The first lady couldn’t resist the urge to get political during a recent commencement speech.
ABC News reports.
First Lady Targets Mississippi ‘Religious Freedom’ Bill in Commencement Speech
In a rare entrance into a politically charged controversy, first lady Michelle Obama used a commencement speech Saturday at Jackson State University in Mississipppi to directly...
Whitman College officials said the mascot was considered noninclusive and imperialistic.
The Seattle Times reports.
Whitman College lets go of Missionaries mascot
SPOKANE — Whitman College, the private, liberal-arts school in Walla Walla, has dumped its longtime mascot.
Whitman teams will no longer be called the Missionaries, a reference to Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, who...
This isn’t surprising. Well meaning plans from socialists often have the opposite of the desired effect.
The Wall Street Journal reports.
Benefits of Sanders’s College Plan Bigger for Wealthy, Analysis Finds
Advocates of tuition-free college are having a bad week.
First, a leading think tank on tax policy picked apart the numbers in the Bernie...
Donald Trump and his supporters are definitely challenging the tolerance of leftist students and faculty.
The College Conservative reports.
Is The Word “Trump” Hate Speech?
Donald Trump has become the definitive “hate speech” icon for leftists on campus. Colleges are no longer the great havens of free expression and discourse they once were. The...
Some people probably wanted to get rid of this student just over his politics.
Reed Alert Politics reported.
Conservative removed as Bucknell class president (for bogus reasons)
Students at Bucknell are now being punished after engaging in conservative beliefs and activities, Tom Cicciotta, Junior Class President, has been removed from his position. Ciccotta had also taken on...
If true, this is seriously troubling.
The College Fix reports.
Claim: Harvard Law School protesters sought FBI investigation of their conservative critics
According to those behind the blog Royall Asses — which was set up to expose “the misfits behind the ‘hate crime’ hoax at Harvard Law School” (the blog’s byline, pertaining to the...
Why are we having so much racial strife on college campuses?
The Claremont Independent reports.
Black Women Prptest Campus Party Because Non-Black Women Are Invited
This Friday, Black Lives At Mudd (BLAM) is hosting an event for “Black Woman & Non-Gender Conforming People” in order to have “a celebration of what black women have...
This is all part of an expansion in online education that’s been progressing fitfully for most of this decade.
Fast Company reports.
When Your Dream School Accepts You (But Only Online)
This spring, Caleb Kinsella was one of the thousands of high school seniors around the country anxiously waiting to find out if he...
To be fair, administrative divisions like this one are driving up tuition.
Inside Higher Ed reports.
Defunding Diversity
On Thursday, both the Tennessee House of Representatives and Senate passed a bill to cut the entire $436,000 state appropriation for an office at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville that promotes diversity at the state’s...
So, what if your top choice school is also the most expensive on your list?
Forbes reports.
25 Most Expensive Schools Worth Every Penny
Students in the class of 2020 will weigh a number of factors when choosing their colleges this spring. They’ll consider location, size, academic reputation, presence of Greek life, athletics and...
This piece from Red Alert Politics makes a lot of sense.
Donald Trump: A wake-up call for millennials
Left-wing millennials may not think very highly of Republican front-runner Donald Trump, but the billionaire may be Gen Y’s last, best hope.
DePaul University student Nicole Been made the case that Trump’s rhetoric, which sensitive millennials...
While colleges celebrate their record-setting applicant pools, high school guidance counselors take a dimmer view.
The New York Times reports.
Greater Competition for College Places Means Higher Anxiety, Too
As the frenzied college application season draws to a close, and students across the country mull their choices, many colleges are trumpeting that it was...
Just what this country needs, another horrible campus protest.
The College Fix reports.
Is University of Wisconsin-Madison the next Mizzou? Some say ‘race war’ brewing
ANALYSIS
“Racizm in the air.” “Don’t breathe, God.” “White supremacy iz a disease.” “Fuck the Police.” “The devil iz a white man.”
Those are some of the spraypainted messages that have...
The Northwest Trail, wrote articles critical of the school.
FIRE reports.
Northwest College Student Newspaper Advisor Suggests He’s Being Targeted for Critical Coverage
The faculty advisor of the student newspaper at Wyoming’s Northwest College says administrators are retaliating against him because the paper he advises, the Northwest Trail, wrote articles critical of the school....
The goal is to get students to attend four-year institutions.
Inside Higher Ed reports.
Massachusetts promotes financial rebates to incentivize two-year completion and transfer
Massachusetts officials on Thursday announced a new program to encourage students attending community colleges to finish their programs and move on to four-year institutions.
“We have to get more students in...
Nothing is more expensive than something provided by government for free.
Red Alert Politics reports.
Kentucky’s free community college plan: A $25 million waste
Kentucky legislators embraced free college in the state budget, and they await the governor’s signature for it to become law.
The budget provides $25 million for scholarships that fund up to...
Remember that if you’re borrowing to pay for it, it’s probably costing you twice as much as you think.
Time Money reports.
$4,000 for Pizza and Other Tales From College Debt Hell
When people complain about the rising cost of a college education, they often focus on tuition inflation. But tuition and fees represent...
If you’re interested in free speech issues, you may want to check this out.
The FIRE blog reports.
Announcing FIRE’s 2016 Summer Conference!
FIRE is thrilled to announce that our eighth annual FIRE Student Network (FSN) Conference will take place this year from July 15–17 in Philadelphia.
FIRE’s annual conference is a weekend-long workshop designed...
College and university administrators and faculty members were better represented this week than in years past.
Inside Higher Ed reports.
Scenes From Ed-Tech Heaven (or Hell)
SAN DIEGO — The ASU GSV Summit that was held here this week is easy to caricature. Robots roamed the hallways, thousands of attendees hung on every word...
We can’t have hurt feelings on a college campus, can we?
The College Fix reports.
University investigates April Fools’ newspaper because it hurt a grad student’s feelings
Did you know that by refusing to meet with a grad student you have offended, you have “intimidated her in an attempt to take away her freedom...
The outrage is occurring on campus and in Israel.
The Harvard Crimson reports.
Minow, Law Students Condemn Perceived Anti-Semitism
A Harvard Law School student asked a question perceived to be anti-Semitic to former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni during an event last week, provoking outrage at the school and in Israel.
The event, titled “The...
CareerCast’s outlook for both newspaper reporters and broadcasters predicts negative growth of 9% through 2024.
Accuracy In Academia reports.
Newspaper Reporter Still the Worst Job in America
For the second year in a row, and third out of the last four, being a newspaper reporter ranks as the worst job in America.
The Jobs Rated...
