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University of Northern Colorado Gets Warning on Campus Speech Policy

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Posted by    Sunday, July 3, 2016 at 12:30pm

Speech codes should be eliminated from every corner of academia.

The College Fix reports.

State lawmaker warns public university its regulation of speech may be illegal

Though the University of Northern Colorado recently said it plans to “revisit” how it uses its Bias Response Team, following criticism that it investigated professors for promoting debate in class, a state...

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College Freshmen Make These Common Spending Mistakes

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Posted by    Sunday, July 3, 2016 at 11:00am

Make sure to avoid these mistakes.

KSAT reports.

Common money mistakes college freshmen make

College is filled with many challenges and one of the biggest is how to moderate spending without parents.

College freshmen are at risk of making several common financial mistakes. Here are some of the most common.

Not having a...

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Grad Students Could Lose Health Insurance Due to Obamacare

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Posted by    Sunday, July 3, 2016 at 9:30am

How many of these students voted for Obama?

Red Alert Politics reports.

Grad students could lose health insurance due to Obamacare regs

The latest Affordable Care Act implementation problem is bad news for thousands of graduate students across the country, whose student health insurance plans will soon be cancelled unless the Obama adm...

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Should You Strategize For College?

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Posted by    Sunday, July 3, 2016 at 8:00am

Here are some strategic pros and cons related to college acceptance.

Forbes reports.

Pros And Cons Of Strategizing For College

“Strategizing” involves planning to achieve a certain goal. Militarily, that would be laying out the steps to take a certain key enemy stronghold or blockade a supply point. It takes time, surveillance, information, expert...

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Indiana University Students Find An Ancient Civilization

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

Archaeologists say it’s one of the biggest discoveries in the Illinois River Valley.

WGN-TV reports.

College students find ancient civilization in Illinois

CASS COUNTY, Ill. — A group of college students found the remains of an ancient civilization in Central Illinois.

In a cornfield near the Sangamon River students from Indiana University helped uncover a...

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Income Inequality Experts at UC Berkeley Make $300K Per Year

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Posted by    Saturday, July 2, 2016 at 3:30pm

This should come as a surprise to no one. Many people on the left who love to talk about income inequality are very wealthy.

The College Fix reports.

UC Berkeley ‘income inequality’ experts earn more than $300,000 a year

Several UC Berkeley economics professors who support “income inequ...

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Rich Chinese College Kids Come To This Guy For Supercars

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Posted by    Saturday, July 2, 2016 at 2:00pm

The most expensive car Lam has ever sold approached $800,000.

CNBC reports.

Meet the 25 year old selling supercars to rich Chinese college kids

Nick Lam is a modern-day matchmaker: He connects his elite clientele with the perfect cars.

The 25-year-old co-founder and CEO of New York Auto Depot makes it his business to help...

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Campus Terror Attack Plot Uncovered in Boston

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Posted by    Saturday, July 2, 2016 at 12:30pm

This is a shocking story, especially considering the accused is the son of a police captain.

FOX News reported.

Boston police captain’s son indicted on terrorism charges in campus attack plot

A police captain’s son accused of plotting an attack on a college campus to support the Islamic State (ISIS) group was indicted Thursday...

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High School Math Courses Can Predict If Students Went To College

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Posted by    Saturday, July 2, 2016 at 11:00am

One course was a barrier to high school graduation.

KUT reports.

High School Math Courses Predict Whether Students Go To College, Study Finds

When students graduate high school, people typically say they have the whole world ahead of them. But some of their future can be predicted just by looking at their high school...

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Latina College Student Campaigns for Trump on the Border

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Posted by    Saturday, July 2, 2016 at 9:30am

This young lady certainly defies the media narrative, doesn’t she?

Red Alert Politics reports.

Latina student campaigns for Trump on the South Texas border

24-year-old Miriam Cepeda is part of an unlikely group: young, Latina women who support Donald Trump for president.

Cepeda doesn’t just support Trump privately — she actually campaigns for him at the...

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Bringing Jobs To College Students Attracts Workers

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Posted by    Saturday, July 2, 2016 at 8:00am

The idea is to work with the needs of college students, who may have trouble keeping regular hours or commuting long distances.

Inside Higher Ed reports.

How to attract student workers? Bring the work to them

On Tuesdays and Thursdays, Connor Fitzpatric went to work — but only until noon. His first class began...

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How Will Recent Grads Without Work Experience Get Hired?

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Posted by    Friday, July 1, 2016 at 6:30pm

Though the needs of students and employers have changed, colleges cling to their historical mission.

The Washington Post reports.

How to fill the skills gap for new college grads who don’t have work experience

It’s a classic Catch-22 for new college graduates looking for a job: employers want experience for “entry-level jobs,” but no...

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Hillary’s College Debt Plan Criticized Because it Would Help Too Many White People

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Posted by    Friday, July 1, 2016 at 5:00pm

The race obsessed left can’t see any issue except through the prism of race.

The Daily Caller reports.

Hillary Debt-Forgiveness Plan Blasted Because It Would Help Too Many White People

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton unveiled a new plan Tuesday that would provide student loan assistance, and potentially full forgiveness, to college graduates who...

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Average American Families Paid Slightly Less For College This Year

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Posted by    Friday, July 1, 2016 at 3:30pm

It’s still is very expensive!

CNBC reports.

College costs dip slightly but still cause anxiety

There is some good news for American parents terrified about the rising costs of college outstripping inflation and their investments: the average amount families spent on college actually went down last ye...

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U. California Spends $158K on Planned Parenthood’s PR Firm to Prove it’s Not Biased

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Posted by    Friday, July 1, 2016 at 2:00pm

That’s one heck of a way to show that you’re not biased. Expensive too.

The College Fix reports.

University of California spends $158K on Planned Parenthood’s PR firm to prove it’s not biased

Just months after the University of California-Davis was caught paying $175,000 to a consultant to scrub the Internet of its infamous...

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Meet The Congressional Crusader for Campus Speech

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Posted by    Friday, July 1, 2016 at 12:30pm

Goodlatte, R-Va., talks about the importance of a bipartisan quest to ensure the future of free expression in higher education.

FIRE reports.

House Judiciary Chairman Goodlatte: Congressional Crusader for Campus Speech

Since 1993, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte has represented Virginia’s Sixth Congressional district. Since 2013, the Roanoke, Virginia native has been chairman...

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Inventor of “Microaggressions” Term Says Liberals Are Misusing His Research

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Posted by    Friday, July 1, 2016 at 11:00am

Liberals are misusing something for political gain? Alert the media! Oh wait…

Red Alert Politics reports.

The guy who dubbed “microaggressions” term: Liberals are misusing my research

Microaggressions are a buzzword for higher education, but often misinterpreted, The College Fix highlighted.

Pr...

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University of Redlands Offers Masculinity Programming

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Posted by    Friday, July 1, 2016 at 9:30am

Colleges are increasingly creating masculinity programs, aimed at boosting retention while encouraging students to rethink what it means to “be a man.”

Inside Higher Ed reports.

Masculinity programming at University of Redlands hopes to help men be ‘authentic selves’

Across the country, male students are falling behind female students in college enrollment, academic performance...

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Some Top Colleges Aren’t Requiring History Majors to Learn U.S. History

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Posted by    Friday, July 1, 2016 at 8:00am

In the near future, it won’t matter what your major is as long as you learn about diversity and multiculturalism.

Campus Reform reports.

Study: top colleges don’t require US history courses for history majors

U.S. History is not a staple course for history majors at most top universities, according to a new report from...

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U. Michigan Students Intimidated Into Giving Up First Amendment Rights

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Posted by    Thursday, June 30, 2016 at 6:30pm

It also puts RAs in an awkward position because they have to report alleged bias incidents.

The College Fix reports.

University of Michigan intimidated students into signing ‘civility pledge,’ former RA claims

Being a resident adviser in a dorm is like being a snitch in a jail. The snitch doesn’t like it, but he’s...

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Harvard Study Finds Diversity Trainings are a Sham

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Posted by    Thursday, June 30, 2016 at 5:00pm

Diversity training is one of those pointless things that allows administrators to justify their existence.

Accuracy in Academia reports.

Harvard Study: Diversity Trainings are a Sham

Well, are you surprised that diversity trainings are a sham?

Administrators across the country are folding to student demands for more diversity, but a recent study out of Harvard...

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Most College Students Don’t Know The Truth About Student Loans

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Posted by    Thursday, June 30, 2016 at 3:30pm

Many of these borrowers may not have received adequate information about the loans and their options.

Consumerist reports.

Two-Thirds Of College Students Who Take Out Loans Have No Idea What They’re In For

Would you walk into a bank — or call up the federal government — and borrow $50,000 or more without having...

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