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CDC Declares Students Safe to Travel Despite Meningitis Outbreak

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Posted by    Thursday, November 28, 2013 at 3:30pm

There have been recent outbreaks of bacterial meningitis at Princeton University and the University of California, Santa Barbara.

However, the Center for Disease Control say students from these campuses are safe to travel home for the Thanksgiving break.

At Princeton, there have been seven confirmed cases and one additional case now under study....

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U. Kansas Students Ashamed of Report on Drinking and Sexual Assault

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Posted by    Thursday, November 28, 2013 at 2:00pm

Lots of bad choices were made in this situation.

The College Fix reports.

Kansas Students Caught in Druken Orgies: ‘We’re Ashamed’ (VIDEO)

After the Al Jazeera news network exposed the wild drunken antics of students at the University of Kansas, students there now say they are ashamed of their words and behavior.

The University...

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U. of Washington Student on Loss of Boeing Jobs

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Posted by    Thursday, November 28, 2013 at 12:30pm

The policies and politics of Washington state have driven Boeing to move farther away from its original home, ever since construction workers broke ground in South Carolina to begin construction of its new high-tech aerospace facility.

University of Washington student Josh Waugh has a few common-sense observations for the state’s union leaders...

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Yale Prof. is Taken to Jail Then Found Dead

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Posted by    Thursday, November 28, 2013 at 11:00am

This is very sad news for the family of Professor Samuel See, who was apparently a young man.

John Christoffersen of MyFoxNY has the story.

Yale professor dies after taken to jail

A Yale University professor arrested on charges of fighting police officers investigating a domestic-dispute complaint was taken to a jail and died...

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Schools hire student experts to recruit using latest social media tools

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Posted by    Thursday, November 28, 2013 at 9:30am

Given the challenges to fill seats in increasingly empty freshman classes, some colleges and universities recruit students to recruit using the latest social media tools.

Carl Straumsheim of Inside Higher Ed files these details.

Keeping up with the latest social media trends is time-consuming even for digital natives, which is why some institutions...

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Vassar College Student Stages Hate Crime Hoax

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Posted by    Thursday, November 28, 2013 at 8:00am

Here’s the part of the story that probably won’t surprise College Insurrection readers. The student who staged the hoax is part of the school’s so called Bias Incident Response Team.

Robby Soave of the Daily Caller has the exclusive report.

EXCLUSIVE: Shocking discovery in hoax bias incident...

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Yale Student on Recent Campus Lockdown: Reminding Us of Evil

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Posted by    Wednesday, November 27, 2013 at 6:30pm

Despite the fact that the reports of a gunman on Yale University’s campus was a likely hoax, it still was a very stressful experience for students.

Senior Harry Graver shares his observations on the day’s events, which he sees as a reminder of the reality of evil.

….While we are profoundly blessed to...

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The FIRE Offers $10,000 Scholarship in Essay Contest

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Posted by    Wednesday, November 27, 2013 at 5:00pm

Ten grand is nothing to sneeze at folks. Forward this info to any students you think should enter the contest.

Emily Buck of The Fire has the details.

You Could Win a $10,000 College Scholarship from FIRE!

When applying to colleges, it’s important for high school students to learn about the extent to which...

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Lacking any sense, M. Night Shyamalan says U.S. educators favor whites

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Posted by    Wednesday, November 27, 2013 at 3:30pm

Hollywood director M. Night Shyamalan rose to fame with the movie, “The Sixth Sense”.

However, given the fact that while males have been denied opportunities to participate in student government and white females have been denied theatrical roles, his recent assertions lack any sense.

M. Night Shyamalan, the director of “The Sixth Sense” who...

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University of Georgia Students Petition School to Stop Training Obamacare Navigators

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Posted by    Wednesday, November 27, 2013 at 2:00pm

Just wondering… Does the University of Georgia also train Tea Party activists? No?

Walter C. Jones of Online Athens reports.

30K sign petition demanding UGA stop training Obamacare navigators

Some opponents of the Affordable Care Act say they have 30,000 signatures on a petition seeking to repeal the federal health reform law, and they’re...

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The most common grade at many schools? “A” of course!

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Posted by    Wednesday, November 27, 2013 at 12:30pm

Educators clearly have forgotten one important economic principle in their quest to enhance “self esteem”: When something becomes common, its value is diminished.

The Daily Caller’s Robby Soave takes an in-depth look at the rampant grade inflation, identifying that the professors’ self esteem levels is a potential root cause.

The average college student’s...

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MSNBC’s Attack on Palin is Mirrored on College Campuses

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Posted by    Wednesday, November 27, 2013 at 11:00am

In a new post at See Thru Edu, Robert Paquette ties MSNBC’s recent attack on Sarah Palin by Martin Bashir to what’s happening on college campuses like Brown.

It’s not a far leap, as you’ll read below.

MSNBC’s Palin Slur Mirrors Campus Intimidation Tactics

Ever since Sarah Palin emerged during the election of 2008...

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Bravery at Berkeley: Prof crosses picked line to teach class

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Posted by    Wednesday, November 27, 2013 at 9:30am

University of California Berkeley’s mathematics professor Alexander Coward bravely emailed students that his class would still be held, even though it meant crossing a union’s picket line.

And while students normally enjoyed a day off, his action was completely supported by them and his email drew a lot of praise after it...

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College Computer Technician Keeps Salary Despite Child Porn Charges

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Posted by    Wednesday, November 27, 2013 at 8:00am

How does a confessed child porn criminal keep his community college salary?

He’s in a union, of course.

Keith Eldridge of KOMO News reports.

Confessed child pornographer keeps college salary

Students at Auburn’s Green River Community College were shocked to learn that a confessed child pornographer is being paid to stay home from his job...

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Uncle Sam Nets $43.1 Billion in Student Loan Profits

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Posted by    Tuesday, November 26, 2013 at 6:30pm

When President Obama thrilled students with his “spreading the wealth” mantra, his young audience probably didn’t think he meant this (hat-tip Instapundit).

The federal government made enough money on student loans over the last year that, if it wanted, it could provide maximum-level Pell Grants of $5,645 to 7.3 million college students.

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Universities Now Struggling to Fill Freshman Classes

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Posted by    Tuesday, November 26, 2013 at 5:00pm

This trend is likely to continue until the job market improves.

College Fix editor Nathan Harden reports.

College Bubble: Universities Can’t Fill Freshman Classes

The Washington Post has a story out about what it calls a “troubling U.S. trend.” Universities are having trouble recruiting enough students to fill their freshman classes–a problem with huge...

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UCLA students defend Professor Rust, accused of racist “micro-aggression”

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Posted by    Tuesday, November 26, 2013 at 3:30pm

We recently covered the sit-in at the University of California – Los Angeles, which targeted Professor Emeritus Val Rust, who was accused of creating a racially hostile environment through aggressive grammar corrections.

In the campus paper, student reporter Sam Hoff interviews others who defend the instructor.

Current and former students in the Graduate...

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“UNC-Chapel Hill’s general education program is a mess”

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Posted by    Tuesday, November 26, 2013 at 2:00pm

The title of this post is a quote from a new piece by William Murchison at See Thru Edu. It seems UNC-Chapel Hill isn’t everything it used to be.

THE DECLINE OF UNC-CHAPEL HILL

High tuition and bureaucratic bloat aren’t the universities’ only problems. There’s also stuff like, oh, you know, actual learning....

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Lecturer Compares New Ph.D.s to Drug Gang Wannabes

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Posted by    Tuesday, November 26, 2013 at 12:30pm

How best to understand the thinking of new Ph.D.s who enter a challenging job market? A professor’s blog offers an analogy that is as original as it is controversial.

It’s the season of preparation for big disciplinary meetings — and for the job interviews that take place there. So once again —...

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Financial Outlook Still Grim for Higher Education

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Posted by    Tuesday, November 26, 2013 at 11:00am

Graduates who can’t find jobs can’t repay their student loans but the government just keeps dishing out more student loan cash. What could go wrong?

Douglas Belkin of the Wall Street Journal reports.

Financial Outlook For Colleges Remains Negative

Credit-rating firm Moody’s Investors Service Inc. kept its negative outlook for the U.S. higher-education sector...

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150 Notre Dame Students Give Obamacare the Cold Shoulder

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Posted by    Tuesday, November 26, 2013 at 9:30am

We recently covered an Obamacare “Opt-Out Party” in Miami, which featured pizza  and beer and was sponsored by Generation Opportunity.

The group took the party to Indiana:  The weather was colder, but the sentiment was much the same.

Despite blistering wind and relentless snow, about 150 University of Notre Dame students agreed to...

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Yale Campus Gunman Story Was Likely a Hoax

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Posted by    Tuesday, November 26, 2013 at 8:00am

If you were watching higher education related news yesterday, you would have seen multiple reports about a gunman roaming the campus of Yale University.

Jessica Chasmar and Cheryl K. Chumley of the Washington Times report that it was probably a hoax.

Yale University lockdown lifted after suspected gunman...

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