You have to hand it to the folks at The Onion. When they get it right, they really get it right.
Study Finds College Still More Worthwhile Than Spending 4 Years Chained To Radiator
WASHINGTON—A study published Wednesday by the National Education Association has determined that a four-year college education is still a...
The editors at The Daily Californian — the independent student newspaper at UC Berkeley — say that if Californians can shoot porn, then they can also become prostitutes. And this isn’t a slippery slope argument against shooting pornography: it’s a sincere call for the legalization of prostitution.
Greg Piper at The College Fix has...
You would be hard pressed to find a man with a more impressive work history. Nicholas Persac of UT’s Know blog has listed some of the admiral’s accomplishments.
10 Things You Need to Know About UT System’s Next Chancellor
1) McRaven spearheaded the military raid that led to the death of the world’s...
Not much to say here, except that this all reminds me of a
catchy song from 1972:
“It never rains in California, but girl, don’t they warn ya
It pours, man, it pours”
Broken water main floods UCLA campus, forces rescue of drivers, pedestrians
A 93-year-old water pipe burst under Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles...
I wasn’t aware that Wikipedia is sexist, were you? Does it really require $200,000 taxpayer dollars to find out why?
Elizabeth Harrington of the Washington Free Beacon reported.
Hat tip to Ace of Spades HQ.
Government-Funded Study: Why Is Wikipedia Sex...
After it refused to divest from companies that do business with Israel, a pro-Palestinian group at San Diego State University say SDSU is complicit in the deaths in the Gaza Strip.
Mairead Mcardle at The College Fix has the full story:
Criticism comes after San Diego State student leaders rejected BDS resolution
A pro-Palestinian...
It’s flawed. As in, not at all correct. Yet the people who are pushing a climate of fear in “rape culture” cite the statistic all the time.
Stephen Edwards writes at the College Fix.
The Truth Behind that 1-in-5 College Women are Raped Statistic
OPINION
The oft-cited statistic that “one in five women is sexually...
First-grade teacher Kaitlin Roig-DeBellis, who ushered her 15 students into a bathroom and saved them from what nearly certain, gruesome deaths, will have a book out next spring. It’s entitled “Choosing Hope: Moving Forward from Your Life’s Darkest Hour.”
From the Associated Press story printed in the Sacramento Bee:
Teacher who survived Sandy...
Saying that someone can’t teach a particular subject because of their skin color is kind of racist, isn’t it?
Eric Owens of the Daily Caller reports.
WHITES NEED NOT APPLY: Black Leaders In Fresno Oppose White ‘Cultural Studies’ Teacher
Black community leaders in Fresno, Calif., are urging...
Modern feminists are incredibly prone to black and white thinking (just think of all the times someone has been called a ‘misogynist’ for disagreeing with them), often at the expense of understanding the real issues at hand. Here’s another example of that: feminists at a recent Feminist Majority conference seemed completely...
The irony in this story is off the charts.
The College Fix reports.
Student Selling Handwritten Letter From Obama to Pay For College Tuition
Page Six of The New York Post has th...
The University of California Regents must be some math whizzes.
Last month California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signed a budget allotting $106 million less to the state public school system than was requested. The Regents then held a meeting last Wednesday to discuss the “funding shortfall” only to vote themselves 3% salary...
Joseph Asch of Dartblog shared what is presumably the poster. Is this appropriate for a school that supposedly has a big problem with sexual assault on campus?
English professor Rick Diguette offers a critique of Common Core from the perspective of a college professor who has been more than underwhelmed by his recent students’ mediocre writing skills.
Originally published in the Atlantic Journal-Constitution:
Has freshman year in college become grade 12½?
Once upon a time I taught college English at a...
In a new video for Prager University, Stanford University professor Terry Moe talks about the road blocks teacher unions have placed in the way of education reform.
More details here:
Course Description
There is a dilemma in American education. On the one hand, teachers are essential to student achievement. On the other, teachers unions...
Joseph Asch at the DartBlog has some statistics that make Dartmouth’s claim of Need-Blind Admission seem a bit questionable:
Need-Blind Admissions? Really?
Sure, I understand that correlation is not causality, but still, the below figures do make one pause. Why do students not needing financial aid stand a much higher chance of getting...
Interesting news considering Georgia’s history of tobacco farming. Also, I wonder how the school plans to deal with Marijuana use.
WOTC News reports.
Georgia Southern University becomes tobacco free in August
Georgia Southern University President Brooks Keel, Ph.D., recently announced the University would become 100 percent tobacco-free on Aug. 1.
The move to prohibit tobacco...
Seven families and former television journalist-turned-education activist Campbell Brown are filing a lawsuit using the same legal reasoning that prevailed in overturning California teacher tenure laws.
Ben Chapman and Stephen Rex Brown of the...
The doctoral student who placed them there has been arrested.
Susannah Cullinane of CNN reported.
Hidden cameras in University of Delaware restrooms lead to man’s arrest
University of Delaware students are being offered counseling after a doctoral student allegedly hid video cameras in restrooms around the university’s Newark campus over a two-year period.
Police were...
After the “Dear Colleague” Letter of 2011, Harvard joins other Ivy League institutions like Yale and Cornell in almost completely abandoning due process with its new policy for prosecuting sexual assault on campus.
KC Johnson at Minding the Campus has the story:
Harvard Joins the Ivy League’s Race to...
As Hillary Clinton travels the country collecting six figure speaking fees on college campuses, Democrats in the senate are insisting that they care very deeply about student debt.
Michael Stratford of Inside Higher Ed reports.
Student Debt on Campaign Trail
Student debt attracted unprecedented levels of attention during the 2012 presidential election.
As the nation’s...
However, an expert argues that a state-based approach is more effective.
Trust the Department of Education to layer on new rules wherever and whenever it can.
Its latest target? Schools with special needs programs. However, one state official with actual experience with these disagrees with the approach proposed.
The U.S. Department of Education is strengthening regulations for educational programs focused on students with...
