By attempting to put all university positions — from administrators to STEM professors to English professors — on to the same scale, St. Mary’s College may realize one crucial fact: some employees and some positions are just more valuable than others.
James Piereson at Minding the Campus has the story:
Look...
Young families are defined as headed by someone under 40. Their student loan debt has risen significantly.
Doug Lederman of Inside Higher Ed reports.
Young Families and Student Debt
Studies that show student loan debt increasing are a dime a dozen these days. But while a new report from...
Devi R. Nair is the President of Harvard College Republicans.
Dear New Harvard Republicans
It was the fall of 2012. A choking waft of liberalism filled the air as eager freshmen lined their windowsills with blue Obama posters. And as I stood in the middle of the yard, drowning in this sea of...
Amy Joyce of the Washington Post seems to think so and if the stories she tells below are true, she’s right.
How helicopter parents are ruining college students
Attention, parents of college students.
Say your kid has a problem with a roommate. Maybe one “borrowed” his favorite t-shirt. Maybe your daughter’s roommate leaves old,...
The STEM disciplines haven’t yet destroyed the place of the humanities in academia: a new survey shows that humanities departments nationwide are remarkably stable.
Scott Jaschik at Inside Higher Ed has the story:
Survey finds stability in humanities departments
Maybe the sky didn’t fall on the humanities after all.
The new edition of “The Humanities...
Is it really so hard to get by on a professor’s salary that this guy had to resort to theft?
Warner Todd Huston of Breitbart reported.
D.C. Diversity Professor Charged With Burglary, Property Destruction, Put on Leave
A professor for American University in Washington D.C. has been placed on leave after being arrested for...
I’m pretty sure Alabama State University doesn’t have that much pull.
Food services exec: Officials at an Alabama university made ‘unethical request’ for free food
The head of a food services company said officials at Alabama State University threatened to cancel the company’s contract after it wouldn’t commit to provid...
In a recent column at Real Clear Politics, Peter Berkowitz of the Hoover Institution explains why colleges shouldn’t be doing the job of law enforcement professionals when it comes to rape.
U.S. Colleges’ Sexual Assault Crusade
If an undergraduate were accused of committing murder, no one in charge of a U.S. college or...
Vote (Mostly) Online, a new Wisconsin-based startup, will make it possible for millennials who can’t be bothered to get off the internet and go outside for once to, well, vote (mostly) online.
Greg Piper at The College Fix has the story:
Too Lazy To Vote? Wisconsin Startup Offers To Do Most Of It...
Catholic schools sure have changed over the years, haven’t they?
Katherine Timpf reports at National Review.
Catholic University Program Will Ask High-School Kids to Question Their Genders
The University of Notre Dame will host a “Gender and Culture in American Society” program for high-school students next summer, which will ask them to explain how...
At the undergraduate level, it’s definitely been more enjoyable having classes with humorous professors. (Whether they actually are humorous or simply attempt to be is left up for debate).
Jacob Gershman writes for the Wall Street Journal:
Law School Should be Funnier, Says Professor
Law Blog began the week highlighting a new law review...
This ought to go over well with the BDS crowd.
Billy Hallowell of The Blaze reports.
Professors’ Warning for College Students Looking to Take Classes in Middle Eastern Studies
Two college professors are warning Jewish students to exercise caution when considering taking university classes that focus on the Middle East, claiming that many American...
We wouldn’t want people to disagree about things, now would we? That would make them feel so very unsafe, and Berkeley is a safe space, as everyone knows.
Greg Piper at the College Fix has the story:
Free Speech Can ‘Undermine A Community’s Foundation,’ UC-Berkeley Chancellor Says
Sounding more like a kindergarten teacher than...
I’m just offering one possible response to this Washington Post article by Joann Weiner.
Why Sally can’t get a good job with her college degree
Poor Sally. She has spent tens of thousands of dollars and four long years to get her college degree and has $26,000 in student loans to pay off,...
Telling someone “Drink Responsibly” s apparently victim blaming, and the Justice Department will have none of it.
Greg Piper at the College Fix has the story:
Federal Policies ‘Censor’ Colleges From Talking About Alcohol Role In Rape
Former George Washington University President Stephen Tractenberg found out the hard way that you shouldn’t tell college...
Since this is happening for the second year in a row, I guess we can call it a trend.
Sydni Dunn of the Chronicle of Higher Education reported.
History Jobs Dip for a Second Consecutive Year
It’s hard out there for a historian. Once again, there were far fewer employment opportunities for history Ph.D.’s...
As anyone who’s encountered a liberal in a debate about the Israel-Palestine conflict knows, liberal academia has absolutely no grasp of the hypocrisy of their support for dictatorships and terrorists.
Malcolm A. Kline at Accuracy in Academia has the story:
Upside Down Academics
The divide between academics’view of the world and actual events on...
A horrible story if true but this is UCLA, one of the most liberal school systems in the country. Could it be possible that racism exists in Progressive environments? Say it isn’t so.
Richard Winton of the LA Times reports.
Black UCLA employee claims racial profiling in arrest by campus police
A 46-year-old African...
Give Steven Ma the data and metrics for him to create the 12 variables his college admissions algorithm requires, and the program will tell him the odds a students has of admissions to various colleges and universities. Take it or leave it.
Peter Waldman of Bloomberg Businessweek has the story:
How to Get...
Critics say these molds encourage drinking through the use of Jell-O shots.
Jake New of Inside Higher Ed reported.
Jell-O Shots: University-Approved?
Last month — just in time for a new season of college football — Kraft Foods released a new line of Jell-O molds in the shapes of various university logos. Four of...
Nothing political here, but I’m curious to see what these kids’ punishment will be when apprehended.
Autistic teen victim of ALS challenge prank, parents say
Police in suburban Cleveland are investigating an incident in which a group of teens allegedly played a cruel joke on an autistic classmate, reports CBS affiliate WOIO.
In a...
… Because they didn’t pay tuition.
Hunter Schwarz reports for the Washington Post:
Kentucky State University drops a quarter of its students for not paying bills
Kentucky State University President Raymond Burse announced Wednesday the school was dropping 654 students for unpaid tuition and room and board payments.
“The institution cannot afford to carry them,”...
