Last year, we reported on an Ohio university that capped hours for adjunct professors, so specific coverage requirements under Obamacare would not kick in.
According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, this approach to avoiding health insurance m...
As long as the left continues to push for greater gun control, we’ll see more stories like this.
Scott Greer of Campus Reform reports.
Lawmakers in Texas, Arkansas, move to permit concealed carry at public universities
Republican state legislators in Arkansas and Texas responded to President Obama’s new gun proposals on Thursday, introducing bills...
Voting for president shouldn’t have anything to do with how cool the candidates are, but if the GOP truly wants to connect with more young voters, they can’t ignore the influence of the culture.
Elena Lathrop of Breitbart reports.
The Youth Vote: Making the GOP Cool Again
Just because young voters historically do not...
Debate on Obama’s spate of 23 executive actions related to gun control center include whether they signified tyranny or incompetence.
Canadian student, Luke Stibbs from the University of the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, notes that they clearly represent hypocrisy as well as tyranny, as he offers his perspective in The...
During the last election cycle, the liberal activists chided that the Republican Party was conducting a “War on Women”.
It seems, however, that young Americans are the target of a fiscal assault that is the result of blue states attempting to address the consequences of platinum pension benefits. Noted writer and pundit...
For an academic organization based on language and the study of English, the Modern Language Association seems to have only one thing on its mind and it isn’t language.
Malcolm A. Kline of Accuracy in Academia reports.
Southern Sexuality, MLA-Style
At the Modern Language Association (MLA) 2013 Boston meeting, at least on the program,...
While the robber in this story seems like a rather tragic figure, you’ve got to love the part about his hat.
Ed Treleven of the Wisconsin State Journal reports.
Alleged robber with Bucky Badger hat needed money for debt, complaint says
A man who wore a three-dimensional Bucky Badger hat when he allegedly robbed...
In a new post at the Speak Up University Blog, writer Travis C. Barham explores the effort of some leftist academics who would rather indoctrinate their students than teach them.
Exposing Avenues of Campus Indoctrination
Years ago, Abigail Thernstrom described universities as “islands of repression in a sea of freedom.” More recently, several...
College is filled with plenty of disease transmission opportunities — and not just STD’s, either!
Between all classroom interactions, dorm room living, and stress, there are plenty of chances to contract the flu and spread the virus. The Centers for Disease Control lists three simple steps to avoiding the flu:
More and more, students are being to rebel against progressive dogma.
The most recent example comes from University of Colorado – Boulder student Aslinn Scott, who reports that many on that campus thought a response to the shoot of an elk “jumped the shark”.
In the “People’s Republic of Boulder,” by City Council...
Recently, we covered a story about University of California – Los Angeles student groups considering capitalism as a way to end their budget woes.
It’s too bad some professors lack that common sense and perspective. Minding the Campus writer George Leef recently took a look at the true impact of college...
Part of the “diversity” push on American campuses is focused on tolerance toward people of other genders, faiths, and sexual preferences.
So, it is little wonder that The College Fix contributor Emily Schrader, who graduated from the University of Southern California in 2011 and now attends graduate school at Tel Aviv University...
With the “Higher Education Bubble” popping, is the entire professional class losing tenure?
As Glenn Reynolds notes,the bursting “higher education bubble” is hitting law schools first.
Megan McArdle takes a look at the possible aftermath of the deluge in The Daily Beast.
“I couldn’t do this if I didn’t have tenure.”
Th...
California Universities are considering “Punishment Fees” to inspire students to complete their degrees.
An another state, administrators at one college are taking more of a “carrot” that a “stick” approach. Alexandra Tilsley of Inside Higher Ed has the details.
Marcia Hawkins, the first-year president of Union College in Kentucky, feels a special connection...
There are many frustrating aspects of Conservatism. Living among those that distain you for your beliefs is one.
Due to the nature of Conservatism, it is easily tolerable. Being forced to be party to idiotic self-destructive policy probably is the worst part. Although we’ve grown accustom. We’ve always known “Liberal” claims to respect political minorities were a shameless sale...
Unlike Cody Permenter of USA Today College, I’d hardly call Obama’s 51% win a “resounding defeat” for the Republican Party. He is right on one point however, College Republicans are the key to the future of the GOP.
Can young Republicans win over minority voters?
After a resounding defeat in the 2012 presidential...
Most college students like to root for their home team as a sign of school pride and that’s a good thing. But would they continue to do so if they knew their school’s football team was driving up the cost of their tuition?
Kevin Kiley of Inside Higher Ed has the story.
Playing...
As College Insurrection has reported, the blatantly political obsession with diversity in higher education is overshadowing academic study. This young woman is living proof.
The College Fix reports.
Girl Denied Admission to All-Male College
A teenage girl who hoped to gain admission to a tiny, all-male, Deep Springs College, has been denied. She has...
It seems some colleges truly are getting back to the classics!
The College Fix has a report on one Canadian university’s event that harkens back to the classical era of Roman history — with orgies!
According to an article by reporter Katie Daubs of The Toronto Star, the University of Toronto’s sexual education...
If there’s a better metaphor for the job prospects of college grads in Obama’s America, I’d sure like to hear it.
Nathan Harden of The College Fix reports.
Yale Introduces Bartending Class for Underage Students
Yale University has announced that it will begin teaching an informal class on bartending. Now students can learn to...
If you’re having a bad day at work, just be thankful that you don’t run the public relations department at UNC.
Ben C. Smith of Carolina Review Daily reports.
Sexual Assault Victims File Complaint Against UNC
Earlier this morning, 3 students, Andrea Pino, Landen Gambill, along with alumni Annie Clark and former UNC Associate Dean...
As universities start new sessions after the holiday break, a quick check of their course offerings shows that some of the faculty have devoted their research activities to truly pushing the academic envelope — especially in the area of sexual scholarship.
We recently featured the The College Fix list of the
