Perhaps Yale should pay more attention to victims of sex crimes on campus and focus less on “sex week” celebrations.
Cynthia Hua of Yale Daily News reports.
Yale fined $165,000 for underreporting sex offenses
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In light of the unfolding IRS scandal in which conservatives were targeted for audits and other forms of harassment, this professor’s story doesn’t seem far fetched.
Billy Hallowell of The Blaze reports.
‘Very Frightening’: Prominent Catholic Prof. Claims IRS Audited Her After Speaking Out Against Obama and Demanded to Know Who Was...
In April, College Insurrection reported the story of University of Buffalo film professor Laura Curry who was arrested for swearing at pro-life students and their display.
Susan Kruth of The FIRE now reports that the charges against Curry have been dropped.
UPDATE: Charges Dropped Against University at Buffalo Professor Arrested for Swearing
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Just yesterday, College Insurrection reported that Lois Lerner, director for the IRS Exempt Organization Division was going to be honored by Western New England University School of Law.
She has apparently had second thoughts.
Scott Greer of Campus Reform reports.
‘I’m not good at math’: Key IRS official embroiled in Tea Party scandal cancels...
With the College Bubble popping, schools are scrambling to get every student they can.
Wall Street Journal reporter Ruth Simon covers how some private colleges are sweetening the pot, to get as many scholars as possible onto their campuses.
Private U.S. colleges, worried they could be pricing themselves out of the market after...
Millions of college grads saddled with debt and no job prospects would likely agree with this estimation.
Lauren Lyster of Yahoo Finance reports.
Only 150 of 3500 U.S. Colleges Are Worth the Investment: Former Secretary of Education
The U.S. is home to some of the greatest colleges and universities in...
In a new post at his blog, Walter Russell Mead points out that some colleges are incorrectly spending too much money on things to attract new students.
Colleges Paying the Price for Expensive Facilities
By now everyone has heard the statistic that American students and graduates owe more than $1 trillion on student...
Trade skills instead of college degrees may be the key to a highly profitable future.
So says Forbes contributor Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, after talking a look at a Bureau of Labor Statistics review of the “Fastest Growing Occupations”.
We’re all talking about the “jobs of the future” and “winning the future”...
Isn’t the Department of Labor supposed to deal with labor issues? What interest could they possibly have in community colleges?
Paul Fain of Inside Higher Ed reports.
Labor Department grants may be paying off for community colleges and students
Most community colleges could easily put federal grant money to good use plugging up budget...
Recent controversy over Heritage Foundation report on immigration ignited debate over whether Harvard should have approved a dissertation that claimed an IQ deficit for Hispanics.
Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed has the details:
Debate over a new Heritage Foundation report critical of proposed change in immigration laws has set off scrutiny and...
Reality doesn’t matter to progressives. All that matters is what they wish to be reality.
The College fix reports.
Feminists Attack Billionaire For His Remarks about Women in Finance
The Washington Post reports that billionaire investor Paul Tudor came under fire last week after explaining to a group of students why fewer wo...
Have you ever heard of Lois Lerner? No?
She’s just the director for the IRS Exempt Organization Division and she’s about to be honored by Western New England University School of Law.
Jennifer Kabbany of The College Fix reports.
University to Bestow ‘Face of IRS Scandal’ with Honorary Tribute
The woman in charge of the...
I don’t watch the Daily Show but luckily, someone at The College Fix does.
‘The Daily Show’ Tackles Higher Ed Bubble, Warns Kids Not To Attend College (VIDEO)
Ominous-sounding music played in the background.
Newspaper clips with headlines such as “Cost of College Has Risen 1,120 Percent Since 1978,” “Average Student Debt Reaches All-Time...
Apparently the money gained by tuition, room, board, books and student activity fees isn’t enough for California’s state universities.
Most of them are now charging a fee to graduate.
CBS 5 in California reports.
Most Cal State University Campuses Now Charging A Fee To Graduate
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – Gr...
Legal Insurrection has been following the fallout from the discovery that the Internal Revenue Service targeted Tea Party groups for special attention.
It also looks like groups that teach the US Constitution merited some extra review from that government agency, too. Hans Bader of the Competitive Enterprise Institute has the details:
The IRS...
We recently covered the news that wo professors at San Jose State burned a book because they disagreed with its point of view.
Showing that administrators understand the Internet as much a climate science, the school decided it could remove the image from the collective memory:
What could prompt two college professors to...
Stanley Kurtz of National Review recently pointed out that Swarthmore College has fallen into madness. Students for fossil fuel divestment have completely taken over.
Swarthmore Spinning Out of Control (With Videos)
What happens when Saul Alinsky goes to college? Intimidation, polarization, and an end to the free inquiry and exchange that are the...
KC Johnson of Minding the Campus points to a disturbing new development at Stanford University.
Stanford Abandons Due Process
Students at Stanford are the latest to fall victim to the assault on due process mandated by the “Dear Colleague” letter. Last week, the university’s faculty senate approved the “Alternative Review Process,” an across-the-board...
For years, the educational focus has been on “self-esteem”.
However, given the challenges of the economy, perhaps “preparedness” should be the new mantra. Jermaine Taylor of CNBC reports on the findings of a new study:
As close to 2 million college students prepare to graduate, a study finds that many of them face...
One economic topic that directly impacts many college students is the minimum wage.
In fact, it is an issue politicians often use to appeal to young voters. University of Missouri-Columbia student Will McMahon chimes in that with some sound economic thoughts on the matter:
I remember the first time I ever heard someone...
Stein’s Law states, “If something cannot go on forever, it will stop.”
And it looks like the current mode of financing higher education is now proving that law true. Conservative pundit Michael Barone has this analysis in RealClearPolitics:
Markets work. But sometimes they take time.
That’s the uncomfortable lesson that proprietors of America’s colleges...
Students dealing with debt and rising tuition costs won’t be happy to hear this.
Atossa Araxia Abrahamian of Reuters reports.
Salaries of public college chiefs rise, median tops $400,000
Salaries of presidents of U.S. public universities rose almost 5 percent in the last fiscal year, even as tuition rose and student debt soared, with...
