Remember when liberals believed in personal choices? Those days are over.
Jennifer Kabbany of The College Fix reports.
Harvard Votes To Banish Bottled Water
Harvard University students agreed by vote that plastic single-use water bottles should no longer be sold on campus, leaving the fate of plastic water bottles in jeopardy at the Ivy...
Green Bay Bishop David Ricken says verdict is still out on the “common core standards.”
Implementation of the new “Common Core” education standards have resulted in a wide range of complaints, from pants-wetting to unsolvable math problems.
Green Bay area Bishop David Ricken h...
Students at Virginia State better make sure they don’t offend anyone.
Samantha Harris of The FIRE blog has the story.
Speech Code of the Month: Virginia State University
FIRE announces its Speech Code of the Month for December 2013: Virginia State University.
According to Virginia State’s Student Code of Conduct (PDF), “[s]tudents shall not injure,...
The world media has been focusing on the global mourning for South Africa’s former political prisoner/President, Nelson Mandela.
Cornell University student Alane Otani interviewed some South African scholars on campus for their impressions of Mandela.
…South African student Christina Mosalagae law said she was floored when she learned of Mandela’s death.
“When I heard...
In a new post at Minding the Campus, Cathy Young profiles the “War on Rape” and the loss of free speech that comes with it.
‘Rape Culture’ and Free Speech
Much has been said about the campus “war on rape” and the way it imperils students’ due process rights, but there is another...
It looks like another young American is giving Obamacare a failing grade.
University of Wisconsin – Madison student Caleb McCardell, a junior majoring in medical microbiology & immunology and neurobiology, has the following analysis of the President’s signature piece of legislation….which focuses on the role his generation is suppose to play in...
Here’s the latest obnoxious stunt from the college BDS movement we’ve all come to know so well.
Alicia Adamczyk of The Michigan Daily reported.
‘Evictions’ in residence halls cause stir on campus
Students in six residence halls across campus woke up to eviction notices Tuesday morning.
The notices, which were satirical, were distributed by Students...
The title of this post is an answer to a question posed by George Leef of See Thru Edu who recently had an (ahem) interesting exchange with a testy professor.
DOES HIGHER ED FEAR ACCOUNTABILITY?
Recently, I found myself embroiled in a controversy with an extraordinarily abrasive pr...
It’s tough being a millennial!
University of Cincinnati student Kelsey Kennedy has coined a new term for the new phase in life being experienced by over-educated, underemployed, young Americans.
The quarter life crisis is the new mid life crisis.
As many of us near graduation, the term “quarter life crisis” seems to be surfacing...
What job are you preparing yourself for with a Master’s degree in LGBT studies? Other than teaching LGBT studies, I mean.
Beth Downing Chee of the SDSU News Center reports.
New Grad Program Promotes Pride, Diversity
San Diego State University today announced the addition of a graduate-level certificate in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender...
It looks like another campus is falling victim to Obamacare insurance requirements.
The University of Minnesota made its healthcare plans worse in order to avoid Obamacare-related penalties. Robby Soave of The Daily Caller has the details:
The Affordable Care Act levels an excise tax on high-value health coverage plans, and UM would have...
This is an update to a previous report.
The College Fix has the story.
White Student Harrassed By Black Professor Speaks Out
The Huffington Post has interviewed a former student at Minneapolis Community and Technical College who is at the heart of a national controversy surrounding allegations that a professor there singled him out and...
A new study is going to rock one of the most treasured beliefs held by campus progressives: John McCain lost the election when he tapped Sarah Palin to be his running mate.
A pair of political scientists from Bradley University actually found Palin helped McCain in the 2008 presidential election.
“We find that...
Name another country in which illegal immigrants can use the legal system to sue a state. Name one. I’ll wait.
Kate Brumback of the Marietta Daily Journal reports.
Immigrant students seek Georgia’s in-state tuition rates
A judge said Thursday that he needs more information and time to decide the case of a group of...
“A death in jail is a political death…”
We have been following the story of Yale University professor Samuel See, who was arrested on charges of fighting police officers, then taken to a jail where he died the next day.
A police investigation uncovered his second job:
Perhaps instead of worrying so much about STDs, college healthcare planners may want to turn their attention to other illnesses.
We recently noted the outbreaks of meningitis at Princeton and UC-Santa Barbara. Now, another institution has been struck with another infectious disease attack.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology released a statement announcing a...
$65K is a pretty hefty price for a logo, isn’t it?
Tim Buckland of the New Hampshire Union Leader reports.
UNH unveils new ‘shield’ logo
A new logo for the University of New Hampshire was unveiled Saturday, months after a controversy erupted over possible designs and the costs of the project.
The selected logo was...
It looks like Santa isn’t the only one reading his list, and checking it twice.
Companies that handle student loans will soon be getting a closer look by federal regulators.
Companies that collect payments on student loans will face stepped-up government scrutiny next year as a federal regulator examines whether they are breaking...
This story may actually go beyond the Higher Ed Bubble.
Daniel Wilkerson of THV11 reports.
No paychecks for Arkansas Baptist College faculty since November
Faculty at Arkansas Baptist College have not been paid since November 1 and now the faculty senate wants the college’s president and chief executive officer out.
“It’s an institution that pretty...
Talk about the White House “War on Women!”
The last time we checked on Alex Smith, she was poised to become the first woman to head the College National Republican Committee.
And, despite the Obama Administration’s claims about promoting the needs of both women and young Americans, it looks like she can’t get...
Medical News Today has the report which may cause even more anxiety for millions of college students who couldn’t go a day without their phones.
Cell phone use linked to lower college grades, anxiety
Researchers in Ohio have found that frequent use of cell phones by college students is tied to poorer academic...
A Mississippi college student is poised to make history…even before he graduates!
Tulane University senior Jeramey Anderson turns 22 on Friday — the same day he will be sworn into the Mississippi House of Representatives, making him the youngest member of the legislative body.
The Tulane student won the seat after a general...
