On January 22nd, we reported that actor Danny Glover gave a talk at Texas A&M in which he incorrectly claimed that the 2nd Amendment was created to suppress black slaves and take land from Native Americans.
On January 25th, we...
Considering the rising unemployment rate for college graduates, this sounds like a very logical and reasonable idea.
Kevin Kiley of Inside Higher Ed displays a bit of snark in the opening of his report.
Another Liberal Arts Critic
North Carolinians might have seen this coming when they elected P...
Maybe the president of Fordham University could send an email to the UW-Whitewater student body telling them how proud he is that they haven’t invited Ann Coulter.
Ethan Hollenberger of the YAF blog reports.
UW-Whitewater Lecture Series Spends $52,000 on Liberal Speakers, Zero on Conservatives
“As undergraduates in the College of Letters and Sciences,...
Fortunately, no one has suggested federal legislation. Yet.
The College Fix reports on one student’s push to address the gap between males and females:
Well, you knew this was coming. Concerns and criticisms over an upcoming female orgasm seminar for students at the University of Minnesota have now been dubbed misogynistic.
A University of...
Yale lecturer James Sleeper wrote an op-ed about Mayor Ed Koch for the New York Times this weekend and couldn’t resist the opportunity to unfairly bash the Tea Party.
Mark Finkelstein of News Busters reports.
New York Times Op-Ed Accuses Tea Party Of ‘Assaults On Public Officials’
Looks like liberals are still trying to...
Last year, we covered a major cheating scandal that erupted at Harvard University.
As an update to that report, The Daily Caller shares a news story that indicates many have been disciplined by the administration.
Harvard University said Friday it issued academic sanctions against approximately 60 students who were forced to withdraw from...
If you’re in college now, you probably worked hard to get there. You showed up for school, did your homework, wrote letters of application, took tests and asked teachers for recommendations.
With all of that in mind, ask yourself what is gained by bribing kids to show up for school with goodies?...
The media was recently ablaze with stories of pop-diva Beyonce lip-syncing during an Inauguration Day performance.
Sam Houston State University student newspaper reporter Morgan Mears notes that this is an example of the mainstream media’s complete misunderstanding of what type of news should be its focus.
Normally when one hears the word “news,”...
Via TaxProf Blog: US News and World Report has published the Top 10 National Universities and Liberal Arts Colleges for Best Undergraduate Teaching.
The following institutions received the most votes from top college administrators, in terms staffs being well focused on their undergraduate students:
Given the growing concerns about the Higher Education Bubble,...
In his “Our Own Inauguration Day” post, Professor Jacobson highlighted the importance of politics at the local level.
University of California – Los Angeles student Ramsey Ugarte agrees, and is trying to convince his fellow students to get active in city and state matters.
Pension reform, bankruptcy, bureaucracy, drug legislation and inflated...
Instead of going to clergy, it seems that today’s students would rather use public social media outlets for astonishing confessions.
Despite the fact that such personal revelations can have a detrimental impact on future careers and relationships, The College Fix Assistant Editor Jennifer Kabbany reports that Facebook confessions pages have sprung up...
Guns are strictly off limits at Washington University in St. Louis, so after two incidents of armed robbery near campus, the school is arming students with… whistles.
Oliver Darcy of Campus Reform reports.
University issues rape whistles following armed robberies, keeps gun ban
Administrators at Washington University (WU) in St. Louis are distributing safety...
Yale University’s academic programs seem to focus more on sexual scholarship than ethics.
The fruits of that emphasis can be observed in the rantings of one of its law students. In his blog, Jack Marshall (the president and founder of ProEthics) offers a few ethics-based observations.
A third year law student decided it...
College students who voted for Obama can take heart in the fact that Sandra Fluke finally has free birth control.
The College Fix reports.
Effective Unemployment Rate at 16.2% for 18-29 year olds
Amid news that the economy is shrinking as of the last quarter, the latest unemployment figures paint a less-than-rosy picture for...
Recently, a group of students at Cornell University assembled to protest against Israel’s attacks on Hamas; that is, if the administrators agree to their outrageous demands.
On the other side of the country, University of California – Los Angeles student Maia Ferdman offers a more peace-oriented and humanistic approach to discussions involving...
(But we’re running the post anyway)
“Hill Republicans continue not to understand that they are the face of the party when the cameras are trained on Washington. They don’t understand how they look, which is like ants on a sugar cube.”
Liberal policies on education spending are ruining the future of the very people they’re supposedly designed to help.
When the wave finally breaks, an entire generation will realize they were lied to and there will be hell to pay.
Walter Russell Mead reports.
Frozen Generation: US Youth Immobilized by Student Debt
On Wednesday TransUnion LLC...
The ironically named Affordable Care Act is poised to increase the cost of healthcare at American colleges. The report below is about UNC specifically, but these issues will no doubt apply to other schools.
Mauricio Barreto of Carolina Review reports.
NC Health Insurance
Health insurance costs for college students are...
There is great news for students from a Georgia jury today, as former Valdosta State University President Ronald Zaccari has been found liable for $50,000 in damages for unjustly kicking one of his students, Hayden Barnes, out of school for a collage he posted on Facebook.
Absurdly declared a “clear and present...
Yesterday, we reported that the University of Michigan gave credit for participating in a college sex group.
Now, in a move worthy of the leaders of Sodom and Gomorrah, the same university has banished a Christian group from campus in the name of “tolerance”.
In the name of an ‘all-comers’ policy, apparently it’s...
As the Executive Producer of Canto Talk, one of BlogTalKRadio.com’s most popular podcast shows, it was was wonderful chatting with my College Insurrection compatriot, Aleister of American Glob (CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE SHOW).
I talked to Aleister about his history as a blogger, and the intriguing reasons for deriving his...
“When I look at the university and college systems around the country I see the newspaper industry.”
Glenn Reynolds shares a story today that should be troubling to a lot of today’s students.
Business Insider contributor Mark Cuban, chairman of HDNet and owner of the Dallas Mavericks, shares his thoughts on how to get the most out of a college...
