Via Professor Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit. Last month Concordia University in Minnesota announced it is slashing all prices in an effort to attract new students. Smart move or publicity stunt?
Jenna Ross of Star Tribune reports.
Concordia University is pairing two words that don’t often come in contact — “tuition” and “cut.”
The St. Paul...
The folks at Students for Liberty are urging students nationwide to see the film.
Megan Roberts has the story.
Atlas Shrugged is being turned into a movie, or, more accurately, a trilogy of movies, and the second movie is being released in theaters across the US on October 12th. With...
The “incest fest” isn’t exactly what you might think but it still shows incredibly poor taste. Congratulations parents of Harvard students, this is what you’re paying for.
The College Fix reports.
Harvard Students Celebrate ‘Incest-Fest’
Later this semester at Harvard, students will pause from studying things like philosophy, his...
With California undergoing a major fiscal crisis because of liberal spending policies, conflicts arising because of Arizona’s attempt to enforce border security rules, and the attention on Colorado due to its swing state status,
Young Americans for Liberty are heading West to add reinforcements in the battle to promote small government and...
This story is reminiscent of the way the media covers the Tea Party vs. Occupy. When conservatives show up for a pro-liberty event, the liberal media ignores or demonizes it. When liberals show up to protest capitalism, the media puts it on the front page.
Nicole Swinford of The College Fix reports.
College...
You heard that right, in school discipline
Under pressure from the Education Department, which investigated it over “racial disparities” and “disparate impact,” the Oakland, California, school system has agreed to impose “targeted reductions” in “suspensions for African American students, Latino students, and students receiving special education services; and African American students suspended for defiance.” See Agreement to Resolve...
Considers Obama Supporters Intellectually Dishonest
During a Cornell Club event, Legal Insurrection’s Professor Jacobson recently made the case against Obama’s re-election, which must have been a good one — GOP candidate Mitt Romney is now ahead in 11 Swing States.
Northwestern...
Many are refusing to identify race in their applications.
The US Supreme Court is currently hearing a case centered around the University of Texas and its race-based admissions policy.
Kevin Kiley of Inside Higher Ed takes a look at one category of minority students that doesn’t seem to enjoy the same benefits from quotas as other groups:
Don’t check the box.
It’s the...
This week the Supreme Court heard arguments in an important affirmative-action case, which focuses on the University of Texas’ race-sensitive admissions policy and if it violates the rights of white applicants.
CNN gathered comments from three current or former students with a direct interest in the case:
Abigail Fisher, plaintiff in the Supreme...
Gallaudet University has placed its Diversity Officer, Angela McCaskill on paid leave for signing a petition to overturn Maryland’s Civil Marriage Protection Act. Apparently, Gallaudet isn’t big on the diversity of opinion.
Annie Z. Yu of The Daily Caller reports.
Gallaudet University ‘Diversity and Inclusion’ faculty member suspended for signing petition against...
No, not that Nixon. Jay Nixon, the Democratic Governor of Missouri.
The Missouri College Republicans have raised some money and they’re using it to go after the governor’s proposed cuts to higher education.
Eli Yokley of Missouri News Horizon reports.
Missouri College Republicans Target Nixon with Ad
COLUMBIA, Mo. – After a strong fundraising quarter...
Earlier this week, we took a look at Michigan State, which featured a Communist professor during its Constitution Day celebrations.
According to Danielle Charette, a student at Swarthmore College, denigrating American values on this national day of observance has become a new tradition on campuses across the nation:
Several universities across the nation...
Let’s hope this is part of a larger trend. As it has been pointed out on this blog before, a vote for Gary Johnson is a vote for Obama. Mitt Romney would be the best choice for young job seekers.
Did I mention that this young man is from Ohio?
Jami Kinton of...
Prager University just released its newest on-line course. The most recent offering comes from the Religion/Philosophy Department, features Frank Pastore (host of the largest Christian talk show in the United States), and addresses timeless questions:
Do you have free will? Do you have the ability to sh...
A small group of conservative students at the University of Maryland recently staged a “No More Che Day” event to protest the glorification of Che Guevara.
Unsurprisingly, the event was not well received by liberal members of the student body.
Mitchell Witkes reports at the YAF blog.
No More Che Day brings out the...
They both were the subject of student protests of a Georgia Board of Regents meeting.
Laura Diamond of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.
Student protest disrupts Regents meeting
ATHENS — About a dozen students halted a state Board of Regents meeting for a few minutes Wednesday, protesting a policy that bans illegal immigrants from Georgia’s...
It comes as no surprise to learn that there are liberal anti-Israel activists at UC Berkeley. What is surprising however, is that officials at the college may have encouraged anti-Israel protests.
Either way, the school is now being investigated by the federal government.
Oliver Darcy of Campus Reform has the story.
Feds investigating claims...
A new group called the Comet Conservatives is taking hold at the University of Texas at Dallas.
Dammy Busari of The Mercury reports.
Group takes over as primary conservative club on campus
Started as a way to unite conservatives regardless of party, the Comet Conservatives carry the...
Ask yourself this: What good is a college degree if you can’t get a job after you graduate? Additionally, how will you pay off your student loan debt? Debra J. Saunders of Townhall examines these issues in a new piece.
“No family should have to set aside a...
In the wake of crushing student debt and limited employment opportunities, many are questioning if the “higher education for everyone” approach is either rational or responsible.
One recent graduate who is reflecting on this “grabbing...
Digital Stalking Has Evolved with Technology
The Daily Beast did a photo essay with analysis on America’s 25 Most Crime-Rattled Colleges.
According to a report by Allie Grasgreen via In Higher Ed, stalking is a one crime that isn’t listed in that essay — and one that campus security often takes too lightly until too late.
In 2005, a...
However, Yale says banning gender and and other affiliations OK for certain groups!
Tea Party activists have innovative ways of applying Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals, traditionally used by progressive groups to promote their agendas.
Perhaps a Christian fraternity battling to open at Yale University would benefit from applying “RULE 4: Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules.”
It seems that the...
