Last November it was revealed that GWU was considering Alec Baldwin for an honorary doctorate. That idea has been scrapped.

Andrew Desiderio writes at The College Fix.

Alec Baldwin Passed Over For Honorary Doctorate at GWU

Administrators at The George Washington University have decided not to give Alec Baldwin an honorary doctorate this May –...

We recently commented that  after promoting a “no whites” social event, organizers at a community college event should consider a course in remedial English as they obviously don’t understand the meaning of the word “diversity”.

One Dartmouth student should consider doing the same thing: He doesn’t get the meaning of “coexist”.

The full...

These colleges are looking for lifeboats on the deck of the SS Higher Ed Bubble. Here’s wishing them lots of luck.

Ry Rivard of Inside Higher Ed reports.

Pulling Out in Pennsylvania?

Several Pennsylvania public colleges are looking for a way out of the state’s struggling 14-university system.

Supporters say a bill proposed this month...

The Wall Street Journal recently asked a panel of business experts of salary prospects should drive students’ choices of degree programs.

While the obvious answer is “yes”, the panel avoids belittling any potential major.

Unlike President Obama.

In January, President Barack Obama inadvertently caused a bit...

A new paper by the American Council on Education says the Obama administration’s ratings proposal is likely to lead to the same negative consequences as college rankings.

Michael Stratford of Inside Higer Ed has this analysis:

Since the White House rolled out its plan to create a federal college ratings system last August,...

Who says only liberals students can be campus activists? College campuses would be better off if more conservative and libertarian students spoke out like this.

Andrea Billups of Newsmax reports.

Student Conservatives Muster Voters, Awareness on College Campuses

John Publicover was barely 18 when he decided he needed to learn more about the political...

In the interest of full disclosure, I must admit to being a graduate of the Ferndale High School Class of 1980.

Some of the most amazing and wonderful people I have met in life were the teachers I had while attending public school in that district (special shout-out to my teachers for...

It’s important to note that these students are not anti-religion or anti-Christian. It will be interesting to see if this movement continues to grow.

Katie England writes at The College Fix.

Secular Pro-Life Movement Gains Support At College Campuses, Under-30 Crowd

You don’t have to believe in God to be pro-life.

That’s the message Kelsey...

While I would hope this visit was in the interest of making sure Yasser Arafat was dead, it doesn’t look like that was the case.

William Bigelow of Breitbart files this report:

As part of the “Harvard College Israel Trek 2014,” some of Harvard’s students recently visited the grave of former PLO terrorist...

Student loans are still growing faster than any form of debt in the US. Take a look at the chart below which shows consumer debt changes from 2003 to 2013.

Note the blue line which keeps going up.

Education by the Numbers reports.

Student loans still growing faster than any other debt and now...

We recently reported that the Stanford University Graduate Student Council denied a request from a student group, the Stanford Anscombe Society , for $600 to bring speakers to a conference on marriage and family issues.  Students cited that the event would support “hate speech”.

Jennifer S. Bryson, Ph.D., has a BA from...

Republican Kentucky Senator Rand Paul spoke to a student forum at the left leaning UC Berkeley this week and was met with cheers. If you needed further proof that liberty is bipartisan, here you go.

Carla Marinucci of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

Republican Rand Paul fires up a Berkeley crowd

Cheered by a...

Too often, College Insurrection covers the tragic deaths of students that are related to alcohol.

Now, a Brown University student organization is asking that frat brothers take a bartending course, so that they may learn the rules rules of alcohol safety.

Brown Student Agencies is working with Greek Council...

The video below was created by a company called Crush The Street and it addresses many of the issues we’ve repeatedly covered here at College Insurrection.

The higher education bubble is real, the bubble will eventually burst and the problem is being driven by government spending in the same scenario as the...

Professor Jacobson, Aleister, and other members of  Team Insurrection attended CPAC 2014, where Legal Insurrection was given the “Blog Bash Blogger of the Year” accolades.

Pennsylvania State University student Terence Ford was there, too. He filed this report:

A couple weeks ago, I had the pleasure of traveling with the Penn State...

In a new post at Minding the Campus, KC Johnson examines the issue of ‘Rape Culture’ and suggests there’s a certain amount of fraud attached to the issue.

‘Rape Culture’ Fraud–Unmasking a Delusion

Anyone who follows the contemporary media closely is doubtless familiar with the suddenly ubiquitous phrase “rape culture.” In the context...

We have often noted the unintended consequences of student antics in an Instragram world.

Yale student Caroline Posner has some thoughtful observations on the potential aftermath of student commentary in online emotional revelations:

…But with Internet anonymity, as we all heard in middle school, comes a number of concerns — and Yale PostSecret...

There are so many things wrong with the way this plan is being presented.

First of all, it isn’t free. Students would pay for their education out of their future job earnings for years.

Second, this plan assumes a 100% employment rate for graduates. Have the authors looked at the unemployment rates for...

It looks like staff members at one Colorado college are more Obamacare victims.

Colorado Mountain College is prohibiting part-time faculty from working more than 30 hours per week to avoid the Obamacare mandate to provide part-time employees with health insurance, the Aspen Daily News reports:

The school relies heavily on adjuncts — there are only...

We recently told you about Professor Mireille Miller-Young who physically assaulted a teenager on a college campus and stole her pro-life sign.

Eric Owens of The Daily Caller provides an unbelievable update.

Feminist prof now claims ‘MORAL RIGHT’ to attack 16-year-old abortion foe, destroy sign

The police department at the University of California, Santa...

We have noted that students nationwide are clamoring for the increased use of the digital currency, Bitcoin, for campus transactions.

Harvard has responded by opening its first Bitcoin ATM.

Clover Food Lab, a vegetarian and vegan restaurant chain located on Holyoke St., installed the first Bitcoin ATM in Harvard Square Monday morning.

The ATM...

It makes perfect sense. Now that college has become such a huge financial burden for so many families, why wouldn’t people want a sense of their return on investment?

Melissa Korn writes at the Wall Street Journal.

Colleges Are Tested by Push to Prove Graduates’ Career Success

College admissions officers trumpet graduates’ success in...