Colleges are now looking to close some legal loops that allow financial advisers to contact athletes who are promising pro prospects and lead them into making bad decisions regarding their money.
The Wall Street Journal‘s Julie Steinberg has this report:
…It is illegal in most states for sports agents to provide gifts or...
I don’t know what anyone’s upset about. Punishing success is one of the hallmarks of Progressivism.
Carla Rivera of the LA Times reported.
Cal State system under fire for success fees on some campuses
As University of California leaders push for a controversial multiyear tuition increase, the larger California State University system is holding...
The hack, which replaced the website’s homepage with a shady picture of a man shrouded in darkness and an Arabic poem, is being referred to by some as an “electronic jihad.”
Jennifer Kabbany at The College Fix has the story:
Electronic Jihad? USC College Republican’s website hacked
When USC College Republicans President Jennifer Massey...
Faculty contracts are being negotiated at Pensacola State and the administration has told faculty they will be violating the law if they speak to student journalists.
Ry Rivard of Inside Higher Ed has the story.
Gag Order in Sunshine State
Administrators at a Florida community college are leaning on faculty and student journalists to...
In the wake of a very aggressive police search, one university is standing up for its students’ civil liberties.
Lindenwood University in Missouri demanded a “written apology” from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department after “close to 15″ officers detained two student journalists for 90 minutes, searched their vehicle...
I suppose it’s a nice option to have if you can afford it.
Barbara Booth of the Fiscal Times reports.
The Crazy Price Tag for College Consultants
Two months before 17-year-old Alexa of northern New Jersey—a national merit scholar, Girl Scout Gold Award recipient and standout soccer player—planned to submit her application to Amherst,...
He apparently forgot about The Streisand Effect: any attempt to hide, censor, or cover up information only makes that information even more widely publicized.
UO student leader regrets giving free publicity to blogs that mock him
Litigation expert says blogs could have First Amendment claim if shut down by university
Syracuse University’s fight with its...
I can’t wait to see what’s on the agenda for next week.
Blake Seitz of the College Fix reported.
University of Georgia students take field trip to Planned Parenthood, sex shop
ATHENS, Ga. – A University of Georgia student group took a field trip to Atlanta on Saturday to visit a Planned Parenthood clinic...
Someone somewhere is writing a list of things you can never wear, say, or do without being offensive. Eventually, everything will be on that list.
Jennifer Kabbany at The College Fix has the story:
University of Minnesota apologizes for Fiesta-themed student bowling party
The University of Minnesota has apologized for a “Galactic Fiesta” bowling party...
I hadn’t heard of conservative comedian Michael Loftus until I saw this video on Weasel Zippers but he’s pretty good.
He certainly makes some valid points about the cost of college.
The Great Ripoff: Why College Isn’t for Everyone
There are some great lines in this rant from conservative comedian Michael Loftus on how...
It’s apparently an “ableist slur”, as are, I would assume, “blind”, “deaf”, and “wheelchair-bound.”
Greg Piper at The College Fix has the story:
You can’t say ‘crazy’ at Smith College: Student paper replaces with ‘ableist slur’
There’s a long list of words you can’t say at Smith College – or apparently reproduce in the...
Getting accused of rape can ruin your life. Ruth Marcus of the Washington Post notes one situation at Yale that came close to doing so for one young man.
Campus sexual assault charges carry dangers for boys as well
Today, no parent of girls should send them off to college without a lecture:...
File this story under “Unintended Consequences.”
“Home schooling has steadily risen in North Carolina since it was legalized in 1985 by the state Supreme Court,” T. Keung Hui reported on News Observer.com on August 13, 2014. “Twenty-five years ago, there were about 2,300 home-schooled students in North Carolina.”
“But concerns about school violence,...
This is a nice piece of news right after Veterans Day.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.
Online university offers new scholarship to active-duty military, veterans
WGU Missouri is offering a new scholarship to help veterans, active-duty military, and their spouses go back to school. Its parent university, Western Governors University, is partnering with the...
Given the failure to scientifically prove that man-made global warming occurs, a professor has just proposed a new theory based on the second greatest evil for progressives….after conservatives.
War.
University of Georgia professor James Porter said at a recent lecture that “war is more destructive to the environment than any other normal activities...
In an informative new video from Prager University, Middle East expert Raymond Ibrahim examines the persecution of Christians in Muslim countries. Some of his findings may surprise you.
Here’s more information.
Course Description
The most persecuted and victimized people in the world today are Christians in the Middle East. The perpetrators of the widespread...
How exactly will they “kick this university’s ass”? Your guess is as good as mine.
Hunter Swogger at The College Fix has the story:
Students pledge to shut down campus if minority enrollment doesn’t increase
Students, community activists hold ‘public tribunal on hostile campus climate’ at University of Michigan
Disgruntled students at the University of Michigan have ...
I would really love to know how many students being affected by this voted for Obama.
Derek Draplin of the College Fix reported.
More than 200 colleges slash work hours to avoid Obamacare employer mandate
Since the launch of Obamacare, more than 200 colleges and universities across the nation have cut student and faculty work...
So principals can now suspend white students as usual, but to suspend a “black or brown” student, they’d have to go through the superintendent first.
Derek Hunter at The Daily Caller reports:
Separate And Unequal: Minnesota School District To Review All Suspensions Of ‘Black And Brown’ Students
Minneapolis Public Schools are implementing a new...
The Young Americans for Freedom chapter at Virginia Tech is being denied funding because the school didn’t like an immigration event they hosted.
Ashley Pratte of Breitbart reported.
Student Group Loses Funding Because of Conservative Values
In the wake of a standing room only event with conservative leader Bay Buchanan on the topic of...
Greg Piper at The College Fix shows how Penn is wreaking havoc on due process in sexual assault cases:
Penn ‘single-investigator model’ and training stack the deck against accused
As universities take it upon themselves – with less-than-subtle prodding from the Department of Education – to set up alternative judicial processes for sexual-assault...
File this story under higher ed bubble.
The Charleston Daily Mail reports.
W.Va. public higher education enrollment declines
Fall enrollment is down at most of West Virginia’s public four-year colleges and universities compared to the same period in 2013.
About 65,400 students are enrolled in public four-year schools, a 1.6 percent decline from the fall...
