Keep Professor Dan Markel’s family in your thoughts. Hopefully a full investigation is already underway.
The College Fix reported.
POLICE: Internationally Known Criminal Law Professor was Targeted for Murder
The recent shooting death of Florida State University College of Law Professor Dan Markel, described by...
A recent poll by Reason magazine says that a large number of undergraduate students hold some conservative views — despite the fact that most of their professors are overwhelmingly liberal.
Malcolm A. Kline at Accuracy in Academia has the story:
College Indoctrination Hits a Wall
College faculties may be further to the political left...
In a new video from Prager University, Michael Tanner of the Cato Institute examines America’s war on poverty, welfare programs and the disincentive to work they create.
More details here:
Course Description
The U.S. government has spent trillions of dollars in recent decades attempting to combat poverty, yet the poverty rate has remained virtually...
From 2008 to 2012, Harvard’s endowment earned on average a paltry 1.24% return per year. During the same time period the S&P 500 experienced a 4.54% average return on investment per year.
Yet, 10 of the 25 highest-paid endowment fund managers work for Harvard Management Co.
Michael McDonald and Lauren Streib of...
If I was a parent with a child about to enter college, I’d be very careful in the selection process.
KC Johnson of Minding the Campus reports.
At Swarthmore, “A Very Low Bar” to Deem Students a Rapist
Parents considering sending the child to Swarthmore College no longer can claim they weren’t warned.
The Sunday ...
Including a concentration in ‘Contemplative Studies’ from Brown (yes, it is as silly as it sounds) and a certificate in helping people navigate the healthcare system (I’m not even joking) from University of the Sciences.
From Inside Higher Ed:
Colleges start new academic programs
- Alabama State University is starting a master’s program in...
In a new video, the Factual Feminist takes on a misleading ad campaign by Verizon which portrays girls as victims of sexism in math and science.
The description from YouTube:
Do girls fall behind in science and engineering because our society tells them they should be pretty, rather than, “pretty brilliant?” That’s the...
Another “academic” group joins the BDS movement.
From Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed:
More Backing for Israel Boycott
The Critical Ethnic Studies Association has endorsed a boycott of Israel — including Israeli universities.
While some academics favoring a boycott of Israel have taken care to say that...
You would think the job market for recent college grads would be enough to sway young voters these days but there are a number of factors.
Julianne Stanford of the College Fix reports.
‘Young Outsiders’ Voting Bloc Up For Grabs By Republicans, Study Says
OPINION: Republicans can capture this demographic if they hold back on...
There are already countless strings attached to federal money, but it looks like there will soon be a few more: on Monday, President Obama plans to issue an executive order forbidding any anti-gay bias in federal contractors, including Christian Universities and Catholic Hospitals.
The New York Times reports:
Obama to Issue Order Barring...
Here’s one way to cut the cost of college and it sounds like a pretty good plan.
FOX News reports.
Life experiences to count for college credits at five NJ universities
Five New Jersey colleges are experimenting with offering students college credits for showing what they have learned from their jobs and life experience.
Lt....
Many pundits, economists, and businessmen are saying that millennials–saddled with student loan debt, unsure of job security (or are without jobs), and scared by the housing crisis half a decade ago–are holding back the general housing recovery necessary for a full-fledged economic recovery.
But, more and more are now saying that millennials...
Is there a YAF chapter on your campus? Here’s a great opportunity to get involved.
Raj Kannappan of the YAF blog reported.
Young America’s Foundation Announces Firing Up Freedom Tour
Young America’s Foundation is excited to announce the Firing Up Freedom Tour, a tremendous opportunity for Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) chapters to kick-start...
And when they are doin’ it, they’re doin’ it with their friends:
‘Students Today Are Having Less Sex’ Than 20 Years Ago, Study Says
Are today’s college students more – gasp – chaste than anyone thought?
Not quite, but they’re also not sex fiends compared to 20 years ago, according to a new study from...
It sounds like this young woman had a bright future ahead of her. What a sad and maddening tragedy.
From USA Today.
Indiana University student among 298 dead in crash
An Indiana University student from the Netherlands was on board the Malaysian airliner shot down Thursday in eastern Ukraine, university officials said Friday.
Karlijn Keijzer,...
Due to declining enrollment rates of blacks and Hispanics at the eight prestigious high schools in NYC—among them Stuyvesant High School and the Bronx School of Science—there is a growing push to change the admissions process from one based exclusively on test scores to more “holistic” and subjective standards.
The NAACP and...
If you’re selling drugs on campus, you’re not only committing a crime you’re wasting other people’s time and money.
Lauren Linhard of the Hanover Evening Sun reported.
Drug bust leads Gettysburg College to sanction 27 students
More than 25 students were found to have violated Gettysburg College’s policy, resulting in expulsions, suspensions and dismissals...
This is no joke.
From YoungConservatives:
NYU Professor’s “solution” for global warming is literally one of the most insane things ever…
Matthew Liao, director of the Bioethics Programme at New York University, says we should combat global warming by genetically engineering humans so they are shorter and allergic...
To make matters worse, the student in the pictures is an incoming freshman. Whoever shared the photos deserves to be punished but this story serves as a reminder – Don’t take nude photos of yourself!
Josh Berry of Arkansas Matters reported.
Nude Student-Athlete Photos Shared with University on Social Media
A student athlete gets...
According to a recent ‘diversity plan’ prepared by the University of Wisconsin at Madison, the university plans to push for ‘proportional participation’ of minorities in all aspects of the university — including, but not limited to, ‘the distribution of grades.’ This may be as benign as a some minority-targeted tutoring programs,...
Even though it’s summer, there are thousands of students on campus for summer school so this was a serious situation.
From Yahoo News.
Bomb scare shuts down Louisiana university campus
One of Louisiana’s largest universities told students to stay in on-campus apartments or go home after police found a suspicious device in a nearby...
Kennedy School of Government professor Stephen Walt rails on about how the United States and the European Union (the EU has a foriegn policy?) should have done more to keep the Ukraine as a “neutral buffer state” and integrate it into the EU.
Read the original story at...
