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Madeline R. Conway of the Harvard Crimson reports.

Former Ph.D. Student Files Lawsuit Against University Seeking $10 Million for Royalties Dispute

Mark G. Charest, a former Harvard Ph.D. student, has filed a lawsuit against the University...

Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake Central Schools tried to implement the school lunch program nutrition guidelines promoted by Michelle Obama  as part of her anti-obesity campaign, but students voted with their stomachs, refused to buy the lunches, and the school system lost money.

Now the school system is cutting its losses. HT to The Daily Caller.

Here’s part of their ...

As the costs of a college education skyrockets, and its worth plummets, one institution’s president says the system may have reached the “tipping point”.

Dr. Bill R. Path, President of the Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology, has this analysis in the Huffington Post:

With unemployment rates among college graduates rising, the well-regarded...

In a new piece at Accuracy in Academia, Roger Aronoff examines the argument over student loans and determines bigger doesn’t always equal better.

Big College Soaks Taxpayers

Rates on new subsidized federal student loans just doubled from 3.4% to 6.8% on July 1st, a fact that was met with dread, frustration, and, for...

Those following the school cheating scandals in this country can take some comfort in the fact no nation seems free of this problem.

Further comfort can also be had in the fact that at least American kids know they are cheating and can turn a profit.  European students are a little...

The time to start planning for the 2014 elections is now.

And Marshall University student Aaron Kidd has a few ideas:

As most know, the world of politics is ever-changing.  A new week can mean a substantial shift in polls and public opinion.  This was demonstrated throughout the 2012 presidential election. President Obama...

In a new opinion piece for Campus Reform, Gabriella Hoffman points out that college is a waste of time and money for some.

OPINION: Going to college not all its cracked up to be

A new study from McKinsey & Company reveals that 45 percent of four-year college graduates now work jobs that...

Speaker Boehner has every right to single out Democrats on this issue. For a party that’s fond of rushing through legislation no one has even read, they sure have been dragging their feet on student loans.

Alexis Levinson of The Daily Caller reports.

Boehner excoriates Dems for student loan rate hikes

WASHINGTON — Congress...

If you were starting to think the geniuses at the Department of Education had not lost their minds, allow Brian Koenig to set your heart at rest.

Education Department Releases Pamphlet Regarding Pregnant Students

The U.S. Department of Education, under the guidance of ED Secretary Arne Duncan, has released a “Dear Colleague” letter ...

Any insurance company owner who is also a supporter of the Second Amendment could make a fortune right now by finding a way around this problem.

Steven Yaccino of The New York Times reports.

Schools Seeking to Arm Employees Hit Hurdle on Insurance

As more schools consider...

Formerly known as Peace College, William Peace University is expanding due to its willingness to adapt in tough times.

Jane S. Shaw of National Review reports.

The Little College that Could

I’m impressed by what used to be known as Peace College. It was a small women’s college near downtown Raleigh, North Carolina. Two...

Hillsdale College graduate Katy Bachelder has a piece in the Wall Street Journal arguing against a recent court ruling that found  firms must pay their student interns, otherwise they are engaging in unfair business practices:

According to the fact sheet, an unpaid internship is legal if it provides training similar to that...

Those who follow business news know that when a company is floundering, usually you want to “look for the union label”.

Marshall University student Aaron Kidd ties this trend together with West Virgina’s coal industry challenges.

Last week, 160 West Virginia coal miners learned they would no longer have a job after August. ...

Jay Schalin of The Pope Center writes that objectivity is being replaced by subjectivity in higher education. Even fields like science are not immune to infections of politics.

The War Against Truth

In 1651, Englishman Thomas Hobbes described the lives of men as ”solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.”

That’s hardly the case today....

File this story under “Asking the Important Questions”.

College Fix Editor Nathan Harden asks: Should Sex-Ed Be Taught by Porn Stars?

Remember back in the day when parents used to be the ones to have the “birds and the bees” talk with their kids? No longer. Now it’s the porno actors who we...

In a new post at Intercollegiate Review, writer Samuel Klee explores the changing nature of education and standards.

Why Bother with Classical Education?

My post on the increasing simplicity of high school texts sparked some debates this week on the tangled interwebs. Several people readily admitted that education standards have decreased over time,...

College Insurrection recently reported the murder of a college student in Egypt. Now it seems many college students are leaving the country.

Mary Beth Marklein of USA Today reports.

Many U.S. students in Egypt are leaving amid upheaval

U.S. college students in Egypt have left or are preparing to leave the country following the...

File this story under “Nanny State Gone Wild”.

There’s the War on Guns, taking away students’ Second Amendment rights on campuses nationwide.

There’s the War on Big Oil, as green students clamor over each other to demand their universities’ endowments divest from fossil fuel businesses.

And a...

An official at Sonoma State University ordered a student working at a freshman orientation fair to remove or hide a cross necklace fearing that other students could be offended by the obvious symbol of Christianity.

The backlash to this must have been intense, as the school has just issued an apology.

Stifling religious...

It’s sad to see such a religious organization ending its college outreach program when balance among the Orthodox, Conservative and Reform movements is needed.

Rabbi Menachem Creditor reports.

Sadly, Conservative Judaism’s lead ship is sinking fast

In February 1913, Rabbi Solomon Schechter founded the United Synagogue of America — which in 1991 became the United...

Summer movie fare often features truly scary sequels.

However, one of the most chilling stories is a reality.  We recently covered the news that  a Texas teen faced 8 years in prison for violent “lol” joke during video game.

Showing how wide-ranging the “War Against Boys” is, a Mississippi mother shares the story...

When it comes to jobs, there’s still no good news for the college aged crowd.

The College Fix reports.

Youth Unemployment Remains High at 16.1%

Job prospects for young people continue to flounder, according to the latest stats from the Dept. of Labor.

Generation Opportunity, a non-partisan youth advocacy organization, breaks down the jobs report...