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Yale Administration Disciplines Students Who Campaigned for Republican

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Posted by    Tuesday, December 10, 2013 at 8:00am

Of course, there were many students on campus who campaigned for a Democrat. Somehow, those students escaped disciplinary measures. Go figure.

Alec Torres of National Review has the must read story.

Throwing the Book at Yale Republicans

This fall, students at Yale University fielded the first Republican candidate in 20 years for Ward One...

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Janet Napolitano ‘deeply skeptical’ of Obama’s new College Rating Plan

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Posted by    Monday, December 9, 2013 at 6:30pm

Uh oh. Two Democrats disagree about something. It’s a Democrat civil war!

Nick Anderson of the Washington Post reports.

Napolitano, University of California president, ‘deeply skeptical’ of Obama college rating plan

Former U.S. homeland security secretary Janet Napolitano, two months into her new job as president of the University of California system, expressed skepticism...

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Business Schools Now Marketing Themselves as “Start-Up Incubators”

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Posted by    Monday, December 9, 2013 at 5:00pm

In a harsh economic climate, a good marketing strategy may heat-up the bottom line.

And administrators marketing MBA programs have found a truly innovative one! Business schools around the country are now touting themselves as the best at graduating students who go on to start-up successful businesses.

So, you want to start a...

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Man Doesn’t Know How Parents Ever Going To Pay Off Massive Student Loan Debt (Parody)

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Posted by    Monday, December 9, 2013 at 3:30pm

Every once in a while, The Onion just nails it. Now is one of those times.

Man Doesn’t Know How Parents Ever Going To Pay Off Massive Student Loan Debt

NEW YORK—Recent Wesleyan University graduate Zach Wallace confided to reporters Thursday that he has no clue how his parents are supposed to earn...

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Common Core Calculates Completely Unsolvable Math Problem

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Posted by    Monday, December 9, 2013 at 2:00pm

In defense of Common Core math developers, perhaps they were trying to create a “Kobayashi Maru” situation to assess how students would handle a problem with no good solution?

Via Twitchy, here is a math problem offered as part of a “Common Core” aligned program:

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan has promised to...

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Generation Opportunity Tells College Students to Opt-Out of Obamacare

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Posted by    Monday, December 9, 2013 at 12:30pm

You may know Generation Opportunity from their “creepy Uncle Sam” ads. They recently brought their message to Notre Dame.

Francesca Chambers of The Weekly Standard reports.

Generation Opportunity Takes ‘Opt-Out’ of Obamacare Message to College Students

It was only 10:30 a.m., and already, we were too cold to move, let alone get out of...

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U. of Washington email smears Tea Party with KKK comparison

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Posted by    Monday, December 9, 2013 at 11:00am

As an example of excellent research to inspire alumni support, the administrators at the University of Washington offered work that smeared today’s citizen activists with comparisons to the KKK.

Which begs the question: What about those graduates who are members of the Tea Party?

A public university sent an email to alumni highlighting...

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Former Kenyon College Student Files Lawsuit Against School

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Posted by    Monday, December 9, 2013 at 9:30am

Here’s the story of another male student who’s trying to get his life back after being accused of sex crimes.

Hat tip to Instapundit who notes that despite an acquittal, the article never names the accuser.

The Kenyon Collegian reports.

Former student files lawsuit against college

Stephen Zingarelli, a former Kenyon student who was acquitted...

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Marquette U. Shocks Students with Textbook Written by Bill Ayers

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Posted by    Monday, December 9, 2013 at 8:00am

The last time we checked on Marquette University, it had just swapped an edgy sex workshop for “F***ing While Feminist” Speaker.

Administrators at this Catholic institution continue to make some fascinating academic choices.

Students at Marquette University reacted with surprise and dismay when they were informed that a textbook used in a freshman...

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Yale Student Questions Hillary Clinton’s Potential “Coronation”

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Posted by    Sunday, December 8, 2013 at 5:00pm

While Professor Jacobson is upset Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren is not making a presidential run, many others are eagerly anticipating former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to readily get the nomination and win.

Yale University student Harry Graver uses a smart literary analogy to convey some skepticism that Clinton will be the...

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Video – Alfonzo Rachel Examines Common Core Survey

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Posted by    Sunday, December 8, 2013 at 3:30pm

PJ Media’s Alfonzo Rachel has taken a close look at Common Core, specifically the questions that appear on a CC survey.

Here’s the video description from YouTube.

From the folks who brought you Common Core, comes a survey of the political leanings of the students’ parents! Because, obviously, Common Core can’t be taught...

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As key element of unionization plans fails, NYU grad students rethink legal options

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Posted by    Sunday, December 8, 2013 at 2:00pm

Graduate student at New York University are now rethinking their legal options after the school and a union scuttled a key element of their plan.

Graduate students hoping to unionize at private institutions had for years been counting on a National Labor Relations Board ruling to set a new precedent for their...

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UCLA Prof Notes Explicit Sex on Today’s Cable TV

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Posted by    Sunday, December 8, 2013 at 12:30pm

The envelope is definitely being pushed. Consider shows like HBO’s Girls.

Nathan Harden of The College Fix reports.

Professor: Explicit Sex on Today’s Cable TV ‘Unthinkable’ a Few Years Ago

Cable television networks such as HBO and Showtime are making explicit sex, nudity, and violence commonplace on America’s TV screens, showing graphic content that...

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What Happened to Finland’s Once Great Education System?

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Posted by    Sunday, December 8, 2013 at 11:00am

It looks like the American public school system isn’t the only one that seemingly has gone downhill.

Business Insider’s Education contributor Adam Taylor has a report on Finland’s education system, which was one considered the best in the world.

Since it was reformed 40 years ago, Finland’s education system has frequently been held...

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Auburn University Student Punished for Unproven Crimes

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Posted by    Sunday, December 8, 2013 at 9:30am

File this under the war on men.

James Taranto of the Wall Street Journal has the story.

Taranto: An Education in College Justice

Joshua Strange will never forget the girl he met in May 2011.

Both were underclassmen at Alabama’s Auburn University when a common acquaintance introduced them. “We instantly became attached at the hip...

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Stanford Healthcare Market Expert Gives Obamacare a Poor Diagnosis

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Posted by    Sunday, December 8, 2013 at 8:00am

Jay Bhattacharya, an economics/medicine professor at Stanford University, who has studied the healthcare market for 20 years.

He recently chatted with a scholar at his institution, Devon Zuegel, and offered a long list of problems and concerns with Obamacare.

The Affordable Care Act requires insurance companies to accept all clients, including those with...

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Utah State U. Prof Asks about “Faith Diversity”

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Posted by    Saturday, December 7, 2013 at 5:00pm

An anthropology professor at Utah State University plans to study the religious diversity environment on campus by interviewing students about their faith experiences.

Given the challenges faced by Christian and Jewish students at campuses across the country, this may be one diversity effort worth following.

It is Bonnie Glass-Coffin’s hope that the study...

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Lunenburg Football Racism Case Update – Mother of Victim Now Chief Suspect

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Posted by    Saturday, December 7, 2013 at 3:30pm

We have followed the story of the high school football team in Lunenburg, MA from the beginning. See our prior reports here and here.

As the investigation continues, it’s looking more and more like another racism hoax.

David Abel and John R. Ellement of the Boston Globe provide an update.

Police focus on victim’s...

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Yale Police Responding to 7 “Knockout Game” Reports

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Posted by    Saturday, December 7, 2013 at 2:00pm

Professor Jacobson recently reported that the detestable “Knockout Game” may have hit the campus of Cornell.

It looks like the game is now being played at Yale, too.

Yale students and New Haven residents are experiencing the arrival of a new crime pattern that has gained national attention in recent weeks — the...

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U. Alabama School Paper Apologizes When Cartoon Mentioning Obama is Deemed Racist

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Posted by    Saturday, December 7, 2013 at 12:30pm

Dan Reimold is a blogger who writes at College Media Matters which doesn’t appear to be affiliated with the leftist outfit known as Media Matters for America. In a recent post, he described a predictable situation at the University of Alabama.

Crimson White ‘Obama’s America’ Cartoon Perceived as Racist, Prompts Public Apology

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Budget Battle: Comparing Enrollment vs Spending at Brown and Dartmouth

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Posted by    Saturday, December 7, 2013 at 11:00am

One of the biggest budget- busters for colleges and universities is the administration.

Dartmouth alum Joseph Asch takes a detailed look at the spreadsheets for Brown University and his alma mater, noting that Brown now has 36% more students than Dartmouth.  Crunching the numbers, he reveals a core reason for the discrepancy...

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San Francisco State Student Poses With Knife “I want to stab an Israeli soldier.”

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Posted by    Saturday, December 7, 2013 at 9:30am

The student, Mohammad Hammad, is a member of the school’s General Union of Palestine Students. The threat was deemed serious and The Simon Wiesenthal Center even issued a warning to Jewish students.

Lori Lowenthal Marcus of the Jewish Press reports. Hat tip to Weasel Zippers.

Did SFSU Student Post Selfie with Knife: ‘I...

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