger tensions between the state’s university system and the legislature.
FIRE reports.
Wisconsin Legislator’s Threat to Slash UW Budget Over Reading Assignment ‘Cuts to the Core of Academic Freedom’
A Wisconsin legislator’s threat yesterday to cut the University of Wisconsin System’s budget over an “obscene” course reading assignment is the...
This pretty much destroys the narrative we’ve been hearing for the last few years.
The College Fix reports.
Black Harvard economist finds no racial bias in officer-involved shootings
‘The most surprising result of my career’
The youngest black professor ever to receive tenure at Harvard and recipient of an economics prize for “most promising American...
Discovered waste include buried metals and laboratory waste.
Concord Monitor reports.
Officials want Dartmouth College to resume lab waste cleanup
New Hampshire environmental officials have asked Dartmouth College to reopen cleanup efforts at a Hanover farm where laboratory animals were buried in the 1960s and 1970s.
The Valley News reported that remediation work at the...
It’s not even meant to work, it’s a campaign talking point.
Bloomberg reports.
Clinton’s College Plan Flunks the Economics Test
If it’s the summer of an election year, it must be time for campaign promises. Republicans will promise absurd tax cuts. Democrats will promise to, as PJ O’Rourke once wrote, “make you richer, smarter,...
Crime pays more with higher education.
Fortune reports.
Even For Mobsters Getting A College Degree Pays Off
Education is good for your paycheck—even if you’re a mobster.
That’s the finding of research by a British university, which focused on the education levels of members of the Italian-American mafia between the 1930s and 1960s. It established...
Mizzou has a university high school and they’re hoping that will solve their enrollment problem.
FOX 2 St. Louis reports.
High school could boost University of Missouri enrollment
The University of Missouri-Columbia, which is faced with a likely decline in enrollment this fall, could get some help from the recently expanded University of Missouri...
Will other fraternities follow?
USA Today College reports.
Chi Phi fraternity votes to allow transgender pledges
One of the nation’s oldest fraternities has voted on a new membership policy to allow some transgender male students to pledge.
The student-driven change is effective immediately and a member’s eligibility is based on the presentation of legal documentation...
In fairness, they’re going to need lots of cash for the Rolling Stone related lawsuits.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports.
Dragas says U.Va. created ‘$2.3 billion slush fund’
Former University of Virginia Rector Helen Dragas is accusing U.Va. of maintaining “a $2.3 billion slush fund” for pet projects with money that instead should have been...
Her three-year record as a coach was 31-62.
The College Fix reports.
University fires women’s coach accused of crying during games, threatening players
Sheryl Swoopes is a WNBA Hall of Famer, Olympic gold medalist, one of the best to play the game.
She’s also a newly unemployed drama queen.
The...
No one will protest this event because the honoree isn’t a conservative.
Campus Reform reports.
UMD conference to honor Marxist revolutionary, ‘black feminist sexual politics’
The University of Maryland is set to host an event on “black feminist sexual politics” this fall inspired by the late Grace Lee Boggs, a known Marxist and proud...
Among the most patriotic demographics included Republicans.
Red Alert Politics reports.
Gallup: Millennials least likely to be ‘extremely proud’ to be American
A Gallup poll released just in time for Independence Day shows Americans could use a pick-me-up in how proud they are to be American. The number of those “extremely proud” to be...
The optics of this are causing some to wonder if it’s appropriate.
Inside Higher Ed reports.
Civic Engagement or Get Out the Vote?
A newly announced effort to promote students’ civic engagement largely through a campaign to spur colleges to get them to register to vote seems like a no-brainer for higher ed leaders...
Parents should know that they may have to sign a yearlong lease even though the college school year typically lasts only nine months.
US News reports.
Helping Your College Kid Rent an Apartment? What You Need to Know
You probably thought getting your kid into a college was the hardest thing about college, and,...
Public colleges love out of state students because they typically pay more in tuition.
The New York Times reports.
Public Colleges Chase Out-of-State Students, and Tuition
Over three generations, the Michael family forged a deep bond with the University of California, dating back nearly 50 years to when Jay Dee Michael Sr. was the...
Of the twenty million or so students in the US, only about one in ten lives on a campus.
The Atlantic reports.
The Typical College Student Is Not Who You Think It Is
Who are today’s college students?
The answer surprises most people who attended four year universities, according to Jamie Merisotis, President and CEO...
The thought police appear on another college campus.
The College Fix reports.
Student summoned to dean’s office for ‘required Administrative Meeting’ over Facebook posts
Purdue University Northwest student Joshua Nash has been summoned to a “required Administrative Meeting” scheduled by a campus administrator to discuss Nash’s personal Facebook comments, according to a July 6...
Recent college graduates have turned their tassels at the right time.
ABC 27 reports.
College grads getting majority of jobs
AMHERST, Mass. (WWLP) – According to a new report, college grads are getting jobs. In fact, they are getting nearly all of the jobs.
11.6 million jobs have been created since we’ve climbed out of...
The cost of the program? Around $450 billion to 520 billion over 10 years.
Bloomberg reports.
Clinton’s College Plan Flunks the Economics Test
If it’s the summer of an election year, it must be time for campaign promises. Republicans will promise absurd tax cuts. Democrats will promise to, as PJ O’Rourke once wrote, “make...
A college professor should know better than to say such a thing. Sad.
Red Alert Politics reported.
“No survivors”: Anti-Gun professor wants to shoot up NRA
A professor who described himself as an “anti-gun type” is under investigation for threatening to kill everyone at the NRA, according to CampusReform.
James Pearce, an adjunct professor at Southern...
Benefits of dual and concurrent enrollment courses don’t stop at the savings.
Forbes reports.
Moving Past APs: Dual Enrollment As A Better Path To College
College students may be forgiven for thinking some of the newest students in their classes are too young to be in college — increasingly, many...
Click is the academic news story that won’t go away.
Minding the campus asks why she’s getting support from other professors.
AAUP Meeting Unanimously Backs Melissa Click—But Why?
Since its founding by progressive academics 101 years ago, the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) has had little affection for the governing authorities of colleges...
Based on what they are preaching they should share some of their compensation with staff at the bottom of Cal’s income distribution.
The College Fix reports.
UC Berkeley ‘income inequality’ experts earn more than $300,000 a year
Several UC Berkeley economics professors who support “income inequality” research each earn more than $300,000 a year,...
