Personally, I just thought it was a clever reference to an historical event.
Jennifer Kabbany at the College Fix has the story:
Oklahoma State ‘Trail of Tears’ Gameday Sign Prompts Hate Speech Accusations
A large sign that read “Send ‘Em Home” along with the prominent hashtags #Trail_of_Tears and #GOPOKES has been decried as racist hate...
Alex Pfeiffer of the Daily Caller has compiled this handy list of overpaid college presidents.
America’s Seven Most GROSSLY OVERPAID College Presidents EVER
If you are out of job and looking to start a new prosperous career, look no further than becoming a college president. The benefits are good. You certainly won’t be...
Add pink to the list of colors you’re not allowed to use anymore.
Dave Huber at The College Fix reports:
Color the Opposing Team’s Locker Pink and … Risk a Lawsuit?
An article at Inside Higher Ed highlights (no, not in hot pink) a … “controversy” at the University of Iowa: the opposing team’s...
Another student group has been told they only have freedom of speech in a tiny “free speech” zone. Ridiculous.
Susan Kruth of the FIRE blog reported.
U. of South Alabama Pro-Life Group Alleges First, Fourteenth Amendment Violations
The University of South Alabama (USA) student group Students for Life USA filed suit aga...
However, many countries with greater economic intervention by the government than the US — for example, France — are reportedly less content than Americans. So, is there really even a trend here?
The College Fix reports:
Study: Big Government Makes People ‘More Satisfied’
A study from Baylor University says that “People living in countries with...
Who says there’s no such thing as the higher ed bubble?
Sam Cohen of FOX 40 reported.
Anthem College Files for Bankruptcy, Rancho Cordova Campus May Close
Students could not attend class Thursday at a college in Rancho Cordova.
Outside Anthem College, students told FOX40 they didn’t know what was going on, but they couldn’t...
Pretty soon colleges will have to sell their mega-million stadiums and play on patches of grass.
From Brad Tuttle of Time Magazine:
Why Students Aren’t Going to College Football Games
With college football ticket prices soaring and expanded conferences leading to less exciting matchups, fans—students in particular—are more likely to watch games from home.
There’s...
First the school declared a pay freeze, now this. Paul Caron of the TaxProfBlog reported.
Suffolk Law School Offers Buyouts to All Of Its Tenured Faculty
Following up on last month’s post, Boston Law Schools Shrink Enrollments, Faculties: Boston Globe, Suffolk University Abruptly Replaces President:
Just days before the start of the new school...
Dear Readers, this one is from yours truly at The Cornell Review, along with fellow staff writer Andres Sellitto.
Students for Justice in Palestine at Cornell Stage Anti-Israel Protest
Written by Casey Breznick and Andres Sellitto.
A ragtag group of students, faculty, and city locals associated with Cornell’s chapter of Students of Justice in...
Who knew this would set off such a firestorm?
Nick DeSantis of The Chronicle of Higher Education reports.
Illinois’s Philosophy Dept. Declares No Confidence in University Leaders
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s philosophy department has approved a resolution expressing no confidence in the...
A guest article submission to the Cornell Daily Sun on Aug. 28 from “Rocky M.” was, to say the least, quite disgusting and very bizarre. Basically, it tells the tale of two Cornellian twin brothers who were with a woman at the same time. Technically, the brothers weren’t doing anything to...
It sounds like common sense to me: affirmative action actually lends some credence to the age-old chant of ‘they’re takin’ our jobs!” And, if you couldn’t already tell, people don’t like it when people take their jobs.
The College Fix reports:
Study: Affirmative Action Stigmatizes Beneficiaries
Research by George Mason University’s David Kravitz and...
Additional graffiti promoted communism. I wonder if the culprits are leftists?
Sophie Mattson of The Daily Californian reported.
Police arrest 4 teens in connection with campus vandalism
UCPD officers detained one UC Berkeley student and three men not affiliated with the campus on suspicion of vandalizing Sather Gate and other campus locations early...
It had to happen eventually. There seems to be one rule to liberal activism: every good thing people try to do as actually a really bad thing, because it doesn’t address every single thing wrong in the world. Want to support ALS research? Screw you, you didn’t do anything about the...
The last thing a college campus needs is another infectious disease passing among students.
US colleges screen some students for Ebola
College students from West Africa may be subject to extra health checks when they arrive to study in the United States as administrators try to insulate their campuses from the worst Ebola...
This could be the beginning of a whole new market for the insurance industry.
From Bloomberg via the College Fix.
REPORT: Colleges Buy Special Insurance to Cover Campus Rape Scandals
Bloomberg Businessweek reports:
As schools grow more aware of the risk of sexual attacks on campus, some have implemented educational programs for students or reformed...
Robert Shibley at FIRE gives commentary on an article recently published in Christianity Today by Tish Harrison Warren, a former religious student group leader whose religious beliefs were stifled by Vanderbilt’s ‘All-Comers’ Policy:
A Victim of Vanderbilt’s So-Called ‘All-Comers’ Policy Speaks Out
Tish Harrison Warren, a former religious student group leader at Vanderbilt University, has ...
It sounds like this professor may be auditioning for a job at MSNBC.
Jennifer Kabbany reports at the College Fix.
Professor Admits Obama Supporters Think He’s Jesus
Georgetown University sociology Professor Michael Eric Dyson not only likened President Obama to Jesus in a recent television appearance, but admitted many of the president’s supporters really...
Well, if the reviews indicate things this teacher actually did in class, then her firing seems justified.
From Amy Biolchini of MLive:
Ann Arbor teacher files lawsuit over removal from classroom based on bad online reviews
An Ann Arbor high school teacher accused of arranging her class seating chart by race, calling students names...
Feminists reacted strongly against the former president of George Washington University’s remarks suggesting that drinking responsibly could help prevent women from being sexually assaulted. Yes, you heard it here first: women should not be responsible for anything at all. Ever. Especially for how much alcohol they willingly consume.
Greg Piper at The College...
Probably the last person you thought: Hillary Clinton.
From Nick Gillepsie writing for the Daily Beast:
Hillary’s Got a Millennial Problem
The former Secretary of State looks like she’ll clobber a Republican like Rand Paul in 2016—but only if she doesn’t alienate the young.
Sure, projecting a winner in a presidential election a couple of...
