Who knew group think could send so many people to the hospital?
M Live reported.
‘Group think’ may have landed 55 Olivet College students in the hospital
Most of the 55 Olivet College students sent to a Charlotte hospital earlier this week have been diagnosed as being just fine, according to media reports.
Only three...
What will the result of this measure be?
Josh Mitchell of the Wall Street Journal reports:
Parents Poised to Gain Easier Access to College Loans
The Obama administration is moving to ease access to student loans for parents with damaged credit, a policy reversal that could saddle poor families with piles of debt but...
The vote is set for Thursday. We’ll keep an eye on this story for an update.
Regina Dennis of the Waco Tribune-Herald reported.
Baylor students set vote for handguns on campus
Baylor University Student Senate members have set a vote for next week on a resolution to allow licensed concealed handgun holders to carry...
The quote in question: “There’s no better way to overpower a trickle of doubt than with a flood of naked truth.”
Greg Piper at The College Fix has the story:
Judge Quotes ‘House Of Cards’ To Knock Down Ohio Law Trampling Student Speech
Let no one say that federal judges are removed from the average...
You may have heard that the chancellor of UC Berkeley isn’t a big fan of free speech. The pro-free speech community has certainly noticed.
Susan Kruth of the FIRE blog reports.
The Free Speech Movement vs. UC Berkeley Chancellor Dirks on Free Speech
FIRE President Greg Lukianoff and Popehat’s Ken White aren’t the only...
Ohio State, which earlier this year banned all tobacco use on campus, has absolutely no way to enforce this ban. In fact, the committee which enacted the ban didn’t even think about actual enforcement. Talk about only caring about PR.
Greg Piper at The College Fix has the story:
Ohio State’s Smoking Ban...
HBO’s John Oliver has noticed student loan debt. Welcome to the party, John. Just so you know, you missed a few things.
Avi Snyder of National Review:
What John Oliver Forgot to Tell You about Student Debt
Most of Oliver’s viewers are likely living the nightmare that is the student debt crisis, and in...
Petroleum engineering, mineralogy, other types of engineering, and computer sciences always land at the top of these lists of median earnings.
However, I feel that as long as you choose something reasonable and apply and work diligently you will maximize your potential to earn a high salary.
Anyways, from the FiveThirtyEight blog:
The Economic...
Paul Caron of the TaxProfBlog has noticed that law schools may have an enrollment problem.
Where Are All the Law School Applicants?
Connecticut Law Tribune editorial, Where Are All the Law School Applicants?:
Nearly every law school in America is facing declining applications. Nationally, the level...
Check out the “most educated” cities in your state. Keep in mind, however, that simply have a college degree doesn’t mean much. I mean, you read College Insurrection, right?
From Business Insider:
Here’s The Most Educated Town In Every State
We recently looked at the most affluent towns in every U.S. state. Now we’re...
College Insurrection contributor Hans Bader has a new post at Minding the Campus which must be read to be believed.
Students Must Agree “Why” They Had Sex or It’s Sexual Assault
At Ohio State University, to avoid being guilty of “sexual assault” or “sexual violence,” you and your partner now apparently have to...
Would the situation be different if the T-Shirts had a politically approved message? Probably.
The College Fix reported.
Canadian University Punishes Students Wearing ‘F**k Safe Space’ T-Shirts
Carleton University in Canada has pledged to issue “sanctions” against students – some of them orientation team leaders – who were photographed wearing shirts that said “F**k...
It’s quite mind-boggling to read this Daily Beast article whining about the Koch brothers demanding universities comply with certain conditions of theirs when they take their donation money. The solution, if you’re opposed to the brothers’ political philosophy, is to not accept their money.
Anyways, try reading David Levanthal’s article:
Koch Foundation to...
This is worth every minute of your time. Via John J. Miller of National Review.
VDH: The Video Interview
Here is Hillsdale College student Evan Carter interviewing Victor Davis Hanson on the Middle East, Russia, and the foreign policy of President Obama.
If he wins his case, radio stations will have to start referring to the Washington football team as ‘The-Team-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named.”
Andrew Desiderio at The College Fix has the story:
Activist Law Prof Petitions FCC to Deem ‘Redskins’ Obscene, Unlawful to Say On Air
An activist law professor has formally requested that the Federal Communications Commission...
But… Doesn’t this defy everything Democrats have been saying for years?
Malcolm A. Kline of Accuracy in Academia has the story.
Government Schools Harm Hispanics
Frequently, left-wing ideologues manage to harm the very people they claim they are aiding. “When your government and your school are const...
Annie Lowrey writes at the New York Magazine:
Take Away Harvard’s Nonprofit Status
The world’s richest university just got a little richer. On Monday, Harvard announced that it has received its largest-ever gift of $350 million and it will rename its school of public health after its benefactor’s father.
Public health is a wonderful...
A report released Wednesday by the U.S. Accountability Office says that student loan debt owed by those 65 years and older has jumped to $18.2 billion, all the way up from $2.8 billion in 2005.
Michael Stratford at Inside Higher Ed has the story:
Student debt increasingly trails Americans into retirement, U.S....
Who looks at a lesson plan like this and thinks it sounds reasonable?
Eric Owens of the Daily Caller reported.
Sixth Graders Asked To Compare Bush And Hitler In Homework Assignment
A sixth-grade teacher at a Washington, D.C. public school will apologize to students but otherwise is receiving no punishment whatsoever for sending students...
Arkansas State University football players volunteered to wear printed crosses on their helmets in memory of a fallen teammate, but protests complaining about their religious symbolism forced them to remove or modify them.
Jennifer Kabbany at The College Fix has the story:
Arkansas State Football Players Forced To Remove Helmet Memorial Crosses
They wanted...
English literature majors can tell you this controversy comes around every few years.
Matthew Reisz of Inside Higher Ed reports.
Shakespeare Studies Spat
A major spat has broken out within the world of Shakespeare studies.
In January this year, the editors of the Italian journal Memoria di Shakespeare asked Richard Waugaman to revise his paper...
The minimum wage debate is a tough topic for conservatives and libertarians to argue, because no matter how many facts, economic models, and philosophical arguments we make, we’re almost always privileged in some way or another, thereby completely discrediting anything we say.
Ok, so we just have to try harder. But one...
