According to this report from FOX News, private universities are following suit.
Report: Nearly all police armed on public campuses; experts say private schools exploring idea
Nearly all campus police officers at public universities now carry guns, pepper spray and other weapons, according to a new Justice Department report, and experts say more...
A return of mental asylums is being proposed by bioethicists at the University of Pennsylvania. Stacey Burling, Inquirer Staff Writer has the story.
Penn bioethicists call for return of mental asylums
In a paper that is bound to generate controversy, three University of Pennsylvania bioethicists argue in a medical journal this week for...
In the real world, this is what free college looks like. This would be a great opportunity for students who aren’t sure if they’re ready for the huge financial commitment of going to college.
Rudy Takala of CNS News reports.
Education Venture to Offer ‘Freshman Year for Free’ Online
The non-profit Modern States Education...
With more enrolling in online classes, would standardization increase efficiency or prove more problematic?
CCAP writes at Forbes:
Standardized Online Classes Would Lead Toward Increased Efficency in Higher Education
Colleges and universities are offering more and more online classes to their students. Textbook companies like Pearson PLC are beginning to standardize these classes by...
From the “you can’t make stuff like this up” department.
Lauren Clark of Campus Reform reports.
White professor teaches ‘problem of whiteness’ course at Arizona State
At Arizona State University (ASU), students can now learn about the “problem of whiteness” in America.
The public university is offering an English class to its students this semester...
Members of the UCLA Bruin Republicans are fighting a proposed diversity requirement with protests and the hashtag #LetUsChoose.
Roberto Luna Jr. of the Daily Bruin reports.
Bruin Republicans protest diversity requirement proposal
About 10 members of Bruin Republicans led a protest on campus Wednesday afternoon calling for students to urge their professors to vote...
Like all things in life, someone has to pay. Guess who’s going to do it in this case.
Joel B. Pollak of Breitbart reports.
Obama’s Lying to You About Free College, Kids
President Barack Obama took his State of the Union on the road yesterday, telling college students in Boise, ID that he will...
Taking care of those that take care of us: New Hampshire has a new incentive for veterans.
Joe Gullo of My Champlain Valley writes.
$10K Veterans Grant Announced NH’s Higher Education Institutions
CONCORD, N.H. – A $10,000 veterans grant was announced for New Hampshire’s higher education institutions. The New Hampshire Legislative Commission on Post...
If these students were leftists, they wouldn’t seek permission, they’d just take over a college building.
Greg Piper of the College Fix reports.
Canadian court: No right to free speech for pro-life students
Canada’s hostility to free speech isn’t exactly a secret, but British Columbia’s chief justice just took that government-sanctioned denigration of conscience...
1984 isn’t just a novel being discussed in college English classes. Some students will have to live in a big brother environment now.
The College Fix reports.
Big brother – and your parents – are watching
The feds have given a Missouri tech scholar $50,000 to develop a facial recognition app that would allow...
This should go over well with the left. Boston radio talker Howie Carr wrote this report for Breitbart.
MIT Climate Scientist: Global Warming Believers a ‘Cult’
An MIT professor of meteorology is dismissing global-warming alarmists as a discredited “cult” whose members are becoming more hysterical as emerging evidence continues to contradict their beliefs.
During...
Romney is often depicted as a bloodthirsty capitalist. Now compare his campus speaking fee to Hillary’s and see the huge difference as Rosalind S. Helderman and Philip Rucker from The Washington Post report.
Romney’s speaking fee at public university is $50,000, far less than Clinton’s
Mitt Romney will charge Mississippi State University $50,000...
As long as Obama and other Democrats are going to keep playing this game, Republicans need a strategy.
Daniel Oliver of The Federalist has an idea.
Forget College For Everyone: Forgive Student Loans And End Further Subsidies
Both Obama’s and Warren’s populist proposals are meant to make Republicans look like anti-learning skinflints. Two parties...
Do tax credits have any effect on college outcomes? Research says “no.”
Allie Bidwell of U.S. News and World Report writes:
Obama’s Higher Education Tax Credit Reform Misses the Point
Part of President Barack Obama’s tax reform unveiled ahead of Tuesday’s State of the Union address would make changes to a higher education tax...
Especially in the south, according to this article by Terrance F. Ross of The Atlantic.
Where the Sugar Babies Are
In recent years the rising cost of student debt has given birth to an odd phenomenon: a population of ostensibly generous older men who appear poised to solve the higher-educ...
Hey big spender
Seems like a lucrative gig.
Jon Cassidy of Watchdog.Org reports:
Ex-UT Law dean’s credit card bill: $400k in four years
For years before a forgivable loan scandal forced him to resign as dean of the University of Texas Law School in 2011, Lawrence Sager was running up annual six-figure bills on a credit card...
The situation is so serious that there’s a lawsuit.
Lisa Kaiser of Express Milwaukee reported.
UWM Civil Rights Lawsuit Heads to Federal Court
The lawsuit brought by UW-Milwaukee student leaders is now a federal case.
The students argue that the administration of then-Chancellor Michael Lovell violated the University of Wisconsin System’s core value of shared...
The President of Tufts University should be applauded. While others demand to limit free speech, President Anthony Monaco has chosen to support the first amendment.
Will the rest of Tufts and other colleges follow his example?
Tufts president promises to protect speech ‘no matter how unpopular or provocative’
Tufts University President Anthony Monaco is...
It sure looks that way. Why would he want to do such a thing? Streiff of Red State explains.
Obama: Let’s tax college savings plans
In a tax code littered with carve outs, write offs, deductions, and other tomfoolery, damned little of that goes to the middle-class, which I’ll define broadly as anyone...
Some supporters say the creation of a board will save money, but will it?
Mal Leary of Maine’s NPR News Source reports:
Maine Lawmaker Proposes Creating a Unified Board for Higher Education
Among the proposals up for consideration in the Maine Legislature this year is a plan by Lewiston Democrat Peggy Rotundo to consolidate...
The higher ed bubble cometh.
Julia O’Donoghue of NOLA.com reports.
Louisiana higher education officials talk about potential cuts to colleges and universities
Higher education officials are optimistic that the final cut to Louisiana’s colleges and universities won’t be as high as recently has been suggested, but if it stays up anywhere near the level...
“We need peace, justice, equality, and socialism for us all.” These are the words Angela Davis used to conclude one of her college speeches.
She’s now cashing in at universities (the latest to be on Martin Luther King Jr. Day) and receiving between $10,000-$20,000 for speaking.
Isn’t she being a little capitalistic?
Notorious Red...
