A sad state of affairs as far as free expression is concerned.
Samantha Harris of the FIRE blog reports.
James Madison University Loses Its ‘Green Light’ Rating
After failing to heed several warnings from FIRE about new speech codes, James Madison University—which FIRE
Ian Tarr of the Brown Spectator isn’t a big fan of electric cars and he may have a point.
Think Global, Act Local, and Achieve Nothing: Electric Vehicles Are A Dead End
Most students at Brown are no strangers to the environmentalist movement. An abundance of on-campus groups advocate for conservation, composting, alternative...
When freedom of speech is inconvenient, or makes their life a bit difficult, they’re totally okay with government censorship.
Greg Piper at the College Fix has the story:
Students Love First Amendment… When It’s Convenient For Them, Survey Finds
The Knight Foundation’s new report on First Amendment attitudes among high school students and teachers...
This doesn’t really fit with the liberal narrative, does it?
Dave Huber of the College Fix reports.
Who’da Thought? Millennials Overwhelmingly Oppose Affirmative Action
Writing in the University of Georgia’s The Red & Black, Katelyn Umholtz cannot seem to reconcile how Millennials can believe in a colorblind society … and also oppose affirmative action...
Mark Bauerlein at Minding the Campus details how logic and reason have begun to slip away from university campuses, only to be replaced by ‘identities’ and ‘sensitivities’:
Yale Muslims: Hurt Feelings but No Arguments
As Lauren Noble wrote two days ago here at Minding the Campus, Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s speech at Yale on...
The title of this post is taken from a new report by Julius Kairey of the Cornell Daily Sun which you should read.
THROWDOWN THURSDAY: Should California Redefine Campus Sexual Assault?
When is a kiss considered to be sexual assault?
According to the U.S. Justice Department’s website, almost always. It defines sexual assault as...
Yesterday Campus Reform reported that Clemson University was requiring students to submit information about their drinking behavior and sex lives using identifiable log-in data.
Late last night the university backtracked on its plan, Campus Reform now reports:
Clemson University is no longer prying into its students’ sex lives
In a campus-wide email late Wednesday...
A U.S. Department of Education regulation stating that a for-profit institution cannot offer a program that has a debt-to-student ration of 8% or more is being challenged by representatives from Kaplan, mostly because a huge number of programs at non-profits and public schools don’t pass the same test.
Spencer Irv...
Do college students ever get credit for promoting Republican or Libertarian values?
Derek Draplin of the College Fix has an interesting story here.
Colleges Give Students Academic Credit for Pushing Socialist Causes on Campus
College students can earn academic credit for promoting socialist causes on their campuses through a program run by the Young...
Looking to make ten figures? Go to UPenn (or, more specifically, Wharton). Your second best bets are attending Harvard, Yale, or University of Southern California.
Peter Jacobs reports for the Business Insider:
The 20 Universities That Have Produced The Most Billionaires
More billionaires went to the University of Pennsylvania for their undergraduate degrees than...
Here’s an excerpt from Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s speech at Yale in which she responds to the Muslim student group which sought to silence her.
From the Washington Free Beacon.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali Urges Yale MSA To Refocus Energies
Despite more than 30 student organizations petitioning her appearance, Somali-American women’s rights activist and author Ayaan...
That’s $350 million, all from graduates Dr. Gerald Lok-chung Chan and Ronnie Chi-chung Chan — so much money that Harvard has decided to rename an entire school after their father: The T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Matthew R. Zubrow at The Dartmouth Review has the story:
Harvard Continues Trend of Large...
In a new video from Prager University, Anne Bayefsky, director of the Touro Institute on Human Rights examines the UN and its scrutiny of Israel.
Here’s more information:
Course Description
Israel is a vibrant democracy with full rights for women and gays, a free press and independent judiciary. You would think that the United...
I wrote this up last night for the Cornell Review, a student conservative and libertarian newspaper. We’re trying to get this going viral. Please read and share either this link or the original one, here.
Conservative Columnist for Cornell Newspaper Personally Attacked in Anonymously Distributed Flyers
In several locations across campus, students have...
Our dear friend Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit has put together a new parody video which you must watch.
We’ve heard it ad infinitum, but it really is quality advice: don’t lie on your resume!
From the Financial Post:
Wal-Mart spokesman resigns over fake resume claim that he has a university degree
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s chief spokesman resigned after the company discovered an almost two- decade-old falsehood in his official biography, a person...
Gosh, isn’t that nice of them? Is there also a group that helps academic elitists combat their smugness?
Macaela Bennett of the College Fix reports.
College Launches Group for White Students to Combat Their White Privilege
Stonehill College has launched a campus group for white students to discuss “what it means to have whiteness”...
Chelsea Gruenwald at The College Conservative offers up some potential reasons why young women are rapidly abandoning the feminist movement:
The Rise of Anti-Feminism: The New Era of Feminism?
While feminist movements across the globe are gaining media attention, another movement has also gained attention: anti-feminism.
Not too shabby. Will the liberal school be sharing its wealth with less fortunate universities?
Joseph Asch of Dartblog reports.
Endowment Yields 19.2%; Rises to $4.5B
The endowment has risen from $3.73 billion to $4.50 billion as the College announced that its investments yielded a 19.2% return. Th...
As someone who tried to be an English major for a few semesters, I can tell you that most English departments have pointedly abandoned concepts like ‘literary merit’ and ‘the Western canon’ in favor of ones like ‘diversity’ and ‘social awareness.’
That summer reading lists only continue to harp on such doctrines...
This is pretty serious. File it under higher ed bubble.
Staci Zaretsky of Above the Law reported.
Troubled Law School Defaults On Its Bonds, May Be Forced To Cease Operations
While it’s true that things have been spiraling downwards for law schools since the Great Recession, it wasn’t until 2011 that things really got...
How about a study on how liberals and conservatives think differently? But we already know what the conclusion would be.
From the NY Daily News:
Liberals and conservatives smell different, are attracted to odors of those who share their beliefs: study
People are attracted to the odor of those who share their political beliefs,...
