One economic topic that directly impacts many college students is the minimum wage.
In fact, it is an issue politicians often use to appeal to young voters. University of Missouri-Columbia student Will McMahon chimes in that with some sound economic thoughts on the matter:
I remember the first time I ever heard someone...
Stein’s Law states, “If something cannot go on forever, it will stop.”
And it looks like the current mode of financing higher education is now proving that law true. Conservative pundit Michael Barone has this analysis in RealClearPolitics:
Markets work. But sometimes they take time.
That’s the uncomfortable lesson that proprietors of America’s colleges...
Students dealing with debt and rising tuition costs won’t be happy to hear this.
Atossa Araxia Abrahamian of Reuters reports.
Salaries of public college chiefs rise, median tops $400,000
Salaries of presidents of U.S. public universities rose almost 5 percent in the last fiscal year, even as tuition rose and student debt soared, with...
Ryan James Girdusky has written a guest post at The Other McCain in which he examines the alarmingly high number of domestic terrorists teaching on college campuses.
Domestic Terrorists Teaching At Colleges?
Controversy ensued when the news broke that Kathy Boudin, former member of the Weather Underground who was convicted in 1984 of...
In a new story posted at USA Today, Michael Rubinkam of the Associated Press reports that at least five colleges in Pennsylvania now allow concealed carry.
Some Pa. colleges allow students to carry guns
KUTZTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Students on some of Pennsylvania’s college campuses might be carrying more than books.
At least five...
This seems like an unnecessary invasion of privacy. What business do colleges have asking such personal questions?
Queenie Wong of the Statesman Journal reports.
Oregon public colleges could start asking students about their sexual orientation
Data about sexual orientation is scarce on college campuses, leading an Oregon graduate student to turn to lawmakers for...
It must be nice to be an occupy activist. You just do whatever you want with no fear of being harassed by the IRS.
Judith Scherr of Mercury News reports.
More than 100 Occupy the Farm protesters return to University of California-owned Gill Tract
Chanting “Whose farm? Our farm!” some 150 people marched from...
Despite overwhelming evidence, leaders at UC refuse to admit the obvious.
Jennifer Kabbany of The College Fix reports.
UC System Leaders Dismiss Massive Claims of Liberal Bias
Leaders of the University of California system have agreed to disagree with – and outright dismiss without discussion – a lengthy report that details examples of leftist...
Young Americans are facing their own deficit – of over 4 million jobs.
Wall Street Journal columnist Daniel Henninger wonders who will get the blame for the sky-high joblessness among these potential voters.
In Campaign 2012, Barack Obama promised the youth vote a rose garden. What they’ve got instead, as far as the eye...
The student’s account of what happened here is easy to believe, and that says something about the political environment on college campuses.
Timothy Dionisopoulos of Campus Reform reports.
College investigating alleged assault of student by professor
American River College [ARC] administrators are investigating allegations that a professor smashed the cellph...
Katie Pavlich of TownHall.com points to a new poll which suggests American college students may be a bit more libertarian than previously thought.
Overwhelming Majority of College Students Want Government Out of Their Lives
A new poll shows the vast majority of college-age students was the government to stay out of their lives....
Typically, college sex-oriented events have featured porn stars.
However, one New Hampshire institution has taken the next step in the “pornification” of our campuses. Campus Reform’s Timothy Dionisopoulos reports that student funds have been used to hire prostitutes for a conference.
The event, entitled “The Global...
A couple of weeks ago, a Carnegie Mellon student decided to march in the school’s art parade dressed as the pope and naked from the waist down.
She has now been charged with indecent...
The University of California system is now directed more toward social justice than serious research.
This priority is seriously impacting the futures of both students and the country. City Journal contributor Heather MacDonald takes a look at the how “diversity” is destroying the original mission of the Golden State’s education system.
But by...
Social Justice week highlights the rebirth of a campus organization at Northwestern called the Peace Project.
Anthony Settipaniof the Northwestern Chronicle reports.
The Rebirth of Northwestern’s Peace Project
After years on the sidelines of University affairs, Northwestern’s Peace Project is striving to assert its voice once more in matters of social justice on campus.
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