When did “eliminating gender inequality” become a priority for the DOE?
Spencer Irvine writes at Accuracy in Academia.
Dept. of Ed Goes Global
The U.S. Department of Education’s report, “Succeeding Globally Through International Education and Engagement” tries to show how American students will gain more international experience. The report features six quotes by the...
This makes 20 Christian colleges that have beaten the Obamacare mandate to provide abortion pills.
Greg Piper at The College Fix has the story:
Another Christian College Beats Obamacare ‘Abortion-Pill’ Mandate
Louisiana College, a Southern Baptist institution, can’t be forced to even indirectly provide contraceptives that could...
The story of UCSB professor Mireille Miller-Young just keeps getting weirder.
Eric Owens of the Daily Caller has a new update.
Professors Now Say SLAVERY Forced Colleague To Batter Teen, Destroy Her Anti-Abortion Poster
The saga of University of California, Santa Barbara feminist studies professor Mireille Miller-Young has taken yet anot...
The people of Steubenville, Ohio would do some good in this world if they boycott each of this football team’s home games.
Jen Steer reports:
Steubenville teen guilty of rape returns to high school football team: Reaction
One of the two Steubenville teens convicted of raping a 16-year-old girl is back on the high...
Benjamin Weingarten of the Blaze takes a look back at the role higher education played in producing today’s progressives.
How America’s elite universities paved the way for progressivism 70 years ago
Blaze readers are likely familiar with the so-called “Long March” of progressivism through America’s institutions, whereby leftists undertook a concerted effort to...
Marlboro College attempted to dismiss a lawsuit by a student suing the university after his sexual assault trial, but their plea was knocked down. They also pleaded for special privileges in the trial, saying they were ‘analogous to a government entity’ and therefore couldn’t be deposed — the judge knocked this...
S.E. Cupp interviews a Millennial currently serving in Congress, Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL).
Click on the link below to see the interview. Below is Cupp’s introduction:
What millennials want to hear from politicians
Millennials will represent nearly 40% of the voting population by the year 2020, and the race is on to win this...
Leaders at the school obviously saw objections to the name as political correctness gone wild.
Andrew Desiderio of the College Fix reported.
After Uproar, ‘Ole Miss’ Leaders Defend Embattled Nickname, Pledge To Keep It
Was it all just one big misunderstanding?
In an interview with The College Fix, University of Mississippi’s chief communications officer Tom...
Last year, no black women were successful in rushing a sorority at University of Alabama. This year, the university decided to cut all contact between the media and all sororities on campus. Though they gave no substantial reasons why, many believe it is an attempt to ease racial tensions in light...
This just the first battle of many between now and 2016, no doubt.
Jennifer Kabbany of the College Fix reports.
College Republicans Pick Awesome Street Fight With Hillary Clinton PAC, and Win!
“The College Republicans at Sacramento State outshined the Democrats at their own ‘Ready for Hillary’ fundraiser … They eventually gave up their...
Cornell has suspended the visiting scholar upon further development in this case.
Tyler Alicea of the Cornell Daily Sun has the story:
Former Cornell Visiting Scholar Arrested for Reportedly Groping Woman on Flight
A former Cornell visiting scholar was arrested after groping a woman’s breast on a flight from Tokyo, according to federal prosecutors.
Eun-jong...
Maybe it’s time to rethink all types of higher education, not just law school.
Paul Caron of the TaxProfBlog reported.
UC-Hastings Dean: It’s Time to Rethink Law School
San Francisco Daily Journal: It’s Time to Rethink Law School, by Frank Wu (Dean, UC-Hastings):
There are two schools of thought about legal education. One insists that...
The new Campus Accountability and Safety Act, which may weaken even further the due process rights of those accused of sexual assault, is in fact a bipartisan effort, and that’s not because the GOP has been duped by fine print: its Republican backers actually support this attack on due process.
KC Johnson...
Former MIT Sloan School of Management professor Gabriel Bitran and his son plead guilty to charges of running a fraudulent hedge fund investment scheme.
From 2005 to 2011, the two ran GMB Capital Management LLC. During the time, they raised over $500 million in funds to invest and took fees of $16...
This is actually an excellent point. I’m surprised it took someone so long to make it.
Kaitlyn Schallhorn of Campus Reform reported.
Professor: ‘Illegals at border have more rights than college students accused of rape’
Those who illegally cross into the United States have more rights than a college student accused of rape, according...
A recent article in Educational Researcher shows that hardly any research experiments in the field of education are replicated by other researchers, casting heavy doubt on the veracity of their findings.
Charlie Tyson at Inside Higher Ed reports:
Almost no education research is replicated, new article shows
The word “replic...
If you get a good rating on free speech from The FIRE, you’re doing something right.
The FIRE blog reported.
University of Florida Earns FIRE’s Highest Rating for Free Speech
GAINESVILLE, Fla., August 13, 2014—The University of Florida (UF) has eliminated all of its speech codes, earning the highest, “green light” rating from the...
During the 2009-2010 academic year, six Cornell students committed suicide. Three of them did so in the second semester jumping off the school’s iconic–and now somewhat notorious–bridges that traverse very deep gorges. The first to do so was Michael Bradley, a freshman with no history of mental illness who was reportedly...
Would you believe she also has a habit of demonizing rich people?
Dave Huber reports at the College Fix.
Chicago Teachers Union Chief: 3 Homes, Over $200K Salary
Karen Lewis, head of the Windy City’s teachers union and possible mayoral opponent to Rahm Emanuel, owns three homes and makes more than $200,000 per year,...
A “kink club” at University of Chicago is getting money from student government to fund trial memberships at a local sex dungeon. In other news, I’ll be petitioning my student government to fund my subscription to Playboy. See, I’m part of a Pornography Appreciation Club…
Jennifer Kabbany at The College Fix has...
Ed Morrissey of Hot Air has written a column for The Fiscal Times which outlines the completely unacceptable way in which due process is ignored on college campuses.
Guilt by Accusation—How Colleges Deal with Campus Sex
Imagine living in a place where those accused of committing violent crimes are considered by the system...
For those that are unfamiliar, AP (Advanced Placement) courses are high school courses that have end-of-the-year exams that are supposed to represent the rigor of introductory-level college courses. Every few years the College Board, which writes the exams and designs the curriculum, revamps the courses and tests.
Recently, the College Board has...
