In today’s far left academic environment, is it really so hard to believe a university would discriminate against a professor who also serves in the military?
CBS News in Pittsburgh reports.
Professor Claims University Fired Him Over National Guard Duty
PITTSBURGH (AP) – A doctor who worked as a part-time pr...
Universities are supposed to be places where you go to find out what smart people think and form your own opinion, not factories that tell you what to think.
Charles Rollet of the College Fix reports the latest in mandatory academic groupthink.
Northwestern Will Require All Students to Complete New Diversity Program
Northwestern University...
The professor never punished her for challenging his views.
Tyler Talgo is the University of Southern California who bravely taped a video in which Darry Srago (adjunct professor of political science) blasted Republicans as “stupid” and “racist.”
Fellow USC student Emily Schrader shares her experiences with that instructor in The College Fix:
I argued with Professor Sragow in almost every class session....
First, it was an Ohio campus lock-down because of a woman wondering around campus in a blanket.
Now, an umbrella causes a North Carolina school to go on lock-down. Josiah Ryan of Campus Reform has the details:
Police at a public university locked down the campus for three-hours on Tuesday after school administrators...
Today, TaxProf Blog reports the the Catholic University of America, is trimming its budget by 20 percent because of declining law school enrollment:
The Tower: Law School Enrollment Drop...
Private student loans are extremely difficult to discharge, especially via bankruptcy.
However, one court has recently allowed a cash-strapped graduate take that route. Martha Neil of the ABA Journal has...
College campuses today are so lopsidedly liberal and lacking in intellectual diversity, conservatives have an opportunity to reclaim the word.
Richard Vedder of Minding the Campus writes.
Let’s Reclaim the Word ‘Diversity’
Universities enjoy a privileged position in our society and lots of independence from political and economic forces, partly to provide an environment...
Pardon me if I don’t shed a tear over the prospect of less liberal indoctrination on college campuses.
Carl Straumsheim of Inside Higher Ed reports.
Report suggests hiring of political scientists has slowed
Preliminary numbers from the American Political Science Association suggests colleges and universities may this year hire fewer political scientists than they...
Do you think you and your 18 to 25 year old college student are the only ones affected by the growing tsunami of student debt? Guess again.
Judah Bellin of Minding The Campus reports.
Grandma, the Latest Victim of Student Debt
If you’re worrying about your child’s student debt obligations, you might want to...
Good thing there’s such a surplus of jobs for recent college grads in Michigan.
Via David Jesse of the Detroit Free Press.
Students charged with obstructing traffic. Wanted tuition equality for undocumented students
— David Jesse (@reporterdavidj) April...
College students determining how to make the most of their education may benefit from considering the results of a new survey.
The Daily Caller News Foundation’s Robby Soave reports on one organization’s review of the wants and needs of American business leaders.
Nearly 60 percent of surveyed employers said that students’ critical thinking...
At Legal Insurrection, we covered the fallout from Princeton alumna Susan Patton’s advice to undergraduates that they seek life-long love as students while they are surrounded by compatible peers.
Now, Dartmouth alumnus Joseph Asch covers some of the the piece’s impact at that school, and asks: Will No One Defend Romance?
We live...
In 2008 and 2012, Obama was heavily backed by public school teacher unions. Anyone who thinks he’s going to lend any support to non-union charter schools is in for a big disappointment.
Malcolm A. Kline of Accuracy in Academia reports.
The Fix Is In
President Obama may have spoken warmly about charter schools but...
Diversity is important to student diversity activists, as long as everyone agrees.
Aaricka Washington of the Indiana Daily Student reports.
Students rally for increased campus diversity
Fred Diego spoke into the megaphone facing a group of ecstatic black, brown and white faces in the biting, 46-degree weather.
“How many of your professors look like you?”
Only...
Part of the War on Men on campus
The media often wonders why young men are staying away from universities and colleges. Perhaps the hostile environment on campuses is part of the reason.
Universities, protected by law and compelled by a directive from the Obama Department of Education, have established a kangaroo campus court system in which young men...
This is a heart warming story. Kudos to these students.
Katie LaPotin of Red Alert Politics reports.
Boston College students organize walk in honor of those who didn’t finish Boston Marathon
A group of students from Boston College have found a very special way to help those who didn’t get a chance to finish...
University of Buffalo film professor Laura Curry was carted off campus in handcuffs yesterday when it became apparent to police that her language was more offensive than the pro-life display she was protesting.
Noah Rothman of Mediaite has the story.
College Professor Arrested Amid Profanity-Laced Rant Against Pro-Life Students’ Display
A University of Buffalo...
We’re actually at the point where it’s surprising when someone doesn’t attack ideas like capitalism when speaking on a college campus.
The College Fix reports.
Campus Speech: Union Busting, Greedy Capitalists Stole American Dream
Free-market ideals, union-busting efforts and greedy capitalists stole the American dream, but a prioritization on fairness and an equalization of...
A sad statistic comes from two of the nations most prestigious institutions of higher learning.
Katherine Timpf of Campus Reform details some numbers just issued from a services that matches female students with wealthy older men.
The number of female students seeking “sugar daddies” at Columbia and Cornell Universities rose dr...
Humanities professors are aghast at the suggestion science and technology degrees should be promoted, while colleges should charge more for useless ones that make it hard for graduates to find career-oriented and life-sustaining employment.
Thomas K. Lindsay of the Center for Higher Educ...
As part of their Second Amendment Banquet, the Young Americans for Freedom at Clemson University will be giving away a prize to one lucky winner.
Nick James writes at the YAF blog.
Clemson Young Americans for Freedom to Give Away “Assault” Rifle
On April 19, the Clemson Young Americans for Freedom chapter
The program is pretty simple. If you want strangers to talk to you in the dining hall you take a red cup.
It’s getting mixed reviews so far.
The College Fix reports.
Red Cups To Help Stressed Dartmouth Students Make Friends
In response to the stressful social situation presented in Dartmouth College’s dining room, a...
