I somehow doubt the writers of the US Constitution were thinking about “non-negotiable” codes of civility and diversity as they crafted the First Amendment. But then, what do I know? I don’t work for Illinois State.
Linnie Leavines of Campus Reform reports.
Illinois State University (ISU) is under fire from a student’s rights...
Of course she sees it everywhere, seeing it is her job
An Assistant Professor of American Studies and Women’s and Gender Studies at Rutgers University named Sylvia Chan-Malik will chair a panel on racial profiling there on October 1st. She sees racism everywhere.
Fredda Sacharow of Rutgers Today recently interviewed Ms. Chan-Malik.
Here’s a key excerpt.
Rutgers Today: Has the nation become more tolerant of...
2012’s High School Seniors Have Worst Reading Scores since 1972!
Via Breitbart’s Big Government: It seems that President Obama’s plans for improving education have hit a “bump on the road”.
Despite the fact that families spend thousands of dollars annually to help children prepare for the standardized tests used for college admissions, the Atlantic Wire’s Alexander Abad-Santos reports that scores have dropped...
One month into the school year, the College Republicans at the University of Virginia are already seeing record gains.
Obama won Virginia in 2008 but he’s not going to win there in 2012 if these young people have anything to do with it.
Peter Finocchio of The Virginia Advocate reports.
College Republicans at UVA...
Once Again, University Sacrifices Free Speech on the Altar of Civility
Harvard’s Dean of Freshmen Thomas Dingman created a stir with a “kindness pledge”, which directed incoming students to sign a promise to “act with integrity, respect, and industry, and…civility.” The pledge was universally derided and then rescinded.
According to Harvey Silverglate, co-founder of The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), and...
Put Away Laptops Or “Go Enroll In The University Of Phoenix!”
As social media resources, computers, and networking tools spread across campuses, concerns of students everywhere now center around their professors’ electronic device policies.
In NYU Local, New York University student Ben Zweig delves into some instructors’ views regarding the use of new technology.
Professor Vincent Renzi is the director of the MAP program’s...
Human Biochemistry vs Feminist Dogma — THE CHOICE IS YOURS!
We recently posted a piece, “An Argument Against Hook-Up Culture at Princeton,” which presented writer James Clark’s assertions that “objectification” of men and women is corrosive to the development of meaningful personal relationships.
Tod...
Next month, the U.S Supreme Court will begin hearing arguments in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin,a case involving a white applicant to the undergraduate program who is challenging the constitutionality of using race in admission decisions.
In preparation for this case, Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed reports on “research...
Here’s an interesting report from Ben Koons at the Princeton Tory.
In the article below, Koons examines the politics of Jewish students at Princeton and how that relates to national politics.
In the waning months of the 2008 presidential campaign, the Pew Research Center found that then-Senator Barack Obama surged from 62 percent...
This incident happened back in June but should still be interesting for College Insurrection readers who want to know more about liberal bias on American college campuses.
Jeffrey Hart reported this in The Dartmouth Review.
The statement signed by 75 Dartmouth faculty members is so riddled with errors that it would not be...
College Insurrection went live on August 22 with the post Welcome to College Insurrection.
Since then we have published 171 posts, had just over 65,000 unique visits, and almost 85,000 page views.
Thanks to the numerous bloggers who have helped with links, including but not limited to Professors Reynolds and Althouse, and NRO’s ...
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has released a new list of examples of sexual harassment so broad that they infringe upon free speech and possibly even hugging.
Peter McClelland of Carolina Review Daily reports.
UNC Bans Hugs
Those who went to the filming...
Via TaxProf Blog: Few sorrows linger longer than the death of a son or daughter.
A story by Martha Neil in the American Bar Association Journal shows that the tragedy can be compounded by financial hardship if that child has incurred student loan debt.
If a student loan borrower is unable to repay...
This is newsworthy on a number of levels but mainly for reasons which will be clear to anyone who has ever lived in New England. Vermont is a very liberal state. In fact, Vermont makes Massachusetts look like Alabama.
Libby A. Nelson of Inside Higher Ed reports.
There can be few less likely...
Why? Because he was wearing a John McCain t-shirt. Does the Obama campaign think the president is still running against McCain? Isn’t their slogan forward?
Todd Starnes of Fox News reports.
A University of Florida student said he was denied entry into a campus rally featuring Michelle Obama because he was wearing a...
As often happens, the liberals screaming for more diversity are the first ones to alienate anyone who disagrees with them.
So is the case at Vassar College according to Luka Ladan writing at The Miscellany News.
Unacknowledged bias in Vassar’s Rockefeller Hall
Vassar College is by all accounts a harmonious melting pot of completely...
Via Glenn Reynolds/Instapundit is a story focused on a degree program that is a real investment.
The Los Angeles Times reviews how mining school degree recipients can actually afford to get out of their parents’ homes, unlike many graduates from elite institutions who have majored in “studies”.
Harvard University’s graduates are earning less...
Groups Absent Themselves from Forum They Requested
As campuses hire “Diversity Directors” and implement “Diversity Initiatives“, you might naturally assume that all student groups are excited when they can promote real diversity.
You would be wrong.
Joy Chen at UC Berkeley’s California Patriot reports that “diversity” oriented groups were noticeably absent from a forum they requested to discuss race relationship...
It’s nice to know some of America’s institutions of higher learning go out of their way to welcome the brave men and women of our military.
Brian McVicar of M Live has the story.
Davenport University named military friendly school
CALEDONIA TOWNSHIP, MI — Davenport University has been named a military friendly school for...
Nicole Bailey, the editor in chief of The Virginia Advocate, has written a beautiful tribute to Thomas Jefferson who stands in effigy on the campus of the University of Virginia.
Stop and Stare
How often do you pass by the Thomas Jefferson statue in front of the Rotunda? Whether one lives in GrandMarc or...
The odds that Ron Paul would win the Republican Presidential primary this year were always pretty slim. But you wouldn’t know that from the overheated response one student supporter at Auburn University in Alabama got when he dared to place a sign supporting Paul’s candidacy in his dorm room window last...
Conservative talk show host Dennis Prager launched an innovative new online college to fight liberal bias, Prager University. Today, College Insurrection is pleased to promote its course on PROVING MEDIA BIAS.
This week alone,...
