A quintessentially American lunch item is the peanut butter & jelly sandwich. Yet, one principal has a unique perspective on this lunch staple.
Did you know that eating or even talking about a peanut butter and jelly sandwich could be considered racist?
That’s right.
Apparently, it’s because people in some cultures don’t eat sandwich...
There were plenty of headlines about a lawsuit seeking a court ruling that four captive Chimpanzees were persons and entitled to
“the right to bodily liberty via a writ of habeas corpus. The suits, filed in New York Supreme Court, are based on scientific evidence proving that chimpanzees are self-aware and autonomous, and...
Professor Jonathan Turley of George Washington University Law School recently spoke to the House Judiciary Committee about the separation of powers.
Real Clear Politics provides the transcript of a key exchange.
REP. BOB GOODLATTE (R-VA): Professor Turley, the constitution, the system of separated powers is not simply about stopping one branch of government...
A new book details campus and community hazards of thriving party school culture, and complacency of administrators who fail to address it.
Allie Grasgreen of Inside Higher Ed interviews the author of Party School: Crime, Campus, and Community, Karen G. Weiss (an associate professor of sociology at West Virginia University). Weiss details...
Keep taking those federal loans, college students. University presidents are counting on you.
Avi Snyder of National Review writes.
University Presidents’ Farewell Packages Hurt Students
Skyrocketing college tuition continues to put pressure on families struggling to make do in a sluggish economy. Recall the median family income is approximately $53,000 a year — less...
Some disturbing news from the University of Virginia, as one dean faces serious charges related to child pornography.
Robby Soave of The Daily Caller has these details:
Michael Morris, associate dean of UVA’s McIntyre School of Commerce, is accused of purchasing child porn through his university email account. The indictment against him claims...
The Princeton University Orchestra is performing the world premiere.
Ronni Reich of the Star Ledger reports.
Princeton jazz professor composes ‘Ballad for Trayvon Martin’
When Anthony D.J. Branker heard about Trayvon Martin, he could not help but think of an experience he had in his early 20s, just after graduating from Princeton University.
“I was...
Over 8,000 principals, teachers and parents sign petition expressing “buyer’s remorse.”
One has to wonder if any of the eight principals complaining about Common Core are “white suburban moms.”
Eight prominent principals in New York have written and signed a letter to parents expressing deep concerns about the new Common Core-aligned standardized tests administered to students in grades three through eight.
The group, led...
Too bad the number of job opportunities for recent college grads isn’t rising nearly as fast.
Michael Stratford of Inside Higher Ed reports.
Average Student Debt Climbs, Again
The average debt that borrowers of student loans had at graduation continued to rise last year, climbing to $29,400 for the cl...
There was no Rudolf to save the “Black Santa” display after a Twitterstorm swept through the campus of Indiana University.
Student reporter Tori Fater takes a look at the controversy.
A controversial bulletin board display was removed from Foster Quad Monday after it was brought to the University’s attention via social media.
The display...
Colleges and universities.
A national poll of four-year college students has found that they are more likely to blame colleges than other institutions for the rising levels of student debt. The poll, by the Harvard University Institute of Politics, found that 68 percent of those polled viewed student debt for young people...
Tamar Jacoby of the Los Angeles Times is starting to wonder if young people might be better off if they have options other than a traditional four year degree.
The college-for-all model isn’t working
Instead of going through Congress and making the initiative bipartisan, President Obama acted alone...
While some students would argue that a few professors aren’t fully present during dull lectures, at least they are physically present.
One former University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill got paid for a course to which he didn’t even show up!
A former professor at the center of an academic scandal involving...
College Insurrection recently reported that the most common grade at most schools is A. Now a report from the Harvard Crimson confirms the Ivy League is no exception.
Substantiating Fears of Grade Inflation, Dean Says Median Grade at Harvard College Is A-, Most Common Grade Is A
The median grade at Harvard College...
In Breitbart, famed “Southern Lady” author Charlotte Hays shares some background on her new book: When Did White Trash Become the New Normal?
When President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed in his Second Bill...
Did Brandeis learn nothing from the recent free speech incident at Brown University?
Daniel Mael writes at the Jewish Press.
J Street Activists Defame IDF Speaker
Former IDF Spokesperson Lt. Col. Barak Raz was rudely heckled by J Street U activists, who showed up late, did not understand his talk and accused him of...
The scholars in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln student government seem to have missed their lessons on the US Constitution, as they have just passed First Amendmentment-killing resolution that bans offensive speech.
George Washington U. student Andrew Desiderio has the details.
“Certain derogatory terms diminish the broadly inclusive and welcoming quality of our campus,”...
Liberal progressives have created a monster in academia. They are in no position to complain when they’re held to their own standards.
Did I mention this was an English class?
Colleen Flaherty of Inside Higher Ed has the story. Hat tip to Instapundit.
Taboo Subject?
Is talking about race at Minneapolis Community and Technical College...
A couple of months ago, we reported that the Los Angeles Unified School District’s iPad giveaway program was rife with problems, including students who managed to bypass site security protections.
The teachers are now chiming in, and the grades are not good.
Only 36 percent of Los Angeles public school teachers who responded...
Terence Ford is a writer for the College Conservative. In a new post, he looks at the harsh reality of Obamacare on campus.
Obamacare at Penn State
Free college! Free health care! More opportunities for college students! More jobs for graduates, guaranteed!
Statements like these have been used in some context by President Obama...
What’s a conservative parent to do when their children are being taught by liberal professors at a pricey, progressive institution?
On the Fox News Channels popular The Five, one of the host had sage advice.
Well, on Friday’s The Five, The Five, Eric Bolling...
Limousine liberals love to talk about how much they love the middle class. So why are middle class students so underrepresented in the Ivy League?
Nathan Harden of The College Fix writes.
The Ivy League: Still a Playground for the Rich
Despite supposed efforts to reach out to the nation’s poor, Ivy League universities...
