Back in April, College Insurrection reported that the divestment movement was beginning to grow at Dartmouth. Nicholas P. Desatnick of Dartlog now reports an update and the news isn’t good.
Inside the Environmentalist Echo Chamber
If you haven’t yet encountered the divestment movement, you will soon. Ever since its inception in the pages...
“Submission is so much more dangerous than rebellion.”
Providing a perspective of the Arab spring not often covered by the mainstream media, female political activist Cynthia Farahat spoke of growing up and living in Egypt, which can shed some light on the political developments occurring in that country now.
Speaking to a group consisting largely of D.C. area interns recently,...
“All the faculty, white and black are very fearful to speak,” said one of the professors.
One public university may be taking affirmative action efforts to an extreme, based on the claims of three former faculty members.
The reason the former employees are going public? It seems the current staff members are afraid to speak out.
School administrators at Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) are systematically raising the final grades...
“America will not stay America on hot dogs and fire works alone.”
The 4th of July is America’s birthday. Prager University is offer a special video that desacribes a brief ceremony will help your family bring meaning back into this holiday.
“America will not stay America on hot dogs and fire works alone,” says conservative icon and host of this video, Dennis Prager.
The video...
This story plays out just like the Tea Party vs. Occupy Wall Street.
The pro-life group in the story was forced to hire law enforcement for an event. Does anyone believe a pro-choice student group would have been forced to do the same?
Joshua Rhett Miller of FOX News reports.
University at Buffalo charged...
Egypt is experiencing massive civil unrest, and reports indicate it’s military is poised for a coup to regain control of a rapidly deteriorating situation.
Professor Glenn Reynolds notes is part the explanation is that the country is finally paying “the wages...
Current system education promotes the interests of an elite at expense of middle and lower-classes.
Conservative icon Victor Davis Hanson calls-out the liberal establishment on their hypocrisy in National Review Online, with a great deal of vehemence and detail.
His piece notes that the elite mostly lead a reactionary existence of talking one way and living another. America’s system of higher education is one of his...
Back in May, College Insurrection reported that controversy can often lead to lucrative work as a college professor. Breitbart News is confirming that theory with this report.
CUNY to Pay Petraeus $200K for 3 Hrs. Per Week
Having an affair and retiring...
Malcolm A. Kline of Accuracy in Academia has written a new piece in which he addresses Fisher v. the University of Texas.
Diversity: The New Segregation
Perhaps it takes someone educated in the Civil Rights era to see the startling similarities between yesterday’s segregationists and today’s diversity officers, although the fact that both...
My name is Isaac Inkeles, and I’m the editor of The Harvard Salient.
Founded in 1981, The Salient is Harvard’s only undergraduate conservative publication. Welcoming any voice right-of-center, The Salient aims to challenge Harvard’s liberal orthodoxy and provide conservative students with a platform to voice their opinions.
We recently launched our first website...
We’ve reported on the higher ed bubble extensively at College Insurrection but Glenn Reynolds wrote the book on it.
Here’s a video, via Glenn’s blog Instapundit, of the man himself explaining the issue as only he can.
Oh, the delicious irony. Hey everyone, the Center for American Progress has a problem with conservative non-profits functioning as political entities.
Has anyone told them about Organizing for Action, the non-profit that now controls Obama’s personal Twitter account?
Spencer Irvine of Accuracy in Academia reports.
Progressivism on Tap
The Center for American Progress held “Progressivism...
In a recent press briefing William C. Dudley, President and CEO of the New York Federal Reserve, addressed the issue of unemployment among recent college graduates. Here’s an excerpt of his remarks.
Are Recent College Graduates Finding Good Jobs?
The special topic of today’s press briefing is a look at how well recent...
Some residents of the Princeton area claim that the university is violating the terms of their tax-exempt status and if you read the report below, you’ll see they make a pretty good case.
Jon Offredo of NJ.com reports.
Lawsuit challenging Princeton University’s tax-exempt status won’t be dismissed
Princeton – A lawsuit that argues Princeton...
Those scholars paying down student loans will be experiencing a little sticker shock, thanks to the US Senate:
The subsidized interest rate on Stafford student loans doubled Monday, following top Senate Democrats’ rejection of a bipartisan compromise supported by the president.
As the U.S. Senate debated comprehensive immigration reform for days last week,...
Never let it be said that California progressives roll over quickly or easily.
San Diego’s local PBS station offers this round-up of how nearby colleges and universities are affirming their affirmative action plans after the recent Supreme Court ruling.
The Supreme Court sent a case about affirmative action at the University of Texas...
It seems Washington can’t print money fast enough to fund their big government programs.
And it looks like Obamacare is going to be further supported on the backs of the healthiest segment of our population — young Americans.
The Affordable Care Act is set to cost students enrolled in the government’s loan program...
Nathan Harden of The College Fix reports on a senseless and horrific act of murder.
U.S. College Student Killed During Egyptian Protests
Andrew Pochter, a U.S. citizen stabbed to death late last week while he was observing protests against the Muslim Brotherhood in Alexandria, Egypt, had traveled to the country “in pursuit of...
Dan Gainor of the Media Research Center recently appeared on Blaze TV to discuss student loans. In one exchange, he points out that groups behind student loan protests have been largely funded by George Soros.
Mike Ciandella of News Busters reports.
Soros Backs Student Loan Protests: Dan Gainor on The Blaze TV with...
We have been covering the reaction to the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).
Missouri State University student Lindsey Kolb shares her take, which is considerably more civil than those offered by other young scholars.
Despite the upset people that are against any gay marriage legalization at all, we...
Aren’t we lucky to live in a country where the government looks after every single aspect of our lives? Also, aren’t you glad you’re not in school anymore?
Breitbart News reports.
What’s In and Out Under New School Snack Rules
(AP) – The government for the first time is proposing broad new standards to...
It is heartening to learn that at least one state’s college system doesn’t undermine their students’ understanding of Second Amendment rights.
Oliver Darcy of Campus Reform takes a look at poll results obtained by the University of Texas:
College graduates in Texas are more likely to support allowing concealed carry on university campuses...
