I don’t know about you but I am so sick of liberal college students and professors who are too immature to handle the presence of someone with whom they disagree politically.
Barack Obama not only continued most of Bush’s policies, he expanded them. Do you think he would provoke this kind of...
Apparently, Christian colleges aren’t supposed to be good at teaching philosophy.
Malcolm A. Kline of Accuracy in Academia reports.
Philosophy Departments Avoid Resuscitation
A little bible college in Los Angeles may revive the, at best, moribund and musty discipline of philosophy and academic philosophers don’t like it one bit. “Surveys suggest that the philosophy...
Back in early June, College Insurrection first reported about Professor Geoffrey Miller who tweeted that fat Ph.D candidates need not apply. Miller claimed that the message was part of a research project but a review board isn’t buying that excuse.
Lauren Ingeno of Inside Higher Ed reports.
Review Board finds professor’s tweet was...
Students looking for the best values in education may want to take a look at this list of the 25 Most Underrated Colleges, from Business Insider.
Who says U.S. News & World Report has the monopoly on ranking colleges? Business Insider has gotten in on the action, saying “it turns out there are...
The College Fix points to a Washington Post story about Howard University. It seems as though the school’s financial status has come under scrutiny from within.
Academic Deans Allege ‘Financial Mismanagement’ at Howard University
The Washington Post reports that a group of academic deans at Howard University are publicly accusing the school’s top...
You may have seen the Harvard Salient profiled recently here at College Insurrection. I was perusing the site today and found this post about conservatives and libertarianism very interesting.
Conservatives and the New Libertarianism
It may be safely said that last week was the worst for the conservative coalition in some time, arguably...
Well that was fast. College Insurrection just reported this story. Don’t let anyone tell you The FIRE doesn’t get results.
Oliver Darcy of Campus Reform reports.
University reverses speech code following report from watchdog group calling it unconstitutional
The University of Central Arkansas (UCA) reversed part of its speech code on Wednesday after an...
For the City College of San Francisco, the “Higher Education Bubble” didn’t pop.
It exploded.
The school will lose its accreditation in one year and be shut down, unless the college can prevail in a review or appeal process with the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges. (Hat-tip, Glenn Reynolds).
The two-year college,...
The Obama administration has announced that it will delay the employer coverage mandate in Obamacare until 2015. What does that mean for higher education?
Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed reports.
An Extra Year
The surprising announcement Tuesday that the Obama administration is delaying for one year — until 2015 — a key requirement...
But in a good way!
As National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden remains on a global-scale quest for asylum, one Massachusetts Institute of Technology scholar offers an institutionally-based perspective.
MIT student Yarden Katz G notes the h...
We recently reported that a New York judge has determined that a firm had violated federal and New York minimum wage laws by not paying interns for their work.
Radhika Raman, a senior in the American University School of Communication, agrees with this decision and shares further analysis:
Although the prestige of the...
In a new column at USA Today, Professor Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit defends whistleblowers in the face of big government.
Don’t fear the leaker: Column
Ever since whistleblower Edward Snowden leaked information about the National Security Agency’s widespread — possibly illegal, even criminal — program of data collection and spying, we’ve heard a...
A New York judge’s decision that a firm was engaging in unfair business practices by failing to pay interns for work has started a nationwide discussion on the practice.
The University of Arizona’s Casey Knox shares her analysis in The Arizona Daily Wildcat:
If anyone has ever said finding a job is easy,...
Salary money donated to veterans’ groups seen, “as sort of a PR deflection tool.”
At least one New York politicians seems mindful of sensible budgeting, as he is asking the City University of New York (CUNY) to explain why its paying former CIA...
So let me ask the obvious question. If I find UCA’s speech codes annoying, have they just violated their own rule?
Samantha Harris of The FIRE reports.
Speech Code of the Month: University of Central Arkansas
FIRE announces its Speech Code of the Month for July 2013: the University of Central Arkansas (UCA).
If you...
Former MSNBC interns also target NBCUniversal
We recently reported that a judge rules that a firm had violated federal and New York minimum wage laws by not paying interns for their work, which would clear the path for upcoming class action lawsuits against companies engaging in unfair labor practices.
It seems that interns working for MSNBC and Saturday...
A Columbia linguistics professor shows how following “tolerance” and “diversity” guidelines pose a severe hazard to logic, reason, and civility.
It may have made sense for Trayvon Martin to call George Zimmerman a “cracker” a professor from Columbia University said last Thursday, speaking on MSNBC’s “All in with Chris Hayes.”
Linguistics Professor John...
What business do school children have promoting the Affordable Care Act?
FOX News reports.
Teens urged to promote ObamaCare under California grant, report says
The Los Angeles school system reportedly plans to use a state grant to promote ObamaCare, in part by teaching students to become “messengers” for the law.
The Heartland Institute first reported...
Members of the media are beginning to notice the new campus speech codes and it seems like no one is a fan.
Nico Perrino of The FIRE reports.
‘Los Angeles Times’ to Feds: Respect Campus Speech
An editorial published in today’s Los Angeles Times calls on the Departments of Justice and Education to respect...
I suppose Babson should be praised for addressing anti-Semitism on campus but aren’t they a little late to focus on something that happened in 1978?
Jennifer Kabbany of The College Fix reports.
College Implements Sensitivity Training Over 35-Year-Old Incident
Babson College apologized this week for anti-Semitic acts surrounding a soccer game with a rival campus...
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) raises the flag of victory for campus First Amendment protections!
A head-scratching case of censorship involving a telecommunications professor, an Italian flag, an office window, and a policy designed to regulate outdoor signs and structures has fortunately come to a satisfactory end at Indiana’s...
Imagine that you’ve just spent over $100,000 to obtain a degree and you’re now working in a field that doesn’t require a college education, say something like being a cab driver. Wouldn’t you be a bit disillusioned?
Oliver Darcy of Campus Reform reports.
SURVEY: Nearly half of college graduates say their jobs don’t...
