This news comes just a day after the terror attacks in Brussels.
CNN reports.
Two university students convicted of plotting London terror attack
Two university students have been convicted of plotting a terror attack on the streets of London.
The terror cell’s 22-year-old ringleader, Tarik Hassane, and 21-year-old Suhaib Majeed, were convicted Wednesday of conspiring...
The bill suggests that without abortion, students cannot be successful.
Red Alert Politics reports.
Student senate at UC-Berkeley demands on-campus abortions
On Tuesday, Campus Reform reported that the student senate at UC-Berkeley passed a bill urging the student health center to implement on-campus medication abortions. Such a bill largely escaped coverage and students’ radar.
Students...
The case revolves around the school’s purported employment record.
The TaxProfBlog reports.
Jury Rejects Fraud Claim Against Thomas Jefferson Law School
San Diego Union-Tribune, Jury Rejects Fraud Claim Against Law School:
A San Diego Superior Court jury on Thursday disagreed with a former law student who claimed the Thomas Jefferson School of Law willfully misrepresented...
And college students wonder why so many grownups call them snowflakes.
The College Fix reports.
White candidate faces expulsion from election for making black opponent feel ‘uncomfortable’
New development in our post about the race for American University student body president, which is full of promises to support students of color, victims of sexual...
Have you noticed that conservative student groups are never accused of such hostility?
The Daily Caller reports.
University Of Michigan Group’s ‘Fossil Fuels’ Flyers Torn Up By Pro-Socialism Activists
Banners and flyers promoting a University of Michigan (UM) student group’s pro-fossil fuel event were ripped down and replaced with socialist propaganda.
The flyers advertised a...
Great place for perverts.
The College Fix reports.
Michigan hides far-reaching plan to let children use whatever restroom they want in school
Perverted children would make out great under a plan by Michigan’s Board of Education: They could use whichever school restrooms, showers and changing facilities they want, regardless of biological gender, and hide...
This story keeps getting worse and is probably driving more voters into Trump supporters.
Mediaite reports.
Emory University Offers ‘Emergency Counseling’ After ‘Triggering’ Donald Trump Chalking
A group of students at Emory University led a campus-wide protest after someone wrote ‘Donald Trump 2016’ in chalk across campus, leading the university to provide “emergency counseling”...
A lot of resources are available for students.
Red Alert Politics reports.
College students start awesome businesses: Why not more?
Thanks to The Social Network, everyone thinks Facebook when it comes to a company started by college students. But, as Time pointed out, while it “may be the most familiar of college startup stories...
You can’t blame someone in this position for suing. An accusation like this can ruin your life.
The Washington Examiner reports.
Student cleared of sex assault charges sues for malicious prosecution
A New Jersey student who had charges of sexual assault dismissed against him is suing the police who investigated him, alleging false arrest...
There was a four-month investigation into comments she made during a classroom discussion on race.
FIRE reports.
Victory: University of Kansas Professor Reinstated After Four-Month Investigation Into Classroom Speech
LAWRENCE, Kan., March 21, 2016—A University of Kansas communications professor was cleared of any wrongdoing late Friday after a four-month investigation into comments she made...
A drug deal gone wrong led to an assault at UMass under incredibly stupid circumstances.
Mass Live reports.
UMass Amherst assault occurred after defendants tried to pass off shredded vegetables as marijuana, prosecutor says
The violent altercation that resulted in a shelter-in-place order at the University of Massachusetts Amherst Feb. 18 occurred after two...
Without any financial aid, a family could easily spend well over $240,000 on a collegian’s education.
Forbes reports.
Can Parents Measure The ROI Of College Tuition?
Sarah Lawrence, at $61,236 per year, tops the list of the fifty most expensive colleges in the United States. Middlebury, at the low end of the fifty, costs...
Get these poor students to a fainting couch. Quick!
The College Fix reports.
Emory University snowflakes ‘in pain’ after pro-Trump graffiti appears on campus
Approximately 40 students at Emory University were disturbed — disturbed, I tell you — about “pro-Donald Trump for president chalkings” that had appeared Sunday night throughout campus, and hence protested...
What should be done?
Inside Higher Ed reports.
Authors discuss new book on higher education’s problems, real and imagined
Bachelor’s degrees should be completed in three years. MOOCs should replace general education. Coding boot camps are the game changer. College should be free. Internships are more important than instruction. Eliminate administrative bloat and higher...
Sometimes the special snowflakes on campus are the professors. This is unreal.
The Grand Forks Herald has the story.
LETTER: Military maneuvers startle already-stressed UND campus
Apparently, it’s not enough that UND’s administration is attacking the quality of education by cutting programs and experienced faculty and jacking class sizes. Now, we must also feel...
It provides Detroit high school graduates a tuition-free path to an associate’s degree.
The Detroit News reports.
Detroit launches free college degree program
Detroit — Permanent funding is on the way for a program that is providing Detroit high school graduates a tuition-free path to an associate’s degree, along with a pilot program to...
This will remind you of that scene in Back to School when Rodney Dangerfield schools the business professor on real life.
The Captain Capitalism blog reports.
Only 1/3 of “Entrepreneurship Professors” Ever Started Companies
I quit my research early only after 31 data points.
And the reason I quit my research early is, frankly, because...
He says there’s no indication of foul play.
ABC News reports.
College President: Blast May Be Linked to Sewer Gases
The president of an Atlanta-area college says an explosion that seriously injured a food worker could be linked to a buildup of gases in a sewer line.
A statement from Georgia Gwinnett College President Stas...
If you can’t hear challenging ideas without a safe space, why are you even at college?
The Chronicle of Higher Education reports.
How ‘Safe Spaces’ Stifle Ideas
In After Virtue, the philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre suggests that, when a culture is in good shape, its condition will have much to do with the robust arguments...
First-generation students comprise about 16 percent of Brown’s undergraduate student body.
Washington Times reports.
Brown to open center for first-generation college students
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Brown University is opening a center for its students who are the first in their families to attend college.
The Ivy League school is set to open a First-Generation...
There’s certainly a lack of conservative professors at American colleges. Would this help?
The Los Angeles Times reports.
Do universities need affirmative action for conservative professors?
Even though we are conservative professors, we’ve argued publicly that conservative attacks on universities are too often overheated and counterproductive. Nonetheless, liberals shouldn’t pretend that academia is untouched...
Brooklyn College students vented their disgust on social media.
New York Post reports.
Officials find ‘mice and roaches’ in Brooklyn College eatery
City health inspectors shuttered a Brooklyn College cafeteria for two days after finding roaches, mice and filth flies.
A Tuesday inspection flunked the Boylan Hall cafeteria, citing a smorgasbord of violations, including unsanitary...
