Here we go again.
Chris Deaton of Red Alert Politics reports.
Elizabeth Warren’s ‘top priority’ in 2015: student loans
Sen. Elizabeth Warren will again make student loans her top agenda item as the 114th Congress gets underway.
In a meeting with Massachusetts newspaper editors, the Democrat reiterated the burden that student debt places on the...
A professor has apologized for his publicized twitter rant in response to the French terrorist attack.
UPDATE: Prof. apologizes for French terrorist attack rant
The professor who ranted on Twitter about the nature of Charlie Hebdo, the French satirical publication where several employees were massacred Wednesday has, since apologized and denounced the attacks.
Adam...
Wendy McElroy of the Daily Bell has written a new piece about Microaggressions. Watch out, they’re everywhere.
Victims Frantically Search For Offense
Microaggression. The word may soon be knocking on your door to demand supplication or another form of payment. Microaggression is the new politically correct campaign being launched by “disadvantaged” elites who...
Mounting evidence for educational freedom?
Looking for more evidence that educational freedom might be the better route? Look no further than this shocking report.
The Honorable Kent Grusendorf and Michael Barba released the following statement with Texas Public Policy Foundation:
TPPF Releases Analysis of School Finance Trial Ruling
AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation today released an analysis...
Daniel Mael is a student journalist who exposed the hateful words of a fellow student, yet he’s the one being punished.
Unbelievable.
Adam Kredo of the Washington Free Beacon reported.
Brandeis Slaps Student Journalist with New Punishment
A Brandeis University student journalist unsuccessfully prosecuted for “harassment” by university officials has now been slapped with a...
Good for them. This is a follow up to a story we reported earlier this week.
Jennifer Kabbany of the College Fix reported.
College stands firm against atheists who demanded apology for video connecting religion and democracy
When Chancellor Jack Hawkins of the Alabama-based Troy University dared send a year-end email to the campus community...
U.S. Foreign Service Officers or consular officers may have a chance to work in the Mexican equivalent of the U.S. State Department under President Obama’s Bilateral Forum on Higher Education, Innovation and Research.
The U.S. Department of State issued the following statement:
In May 2013, U.S. President Barack Obama and Mexican President Enrique...
Shocking if true. Literacy is the corner stone of learning any subject.
Maggie Lit of Campus Reform reports.
The average college freshman reads at 7th grade level
The average U.S. college freshman reads at a seventh grade level, according to an educational assessment report.
“We are spending billions of dollars trying to send students to...
An Illinois State representative wants to keep young minds sheltered from the likes of convicted terrorists.
Chris Guy of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch writes:
Rep. Meier Seeks to Ban Convicted Terrorists from Teaching in Higher Education
State Representative Charlie Meier (R-Okawville) recently pre-filed legislation to ban convicted terrorists from teaching in Illinois’ public universities...
The Rolling Stone story has completely fallen apart. Why is UVA using it to further punish fraternities?
Blake Neff of the Daily Caller reported.
UVA Enacts Strict New Policies To Control Frats
The University of Virginia has announced strict new policies governing how fraternities on campus will operate going forward, showing a continued commitment...
This should empower young people across college campuses to become more active and aware of the government’s actions. Find out what causes all this misery in a new report by Jennifer Kabbany of the College Fix.
Under President Obama, ‘Youth Misery Index’ Hits All-Time Record High
This is a fascinating piece of higher education history. How many American college students even know this happened?
Jordan Schachtel of Breitbart reported.
Polish University Restores PhDs Divested From Jews Under Nazi Germany
Better late than never.
Poland’s University of Wroclaw has decided that now is the time reinstate doctorate degrees to 262 individuals, most...
Is political correctness destroying academic freedom? In the absence of accountability, it’s easy to see how academic freedom has morphed into a shadow of what it once was.
Anat Berko of the Gatestone Institute writes:
Terrorism-Lite: How Universities Let Students Abuse Academic Freedom
Academic freedom in the West is usually a given —...
If college students truly understood the enormity of the debt they were taking on, many of them wouldn’t take student loans.
Ashley Dobson of Red Alert Politics reports.
Minnesota Attorney General fights for more transparency in student loans
College tuition costs have skyrocketed over the past decade, leaving...
Leftist ideas dominate many key institutions of our culture. This was not the case as liberal and conservative views used to be represented 50-50. Follow the rise and the possible decline of the left in an article by Robert Tracinski from the Federalist.
Have We Already Reached Peak Leftism?
A recent study that...
There’s a lot of this going around lately. I’m sure I’m not the only one who thinks this is a recipe for disaster.
Via Inside Higher Ed.
Adjuncts at Washington U. Vote to Form SEIU Union
Adjunct professors at Washington University in St. Louis voted to form a union affiliated with Service Employees International...
The “I Hate Republicans” Professor receives support for her statement. The support is coming from the chair of the College Democrats at the University of Michigan. Read the whole story by Samantha Audia of the College Fix.
The chair of the College Democrats at the University of Michigan defended the professor who declared...
Don’t these Canadian dentistry students have something better to do with their time?
Greg Piper of the College Fix reports.
Canada Lunacy Watch: Students suspended for ‘hate sex’ Facebook group
Canada isn’t just for cheap prescription drugs and gravy-covered fries: It also has no protections for free expression.
In case you forgot that, Dalhousie University...
Will moving the lottery under the control of higher education encourage more Arkansans to participate? This Senator seems to think so.
Roby Brock at UALR Public Radio writes:
Senator Wants Arkansas Lottery Under Higher Education Control
Sen. Jimmy Hickey, R-Texarkana, has pre-filed a bill to abolish the Arkansas Lottery Commission and establish control of...
As we reported yesterday, some members of the faculty at Harvard are outraged over the increased cost of their healthcare plan due to Obamacare.
It’s ironic considering how many people at Harvard supported the president’s plan. Did they think it wasn’t going to apply to them too?
FOX News discussed the issue...
The Government Accountability Office’s latest report reveals an unsettling fact
With tuition costs on the rise, the deficit has to be met somewhere. According to the Government Accountability Office, it’s not the states picking up the tab for public higher education.
Benjamin Wermund at the Houston Chronicle reports:
Students now pay public colleges more than states do
Students now pay public colleges and universities...
If the SEIU succeeds in its efforts to unionize adjunct faculty members, it will mean lots of new dues paying members and cash for the union. It could also lead to higher tuition at colleges in the state.
Larry Gordon of the LA Times reported on the union’s efforts.
California colleges see surge...
