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Is law school a Scam? Do you care if you are not in law school?

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Posted by College Insurrection    Wednesday, August 22, 2012 at 6:20am

College Fix takes a look at problems in the law school employment market:

For law school grads, job offers are down and student debt levels are up. The dream of becoming a highly-paid attorney is withering away for many young J.D.’s.

Over at the Discover Magazine blog, Razib Khan asks if law schools are...

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Sen. Rand Paul To Students: What exactly does government do well?

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Posted by College Insurrection    Wednesday, August 22, 2012 at 5:50am

Red Alert Politics reports on a speech by Sen. Rand Paul at the Ronald Reagan Banquet, hosted by the Young America’s Foundation earlier this month:

Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) addressed a packed house of conservative students and supporters during last night’s Ronald Reagan Banquet, hosted by the Young America’s Foundation. The Senator from...

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College students who borrow too much, and the people who love them

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Posted by College Insurrection    Wednesday, August 22, 2012 at 5:00am

The cost of a college education in America is growing at an alarming rate.  A recent article by Lynn O’Shaughnessy of CBS News provides a list you should read before signing the dotted line…

Students who borrow excessively for college

Mark Kantrowitz, the publisher of Fastweb.com and FinAid.org, released a white paper this...

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Even College Students Lose Respect For Peers Who “Hook Up” Too Much

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Posted by College Insurrection    Wednesday, August 22, 2012 at 4:45am

A new study suggests America’s college students may not be as libertine as previously thought.

Run around with too many partners and you run the risk of losing peer respect. Of course, if you’re saving yourself for marriage, you don’t have to worry about this at all.

You might want to be careful...

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Over 40% Of Youth Vote Backs Mitt Romney

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Posted by College Insurrection    Wednesday, August 22, 2012 at 3:55am

This news must really sting the Obama campaign, considering they won in 2008 with overwhelming support of the youth vote.

Four years later, students are graduating from college only to find themselves saddled with debt in a bleak job market.

For the first time since he began running for president, Republican Mitt Romney...

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Welcome to College Insurrection

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Posted by    Wednesday, August 22, 2012 at 2:00am

Welcome to College Insurrection, kid sibling of Legal Insurrection.

When I announced in mid-June that College Insurrection would be opening, I described the purpose as follows:

Because most campuses are dominated by liberal adminstrators, faculty, and student activists, conservative/libertarian students often feel isolated and alone, and up against seemingly insurmountable forces which wield power...

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