Students’ constitutional rights to free speech have been hard hit by campus diversity codes enacted in the name of “tolerance” and “civility”.
President of the Foundation for Individual rights in Education, Greg Lukianoff, reviewed the recent decision by a federal jury in Georgia to hold a former college president personally liable for...
The irony here is that some of the college presidents being pressured to fall in line fully support gun control, they just haven’t signed the letter.
Total conformity is required.
Allie Grasgreen of Inside Higher Ed reports.
In the Crosshairs
In the two months since a couple of college presidents launched a campaign urging swift...
UC Berkeley was given a very substantial charitable donation to fund the hiring of a professor for their Jewish studies program. Things did not go as planned.
Daniel Pipes reports.
Smart University Giving
With a flurry of good will and generosity, the Helen Diller Family Fund gave $5 million for Jewish studies in 1999...
It is fascinating how many times a campus “diversity” campaign targets specific races.
We recently covered that Asian-Americans are not answering race-based admission questions for fear of being rejected.
Now, a Wisconsin institution has initiate a program with the theme that it is “unfair to be white”. Via The College Fix is an...
If the future of higher education is internet based, why are so many colleges spending massive amounts of money on new construction projects?
The College Fix reports.
Opinion: Time to Stop the College Construction Boom
Over the past ten years, many American universities have undertaken multimillion-dollar construction projects to expand their physical space. All...
College Insurrection recently reported the story about a Lehigh University student who was suing the school for $1.3 million over a C+ grade.
A judge has now ruled against her lawsuit.
Rande Iaboni of CNN reports.
Judge rules...
Wiccans at the University of Missouri will now be exempted from taking exams on Halloween. Expect a large portion of the student body to become Wiccan sometime next October.
FOX News reports.
No exams on Wiccan, Pagan holidays at University of Missouri?
Students at University of Missouri don’t need to cram for exams that...
Savvy college graduates are no longer heading to law school in the same numbers, as they recognize that law school grads outnumber jobs by a
Free birth control on campus? Sandra Fluke would be proud.
Katherine Landergan of Boston.com reports.
The ‘Condom Fairy’ gives contraception gifts to BU students
Boston University students now have their own grown-up version of the tooth fairy. Except this time, the fairy is handing out condoms instead of cash.
Boston University launched a program this...
With student loan debt topping credit card debt, and the job market still very weak, many Americans are reconsidering thier education options.
Via Instapundit: A New York Times piece by Arthur C. Brooks (president of the American Enterprise Institute and a former professor at Syracuse University) takes a look at the move...
Between 1980 and 2000, there were over 300 acts or suspected acts of terrorism in the United States.
Furthermore, most Americans remember that the September 11 attacks were occurred with no warning, and that there are nearly daily terror incidents somewhere in the world (such as an attack at the Turkish border...
President Obama pushed for more spending on colleges and enhanced student loans in his State of the Union address.
Via Instapundit, Michigan Capital Confidential contributor Jarrett Skorup uses h...
Justice Clarence Thomas is known for no commenting during oral arguments before the Supreme Court.
The College Fix Editor Nathan Harden reports on a break in his famous silence.
The last time Thomas spoke during oral arguments? February 22, 2006.
And what did he say after all that time? He made fun of Yale...
There is ample evidence that student loan programs have directly contributed to exploding tuition costs and the “higher education bubble”.
However, in his State of the Union address, President Obama plans to add more fuel to th...
Scam artists often prey on the elderly and the young. This is a real report and should be taken seriously. If you are a college student, never ever give your social security number to someone you don’t know, no matter what they say.
Jody Barr of WISTV in South Carolina reports.
IRS: College...
Are you an aspiring writer and freedom loving college student who identifies as Conservative, Republican or Libertarian?
Do you have a story to share with readers all over the United States?
All kinds of submissions will be considered but here are a few suggestions.
Essays: Offer your point of view on...
While students are selling themselves to pay for tuition, one university is providing a new approach to help students with their finances.
Campus Reform contributor Katherine Timpf reports on a Missouri university’s program that provided students information on how to get into the adult film industry.
Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) hosted...
A professor of political science at West Liberty University has prohibited students from citing FOX News in her course syllabus.
How fair and balanced of her.
Josh Eachus of WTOV 9 reports.
Students, parents concerned by seemingly slanted college syllabus
WEST LIBERTY, W.Va.—Students and parents are questioning a college professor after she reportedly issued a...
Two themes we have been following, cheating scandals and the rise of online courses, have now combined for a new dilemma facing American colleges...
In the same way that Democrats ruined the housing market by insisting anyone should be able to buy a house, they are now on the road to ruining higher education.
Chriss Street of the Testosterone Pit has the story.
College Graduates Are The New Debt Slaves
With the average cost of attending college in...
Earlier this week, College Insurrection reported that the student government of Cornell has proposed a social justice requirement. Opponents of the proposal are now fighting the idea.
Aniket of the Cornell Insider has the story.
10 Theses Against The...
There is a wide array of responses to campus activities in support of the Second Amendment, but they tent to have one item in common.
Gun control advocates want to shoot down the First Amendment privileges for gun supporters.
Jessica Johnson, a University of Arkansas student, has this report from her school in...
