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Law Schools Seek to Help War Veterans With Tuition

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Posted by    Monday, April 1, 2013 at 2:00pm

If anyone in America deserves this sort of help, it’s the people who were willing to put their lives on the line defending the country.

FOX News reports.

Elite law schools step in to help war veterans

As veterans look to build lives beyond the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan, those opting for a...

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Do the Ivies Ignore the Rural Poor?

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Posted by    Monday, April 1, 2013 at 12:30pm

That’s the subject of a new post at The College Fix.

Editor Nathan Harden makes a compelling case.

Ivy League Schools Ignore the Rural Poor

Left-leaning Ivy League universities are proud of their commitment to “diversity.” But when they say “diversity” they are usually only thinking about skin color, possibly gender.

In the New...

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FIRE Wants Florida Gov. Rick Scott to Stomp Campus Speech Codes

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Posted by    Monday, April 1, 2013 at 11:00am

The story of a Florida student suspended for refusing a professor’s “Stomp Jesus” class assignment is still evolving.

Recently, the school administrators released a formal apology. Now, the country’s premier group defending student free speech rights, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) is requesting that the state’s governor start an...

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ASU student: I Am My Brother’s Keeper

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Guest Post by Benjamin Smith    Monday, April 1, 2013 at 9:30am

I Am My Brother’s Keeper

Does America remember where we came from? Within this Liberty movement we can all see the American Dream being restored. But wanting Liberty for economic prosperity is easy because it is in the first order of selfish desires. Simply wanting Freedom from DC’s moral dict...

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US White House Blog Demands “College for All”

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Posted by    Monday, April 1, 2013 at 8:00am

An entire generation is graduating from college saddled with massive debt and facing grim job prospects.

What is the White House recommending? More of the same!

Here’s a recent post from the official White House blog authored by Valerie Jarrett.

College for All: Affordable, Accessible, Attainable

Last month, President Obama said in a speech in...

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For Young Voters, Hope and Change is Just Getting By

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Posted by    Sunday, March 31, 2013 at 6:00pm

Many college students who voted for Obama in 2012 are feeling the pain of a poor economy and unemployment. Before we blame them for anything, we must remember they were lied to by the Democratic Party and failed by the American media.

Karin Agness of the American Enterprise Institute reports that hope...

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California Community College Enrollment at 20-year Low

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Posted by    Sunday, March 31, 2013 at 4:30pm

That loud sound coming from the West Coast is the not a North Korean bomb detonating.

It is the bursting of the “higher education bubble”.  Carla Rivera of the Los Angeles Times has the details on the plummeting enrollment for California’s community colleges:

Enrollment in California’s community colleges has plunged to a 20-year...

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The New Parent Trap: College Loans

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Posted by    Sunday, March 31, 2013 at 2:30pm

The Parent Trap is a 1961 comedy about teenage twins on a quest to reunite their divorced parents.

Add 52 years, and the new millennium’s version is substantially less humorous.   In the Wall Street Journal, Rachel Louise Ensign discusses how student  loan debt is hurting the parents of today’s scholars.

Diana Jackson had...

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Pasadena Students “Welcome” Pornography Class Featuring Porn Stars

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Posted by    Sunday, March 31, 2013 at 12:30pm

You have to admire the innovation of the faculty members at California’s college institutions.

First, one school opens up the “Marijuana Research Institution“.

Now, Hillsdale College student Jack Butler reports on on a local college intriguing new offering.

A relatively new Pasadena City College class called “Navigating Pornography” – devoted to giving students a...

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Yale’s Latest “Sex Achievement”: Historic Levels of Sexual Misconduct

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Posted by    Sunday, March 31, 2013 at 11:00am

Yale University is notorious for its “Sex Week” and promoting a “free love” atmosphere with its gender-neutral housing.

Now, The College Fix Editor Nathan Harden  reports on the tragic consequences of its sexual scholarship policies:

Yale University has made headlines in recent years for hosting numerous controversial sex-themed events in the classroom, most...

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A good day for symbols of faith and country

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Posted by    Sunday, March 31, 2013 at 9:30am

We have been following the case of a student’s suspension for refusing to “Stomp Jesus” during a class assignment.

Earlier this year, we also noted that a “stomp the American flag” incident during a South Carolina’s high school class lead to a teacher’s suspension after parent protests.

Eric Owens of The Daily Caller...

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College in Iowa Uses Student Funds for LGBT Conference That Denigrates Conservatives

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Posted by    Sunday, March 31, 2013 at 8:00am

I hope any students at Des Moines Area Community College who disagree with the tone of this event will demand a refund of their student fees.

Timothy Dionisopoulos of Campus Reform reports.

Iowa college uses student funds for LGBTQ conference that slams the Bible, conservatives

Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) is using public...

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Community Colleges – The New Training Ground for Community Organizers

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Posted by    Saturday, March 30, 2013 at 4:30pm

One thing conservatives still don’t seem to get about progressives is the fact that they’re very good at playing the long game.

Indoctrination in education is key to the strategy of the left and they’re planting new seeds every single day.

Michelle Horstman of the PJ Tatler reports.

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High Schools, Colleges, and the Advanced Placement Courses

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Posted by    Saturday, March 30, 2013 at 3:05pm

High school students often rely on Advanced Placement courses for a jump on the college experience.

Jay Mathews, an education columnist for The Washington Post, looks at some critiques of these classes made by some professors and how those concerns can be best addressed.

I complained recently that college professors too often wrongly...

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Georgetown and Catholic U. stand with Boston College on campus condom distribution ban

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Posted by    Saturday, March 30, 2013 at 9:26am

Here’s a helpful hint for anyone who disagrees with Boston College’s position on banning the distribution of birth control on campus.

If you don’t like it, don’t go to a Catholic college.

Molly Greenberg of InTheCapital reports.

Georgetown, Catholic University Stand by BC’s Decision to Ban the Distribution of Condoms on Campus

The Internet went...

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