Applying to college can be a baffling process with all the paperwork and essays. Here are a few examples of questions that would make your application even more annoying.
Peter Jacobs of Business Insider reports.
The 15 Most Ridiculous College Application Questions
Tufts University has received some attention recently for its #YOLO-based application essay...
Lower the cost, and the student loan bubble takes care of itself.
Patricia Murphy of The Daily Beast says that while everyone argues about student loan rates, they’re missing the bigger issue – the cost of college.
The Real College Crisis Isn’t About Student Loan Rates
Senators sparred Wednesday over whether and how to subsidize federal loans for college students, whose total debt load has...
How would they know the difference between working and retirement?
The bad news: Millions of baby boomers about to retire before the next generation is ready to pay for generous retirement services.
The good news: Middle-aged Americans are planning to delay their “golden years” plans, so the impact of mass retirements may be delayed. Colleen Flaherty of Inside Higher Ed takes a...
Something else to blame on biochemistry!
A new study shows that students don’t necessarily learn more from “great” instructors than from average or poor ones.
Imagine you receive the same lecture twice: once from a charismatic lecturer speaking fluently without notes and maintaining eye contact; and again from a hesitant speaker, slumped over...
The board of Wilson College has decided to make the school co-ed but not everyone is pleased with the decision.
Jim Hook of Public Opinion Online reports.
Some alumnae still fighting to keep Wilson a college for women only
Some alumnae have not given up their fight to keep Wilson College a women’s college.
A...
Professor Guillermo Gonzalez may have written about intelligent design but he was never a member of the Weather Underground. Perhaps if he had been, there wouldn’t be any controversy.
FOX News reports.
Ball State comes under scrutiny for hiring professor who wrote book on intelligent design
Ball State University in Indiana is facing scrutiny...
The engineers and scientists at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly) have cooked up something special for the summer: A new program offering teachers intensive training in STEM (science-technology-engineering-math) disciplines.
Ben Esner, the Director of NYU-Poly’s Center for K-12 STEM Education has these details in the Huffington Post:
This summer, NYU-Poly’s...
Teaching children can be a noble profession. Why would anyone discourage a student who feels compelled to do so?
Nicole Hewes of The Chronicle of Higher Education reports.
Top Colleges Discourage Students From Careers in Teaching
In a professor’s office during my freshman year of college, I had to do it yet again: defend...
I’m sure all the college grads who are desperately seeking work right now would fare much better if they had completed a course requirement in diversity.
Hillary Cherry of the YAF blog reports.
University Forces Leftist Indoctrination in the Name of “Diversity”
Youth unemployment remains high, and the Youth Misery Index continues to increase....
In a new piece at American Thinker, Robert Weissberg calls out higher ed for dishonesty.
Lies, Damned Lies and University Lies
Lying is an inescapable part of public life but not all liars are equally tolerated. Lying politicians are sufferable but the when it comes to universities, the bar is much higher. After...
Make room for a newly identified workplace victim group: The ugly!
People who are considered unattractive are more likely to be belittled and bullied in the workplace, according to a first-of-its-kind study led by a Michigan State University business scholar.
“Frankly, it’s an ugly finding,” said Brent Scott, associate professor of management and...
For anyone who doubts that the higher education bubble is real, look no further than this report by Doug Lederman of Inside Higher Ed.
CFO Survey Reveals Doubts About Financial Sustainability
Hardly a day goes by without some author or commentator predicting that the end is nigh for higher education, or significant portions...
Sequester? What sequester? A lack of funding in Washington, DC never seems to prevent the government from doing what it wants to do.
Caroline May of The Daily Caller reports.
Sequestration: Ed. Dept. plans Las Vegas conference as students lose services
Sequestration is not having a deterrent effect on federal conferences in Las Vegas.
This...
In this fun, new age of technology and social media, worries about potential dangers to privacy and personal relationships mount.
Baylor University student Danny Huizinga wants fellow conservative students to not loose sight of the benefits that have resulted from technological innovation.
Twitter is a strong example of the transformation of social media....
“Diversity” programs and “cultural inclusion” goals of many progressive institutions have minimized the importance of Western Civilization and key languages of history — including English.
So, it’s nice to see English getting a little respect in a new book. Serena Golden of Inside Higher Ed interviews author Scott L. Montgomery about the...
” G.P.A.’s are worthless as a criteria for hiring, and test scores are worthless.”
Anyone versed in the principles of free market economics that when an item is priced beyond its worth, consumers look for alternatives.
Robby Soave of the Daily Caller News Foundation has a report on some innovative firms planning to offer such alternatives to traditional college programs:
Is college worth it? As tuition costs...
International eyes have been focused on Egypt recently.
However, it is good to remember all the trouble that North Korea has been stirring up in the Pacific Rim recently. Princeton student Josh Zuckerman shares his sound analysis:
…The North’s increasingly bellicose taunts, as well as the immediate danger that our vital military and...
Wait a minute, taxpayers in New York have to fund a plastic surgery rider for public employee unions? Maybe they could give that up. As they always say, do it for the children.
H/t to Instapundit.
The Buffalo News reports.
Giving up cosmetic surgery rider could help save school music programs
One of the most...
Just recently, College Insurrection reported alleged mismanagement of finances at Howard University. Now the school is facing a possible credit-rating downgrade from Moody’s.
Nick Anderson of the Washington Post reports.
Moody’s reviews Howard University for a possible...
The fiscal experts of the Wall Street Journal have applied the rules of honest book-keeping to the federal student loan program.
The result paints a scary picture for America’s scholars and taxpayers.
If you think the federal student-loan program looks like a bad deal for taxpayers, imagine how it would look with honest...
We recently reported a similar incident in New York state. I have a feeling we’ll be seeing more of this. You can lead kids to food but you can’t make them eat it.
Jessica Chasmar of The Washington Times reported.
Indiana school district loses $300K because students refuse to buy first lady’s...
Janice Shaw Crouse is a former speech writer for President George H. W. Bush and is now Senior Fellow for Concerned Women for America’s Beverly LaHaye Institute.
At a high school graduation ceremony she attended, Crouse noticed something we have noted at Legal Insurrection: Our society has evolved into a Girl’s Club.
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