YAL chapter handed a nearly $500 invoice for “security” shortly before event.
We recently noted that liberal academics were panicking as Idaho’s new campus Gun law went into effect.
Now, one school is now under fire for its shameful treatment of a student group organizing a pro-Second Amendment event.
As the force behind a Supreme Court victory for Washington, D.C. gun owners, Dick Heller has...
At Minding the Campus, John Rosenberg writes of the turmoil over the Redskins and cites an excellent point by Professor Eugene Volokh.
Is “Tolerance” The New “Diversity”?
The politically correct speech enforcers at the Patent and Trademark office have just voted, for the second time, to cancel several Washington Redskins trademarks that contain...
Students often question the value of the college admissions essay.
However, one essay had some far-reaching results that have led to a man getting the justice he truly deserved.
Raped as an 8-year-old by her then-stepfather, a woman kept the secret from her family for nearly a decade until she drafted a college...
Malcolm A. Kline of Accuracy in Academia has an announcement which may interest College Insurrection readers.
First course offered will be “Sex, Lies & Women’s Studies”
Accuracy in Academia (AIA) is launching Conservative University – a free online video education initiative, at the Network of enlightened Women’s national conference on Friday, June 20,...
A for-profit college that has been clashing with US regulators over student data documentation is warning that it may be forced to close its doors.
This move has the potential to impact thousands of students across the country.
Corinthian Colleges, a for-profit education company with about 75,000 students nationwide, warned Thursday that it...
Finally, University of California – Berkeley offers some real scholarship when it comes to sex!
A paper published Monday and co-authored by UC Berkeley researchers uses an algorithm to explain the diversity sexual recombination yields.
The paper, published in the online Early Edition of the Proceedings of the N...
Jay Schalin of National Review recently wrote of Libertas U. and recommends it for knowledge hungry adults.
Calling All Life-Long Learners
I’ve taken five online courses at five different institutions over the years. Only one of them has been an enjoyable experience. That was at Libertas U., a new “virtual” online school that,...
The new words are “xe, xem, and xyr.”
We have noted that the new diversity target for American colleges is transgendered students, especially with schools asking students for their preferred gender pronoun.
Now, The College Fix shares the news about a Canadian school district creating 3 new pronouns. However, I am sure this inanity will be heading south in...
The school won’t recognize an evangelical student group and even smeared the group’s unpaid advisers.
John Leo of Minding The Campus reports.
Bowdoin: Is Religious Freedom Discriminatory?
Last Monday, Bowdoin College made page one of the New York Times with its decision to de-recognize an evangelical student group for refusing to sign an anti-discrimination...
Generation Opportunity, a nonprofit advocacy group geared toward young adults, is attacking Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) on economic issues in a wonderful new ad (hat-tip, Instapundit)
The ad, shared first with The Hill, shows a young woman pushing a Landrieu look-a-like around a grocery store in a shopping cart. The politician greedily...
This isn’t that surprising if you know anything about Hampshire. They operate on a pass or fail basis with no letter grades.
Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed reported.
‘Test-Blind’ Admissions
More than 800 four-year colleges and universities do not require applicants to submit SAT or ACT scores. But of these “test-optional” colleges, the...
We have noted that millennials are very unhappy with the Obama administration are are developing a decidedly libertarian streak.
South Dakota College Republicans a great video take on the opinion of President Obama, set to the song “Say Something” by A Great Big World.
The video depicts millennials “breaking up” with Obama like...
Businesses are in business to make money. They don’t typically care if the customer’s money is coming from individuals or government.
Andrew Desiderio reports at The College Fix.
GWU Prof Calls Out First Lady’s Anti-Obesity Group for Link to Big Business
First Lady Michelle Obama’s effort to end childhood obesity includes partnerships with big...
Faculty questioning the value of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) may find comfort in this story of a math scholar logging into tenure-track using this educational approach.
When Jim Fowler becomes an assistant professor of mathematics at Ohio State University this fall, he can thank his massive open online courses — and...
This seems wrong somehow. I don’t resent college coaches for being well paid but the highest paid state employees? Really?
The Spokesman-Review reported.
College coaches state’s highest-paid employees
OLYMPIA – The official report of state employee salaries for 2013 is out, and as usual the highest-paid people on the list are coaches at Washington’s...
It looks like that Louisiana may be the next state to repeal Common Core, joining Missouri, Indiana and Oklahoma.
Bonus – It’s good to see someone other than Obama using executive orders for a change!
Gov. Bobby Jindal says he will issue an executive order requiring competitive bidding for tests tied to...
Oh and also, colonialism or something.
When it comes to mandatory courses, perhaps we should focus on more basic skills first.
Eric Owens of the Daily Caller has the story.
Minnesota Radicals Demand Mandatory Transgender Classes Because Of Colonialism OR ELSE
Members of a radical leftist group at...
The sales for Hillary Clinton’s new book have been dismal.
And it looks like Harvard may be the center for whatever sales have been made.
Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary D. Rodham Clinton attracted hundreds of people to the Harvard Book Store on Monday evening for a signing of her new book,...
Wouldn’t it be nice if taxpayers could enforce stricter rules on the federal government?
Michael Stratford of Inside Higher Ed reports.
‘Tough Love’ for Higher Ed
WASHINGTON — As policy makers here ponder new ways to hold colleges more accountable for how well they serve students, they should start by laying down some tougher...
Oregon’s “Pay it Forward” college tuition reform may sound great to many, but wait until state taxpayers get the bill!
Perhaps its proponents should take the new “Personal Fiance” class offered by Oregon College.
According to the Oregonian, the state of Oregon would have to pay an extra $5 million to $20 million...
American University professor Caleb Rossiter used to believe in global warming, but when he changed his mind, he lost his position at the Institute for Policy Studies.
Dominic Lynch has an exclusive report at the College Fix.
EXCLUSIVE: Prof Fired For Calling Global Warming ‘Unproved Science’ Stands Firm
If one would have asked statistician...
Germany is one of many European countries now dealing with the consequences of embracing a culture of very low birthrates.
Bloomberg contributor Alex Webb discusses how the nation is dealing with a deficit of one million scientists because of the new demographics.
With Europe’s lowest birth rate and its oldest population, Germany needs...
