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Out-of-State Students Keep Tuition Lower At California Colleges

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Posted by    Wednesday, July 6, 2016 at 12:30pm

A tipping point could be reached when “it actually becomes cheaper for a nonresident student to attend a private institution.”

The Street reports.

Out-of-State Students Helping to Keep In-State College Tuition Low in the Golden State

In an effort to bolster the access of California residents to state colleges, the state Department of Education...

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Liberal Professors Outnumber Conservatives 28-to-1 in New England

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Posted by    Wednesday, July 6, 2016 at 11:00am

If this kind of diversity deficit existed in any other way, it’d be considered a crisis.

The College Fix reports.

Liberal professors outnumber conservatives 28-to-1 in region known for Ivy League

Diversity everywhere, except in political thought.

Sarah Lawrence College Prof. Samuel Abrams, a self-described moderate who “might as well have been Ted Cruz” at...

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Giving Students Free Condoms Only Increases Pregnancies And STDs

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Posted by    Wednesday, July 6, 2016 at 9:30am

Research continues to disprove liberal logic – one teen pregnancy at a time.

Red Alert Politics reports.

New study: Free condom programs aren’t working

The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) reported last week that the distribution of free condoms in high schools yielded the opposite of the desired effect — rather than lowering...

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What Does The Future Hold For College Snowflakes?

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Posted by    Wednesday, July 6, 2016 at 8:00am

Ashe Schow has been following campus issues for the Washington Examiner and wonders where the progressive campus crowd is going next.

What’s next for the college snowflakes?

This past school year, colleges and universities saw some of the most embarrassing displays of student and faculty behavior ever witnessed in modern history.

Bolstered by a...

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Cornell University Launches Its Controversial College Of Business

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Posted by    Tuesday, July 5, 2016 at 6:30pm

“A new era of business education” at Cornell.

Cornell Chronicle reports.

Cornell begins ‘a new era of business education’

Cornell University has begun “a new era of business education,” with the launch of the College of Business July 1, Dean Soumitra Dutta said.

The College of Business, comprising Cornell’s three accredited business schools – the...

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U. Miami Student Severely Injured After Stepping on Firework

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Posted by    Tuesday, July 5, 2016 at 5:00pm

This serves as a reminder of just how dangerous fireworks can be.

The Sun Sentinel reports.

University of Miami student severely injured after stepping on firework in Central Park

A firework that exploded when a 19-year-old unwittingly stepped on it Sunday in Central Park, seriously injuring his left foot, didn’t appear...

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Take Advantage Of Opportunities Because College Is Not Free

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Posted by    Tuesday, July 5, 2016 at 3:30pm

Remember: Nothing in college is free.

Business Insider reports

I graduated from college over a year ago and I’m still paying for the ‘free stuff’

When I was in college, I never really attended events on campus.

I thought they were lame, and who really attended school-sponsored events, anyway?

Now, I realized I messed up.

Those events...

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Saint Martin’s University Tries to Stop Faculty Efforts to Unionize

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Posted by    Tuesday, July 5, 2016 at 2:00pm

Leftists in academia just love unions. They haven’t always worked out for the students, though.

The Seattle Times reports.

Saint Martin’s University fighting faculty efforts to unionize

Saint Martin’s University, a private Catholic institution in Lacey, is asking the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for a stay in the certification of a recent unionization...

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Years Out Of College And Still Living Like A Student

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Posted by    Tuesday, July 5, 2016 at 12:30pm

Just like living in a dorm.

New York Post reports.

I’m living like a college student at 44

Forget partitioned apartments, Craigslist roommates and Ikea furniture.

Increasingly, New Yorkers are turning to slick, luxurious communal-living setups. In the dormlike buildings, adults well out of college share kitchens, living rooms and bathrooms, and everything from toilet...

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Colleges in Idaho and Texas Prepare for Campus Carry

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Posted by    Tuesday, July 5, 2016 at 11:00am

Idaho and Texas are poised to allow campus carry and preparations are being made.

Campus Reform reports.

Colleges prepare for campus carry

Starting today, Idaho residents aged 21 and older can now carry a concealed weapon without a permit nearly anywhere in the state, including on college campuses.

Idaho Senate Bill 1389, which was passed...

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Mayors Are Asking Criminal Records To Be Removed From College Applications

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Posted by    Tuesday, July 5, 2016 at 9:30am

Should it be removed?

KTLA reports.

Mayor Garcetti Wants College Applications to Stop Asking About Students’ Criminal Records

Eric Garcetti has recruited 32 other mayors across the country to join him in urging college admissions companies to stop asking applicants about their criminal histories.

In a letter, the mayors petitioned the Common Application Association and...

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Skidmore College Bans The Phrase ‘Make America Great Again’

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Posted by    Tuesday, July 5, 2016 at 8:00am

Progressives in academia are now openly trying to squelch support for Trump by banning words. Amazing.

Red Alert Politics reports.

College: ‘Make America Great Again’ slogan banned as ‘racialized, targeted attack’

Those who support Donald Trump on campus continue to be punished, as his campaign slogan of “Make America Great Again” is considered a...

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The Colleges That Love And Hate Trump The Most

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Posted by    Monday, July 4, 2016 at 5:00pm

Some liberal arts colleges, even some on the liberal-leaning West Coast, count themselves in Camp Trump.

Market Watch reports.

The most (and least) Trump-loving college campuses

Do college kids care all that much about Donald Trump? They’re not exactly in his demographic wheel house.

Or are they? It turns out that some prospective younger voters...

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Small Number of Campus Employees Sign Up to Carry in Tennessee

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Posted by    Monday, July 4, 2016 at 3:30pm

Campus carry is now a reality in Tennessee but not many people are taking advantage.

The Tennessean reports.

Tiny fraction of employees sign up to carry guns on campus

Full-time college employees are now allowed to carry guns on campus, but only a small percentage of those employees have indicated they will do so,...

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Prager University – Are You an Ideologue or a Pragmatist?

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Posted by    Monday, July 4, 2016 at 2:00pm

In the newest video from Prager University, Jonah Goldberg asks if you’re an ideologue or a pragmatist.

Take a look below.

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When it comes to politics, do you have an ideology? Or are you a pragmatist? What’s the difference? Is one better than the other? Jonah Goldberg, Senior Editor for National...

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College Debt Isn’t The Only Thing To Blame For Millennials Moving Back Home

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Posted by    Monday, July 4, 2016 at 12:30pm

Despite the fact that the economy is recovering and the job market is improving, parents can’t seem to kick out their dependent millennials.

Red Alert Politics reports.

The enablers: Are parents to blame for millennials moving back home?

There are three million more millennials living at home with their parents now than during the...

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U. Wisconsin-Madison to Spend $700K Training Profs on ‘Unconscious Bias’

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Posted by    Monday, July 4, 2016 at 11:00am

File this story under massive and unnecessary wastes of money.

Campus Reform reports.

Feds give UW over $700K to train faculty in ‘unconscious bias’

The University of Wisconsin-Madison has received more than $700,000 from the federal government to fund “unconscious bias” training for its professors.

The National Institutes of Health has awarded the public university...

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Baruch College Broke Main Rule Of NCAA By Basing Financial Aid On Athletic Ability

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Posted by    Monday, July 4, 2016 at 9:30am

Such violations only seem to be spreading.

Inside Higher Ed reports.

Baruch College gave players more than $250,000 in impermissible aid

Baruch College, a Division III institution in the City University of New York system, awarded more than $250,000 in impermissible financial aid to athletes over the course of five years, the National Collegiate...

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Most Millennials Are Not With Clinton On Abortion

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Posted by    Monday, July 4, 2016 at 8:00am

The poll showed that only 17 percent of millennials shared Clinton’s extreme views.

Red Alert Politics reports.

Poll: Only 17% of millennials agree with Clinton on abortion

New polls reveal that only 17 percent of millennials agree with Hillary Clinton’s radical views on abortion.

Clinton, who vowed to “always stand with” Planned Parenthood earlier this...

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Only 23 Of The Top 76 Ranked US Colleges Require US History Courses

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Posted by    Sunday, July 3, 2016 at 5:00pm

Why abandon students learning about the history of their country?

The Washington Free Beacon reports.

Top Ranked Colleges Don’t Require History Majors to Study U.S. History

Several elite colleges do not require students pursuing a history degree to take U.S. history courses, according to a new American Council...

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Three American College Students Among Those Killed in Bangladesh Terror Attack

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Posted by    Sunday, July 3, 2016 at 3:30pm

This horrific attack was carried out with machetes.

The Daily Mail reported.

Three American students among 20 people hacked to death in Bangladesh by ISIS terrorists – who only spared those who could recite the Koran – before armored troops moved in

At least three American students have been identified among 20 people killed...

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Business Skills That Your College Professor Never Taught You

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Posted by    Sunday, July 3, 2016 at 2:00pm

Some things are not taught in class.

Entrepreneur reports.

6 Business Skills They Didn’t Teach You In College

Business classes can only teach you so much about how to run a successful company. The fire of real-world successes and failures are where you really test your mettle. Here are some helpful tips you won’t...

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