You have to wonder who in a college administration looks at a proposal for such a course and then approves it.
Jane S. Shaw of the John William Pope center reports.
Smash the Rich!
A year ago, Duke Cheston of the Pope Center criticized a class in political science at North Carolina State University....
So goes a recent headline at Yahoo News.
Here’s a question, why do we even have immigration laws? It’s not like anyone takes them seriously.
Even Undocumented Students Need Aid for College—and Now They May Get It
Undocumented students may be...
Here’s some advice for college grads. If you’re having trouble finding work, you may want to move to the big city.
James Pethokoukis writes at the American Enterprise Institute.
Study: Living in big cities helps college grads find better jobs
Cities are good for economic growth. Higher density means higher worker productivity. As Ryan...
Let’s hope for this young woman’s sake no one caught the incident on video.
The College Fix reports.
Rocky Mountain High: Magic Mushrooms Prompts Rescue of Naked Female Student
“Rocky Mountain High” may be one of Colorado’s official state songs, but that doesn’t mean it’s a good idea.
One 21-year-old University of Colorado at Boulder...
File under “Only in California!”
A San Francisco State University professor considering a run for Oakland mayor is drawing scrutiny for a class assignment that asked students to create a political campaign ad and gave them the option of developing it for him.
Joe Tuman said he would use the ad if it...
You’ve probably seen the many ads on TV for colleges that can train you for a new career. A former employee of a network that manages many for-profit colleges now claims they use dishonest practices to highlight post-grad employment.
Here’s a video report from ABC News.
College Insurrection recently reported on the divestment madness at Swarthmore.
In a recent piece at Real Clear Politics, Thomas Sowell offered his opinion on the subject.
Wimps Versus Barbarians
An all too familiar scene was enacted on the campus of Swarthmore College during a meeting on May 4th to discuss demands by student activists...
Conservatives often prove to be their own worst enemy in the arena in free speech.
Bloomberg contributor Francis Wilkinson takes a look at what this means on college campuses, especially in the context of “epistemic closure”.
We recently noted that a Northwestern student government nominee’s confirmation was blocked because he is a ‘heterosexual white male.’
Another Northwestern University student penned a letter to the school newspaper in defense of the Student Senate’s decision:
Nominee Stephen Piotrkowski’s bid for the associate vice president of diversity and outreach was derailed earlier this...
Glenn Beck recently sat down with some conservative college students at his studio to answer questions and hear their concerns.
Erica Ritz of The Blaze reports.
What Are the Biggest Challenges Facing Conservative College Students Today?
It is a truth generally accepted that college campuses are mildly if not extremely left-leaning. Students who arrive...
Do first graders really need to learn how to use emotional words in writing to bring about social justice? Common Core thinks so.
Jim Hoft of The Gateway Pundit reports.
It Begins… Communist Indoctrination Included in Common Core Literature for First Graders (Video)
Reading, writing and arithmetic are out – Communist indoctrination is in!...
Congressman Eric Cantor wants parents and college students to have access to information that will help them make more informed choices about higher education.
This is from Cantor’s House website.
Congressman Cantor: College Students And Their Parents Deserve Better
“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to support the Improving Postsecondary Education Data for Students Act.
“American...
As long as unemployment remains high, the number of college grads with regrets will continue to climb.
Halah Touryalai of Forbes reports.
Student Loan Problems: One Third Of Millennials Regret Going To College
Here’s an indication of how burdensome student loans have become: About one-third of millennials say they would have been better off...
Harvard Law School is Bogus is a website by a small group of brave Harvard Law School students “dedicated to the candid examination of corruption and conflict of interest at the Law School, and of its long-standing practice of censoring and otherwise chilling politically incorrect speech.”
They are unimpressed with the guest...
College Insurrection recently reported that Yale has been fined $165,000 for underreporting sexual assaults.
Now Libby Sander of the Chronicle of Higher Education reports that four more colleges face similar complaints.
4 More Colleges Are Targets of Students’ Complaints Over Sexual Assault
Students at Dartmouth College, Swarthmore College, the University of California at Berkeley,...
One of the first lessons in Spanish 101 centers on colors.
Red = Rojo
White = Blanco
Blue = Azul
Black = Negro
So, it seems a little shocking to hear about a Spanish teacher being booted for the proper use of a common word in that language. The Daily Caller Education Editor has more details:
In...
The fallout from the Internal Revenue Service harassment of conservative groups continues to rain down on the Obama Administration.
Alex Uzarowicz of Knox College offers his view about what the Obama Administration could do to clean-up the continuing mess, noting that the lack of leadership is a roadblock to the “bipartisanship” liberals...
Of course they do. Didn’t everyone know it was just a matter of time before this happened?
Robby Soave of The Daily Caller reports.
Senate Democrats propose student loan bailouts
Following closely on the heels of Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s recent proposal to subsidize student loans through the Federal Reserve, another senator is...
As an owner of a chemistry degree, I can attest to the fact that one of the biggest challenges I faced was enrolling in science laboratory classes because of tight space restrictions.
Now, in my home state, one university is looking to break science lab course bottlenecks, changing life sciences education by...
A statement to a local newspaper by a prominent evolutionary biologist that, “teaching creationism is like denying the Holocaust”, has evolved into focus of support for campus religious freedom by a large anti-theist organization.
Macaela Bennett of Campus Reform has the details:
Bestselling author and popular lecturer, Professor Jerry Coyne, made the comment...
In a move that highlights the consequences of the education bubble burst, the Chicago Board of Education is now closing almost fifty elementary schools.
The Daily Caller Education Editor Eric Owens files this report:
Autumn seemed like dark days for Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. The Chicago Teachers Union had declared a strike, shutting...
This story is such a disappointment. People expect more from students at West Point, given the school’s high standards of admittance.
Thom Shanker of The New York Times reports.
Women Were Secretly Filmed at West Point, the Army Says
WASHINGTON — A sergeant first class on the staff of the United St...
