The trend of school administrators living the high life is apparently not confined to California.
For example, Michigan’s Oakland University president is taking comfort in a fabulous exit package, obta...
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Don’t feel bad, Georgia Regents University. It’s not the first time this sort of thing has happened.
Melissa Quinn of Red Alert Politics reports.
‘College’ misspelled on students’ diplomas at Georgia university
Who knew a seven-letter word could cause such embarrassment.
Graduates from Georgia Regents University’s Pamplin College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences were in...
Apparently some costumes are more equal than others.
For example, fallout is still occurring over the Obama-masked rodeo clown, who entertained the crowd but managed to offend the sensibilities of many progressives. The clown...
Add the world of higher education to the growing list of liberal Obama supporters who want nothing to do with Obamacare.
Malcolm A. Kline of Accuracy in Academia reports.
How Academia Avoids Obamacare
Academics supported Obamacare even more enthusiastically than Congress did. Unlike the national legislature, though,...
The campus “War on Men” has gone from dubious rape trials to attacks on iconic logos.
The Daily Caller Education Editor Eric Owens reports on how Brooklyn College spent $107,000 to its logo…because the school’s president thought looked like a penis:
When Karen L. Gould took over as president of Brooklyn College in...
A recent Washington Post article describes “how Georgetown Law gets Uncle Sam to pay its students’ bills,” averaging $158,888 over three years, taking advantage of perverse incentives in a federal student-loan program. A federal income-based repayment plan forgives the student loan debt of law students who go to work for the...
According to their website, this is the mission of the American Association of University Professors.
The mission of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) is to advance academic freedom and shared governance, to define fundamental professional values and standards for higher education, and to ensure higher education’s contribution to the...
Never let it be said San Diego is the only California metropolis with a notorious mayor.
Los Angeles recently elected a new head, so former high-living mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is taking a common step for former politicians. He is joining the staff of an elite university. It will be fascinating to discover...
File this story under “Union Privileges”.
The Buffalo Teachers Federation has filed a grievance against the public school district in Buffalo, New York because the district wants to serve breakfast in the classroom.
The grievance asserts that the breakfast program causes unsanitary conditions and unfairly forces teachers to do work that is beyond...
This guy just won’t go away.
We recently reported on his suicide attempt and hoped he would get the help he needs but he refuses to stay out of the news cycle.
Richard Abowitz of The Daily Beast reports on Professor Schwyzer’s latest meltdown.
Porn Professor Hugo Schwyzer Comes Clean About His Twitter Meltdown...
A new study reveals there are distinct lifestyle differences between student who go into debt for school and those that don’t.
In a nutshell: Those who borrow have less time for extracurricular activities. Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed takes a look at the report:
A study released here Saturday at the annual...
In a new op-ed at the Wall Street Journal, Hillsdale College administrator David J. Bobb describes how Hollywood and the academic left have lifted Marxist historian Howard Zinn to rock star status.
David J. Bobb: Howard Zinn and the Art of Anti-Americanism
Upon the death of the Marxist-inspired historian Howard Zinn in 2010,...
College students share their stories of campus sex regrets.
Sexual scholarship is a primary component of the program for students majoring in fun.
Based on this agenda, an article about student sex-based regrets is fascinating (hat-tip, Instapundit).
Apparently no one in academia has heard about Solyndra, Fisker Automotive, Evergreen Solar or the many other “green jobs” ventures which have fallen flat on their faces.
Malcolm A. Kline of Accuracy in Academia reports.
Where Jobs Are Green
Apparently there are “green jobs” after all, or at least “green grants”—in universities. “The Pollination...
We took a look at the nationwide “War on Men” at American colleges and universities when we reviewed Dr. Helen Smith’s new book, “Men on Strike“.
Now, it seems that some campus men are fighting back:
With increasing frequency, women are filing federal complaints against colleges accused of failing to address sexual assault....
I have a feeling Yale’s most famous conservative, William F. Buckley, Jr. would approve of this development.
College Fix editor Nathan Harden reports.
Conservative Students Stake Claim at Yale
A group of current and former conservative students at Yale University are trying to do something to counteract the liberal political bias on campus. They’ve...
What happens when everyone in Washington comes together to do something about a problem and ends up helping almost no one?
We call it Tuesday.
Francesca Chambers of Red Alert Politics reports.
You’ve been punk’d: Student loan interest rate cuts won’t affect most young Americans
Politicians and political groups on both sides of the aisle...
Last year, Washington State football coach Mike Leach has banned his Cougars from tweeting.
It seems the tweets put his school’s sports program in a bad light.
There are no reports on how successful the policy has been. However, one California school district is now issu...
Finally.
Ted Malave of KFOR TV reports.
University of Hawaii researchers create glow-in-the-dark rabbits
University of Hawaii research doctors, in conjunction with staff at a university in Turkey, have found a way to make rabbits glow in the dark.
The research will hopefully have greater applications than just being something odd to look at. The...
Bonus insight: “Solving racism requires whites to change.”
The country is poised to mark the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s iconic “I have a Dream” speech.
However, it is apparent that the lessons within that King speech have been lost on some people.
The central message of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, according to Florida State...
The moral of the story is this – don’t take nude photos of yourself. Ever.
The College Fix reports.
Student Alleges ‘Geek Squad’ Published Her Nude Photos
One University of Alabama art student reportedly found out the hard way what can happen when people have unfettered access to your computer hard drive.
The Alabama Media...
Recent rule changes make it easier to pare faculty as enrollment declines
In the golden days before the Higher Education Bubble burst, professors with tenure never had to worry about unemployment.
However, as the number of applications for law degrees decline, the forces of the free market are beginning to work (hat-tip, Instapundit).
The main body that accredits U.S. law schools is moving to reduce...
