The New York Times has a new piece which profiles high school graduates opting for high paying jobs in the oil fields of Montana instead of pursuing higher education. Here’s a key excerpt.

SIDNEY, Mont. — For most high school seniors, a college degree is the surest path to a decent job...

When George W. Bush was president, many people in the media referred to positions like these as McJobs. In Obama’s lackluster economy, the same people often seem surprised by news like this.

CBS 5 in San Francisco reports.

Number Of California College Grads Taking Jobs In Retail, Restaurants Doubles

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5) —...

Never doubt the innovative capacity of our government agencies…to squander taxpayer dollars.

Campus Reform writer Oliver Darcy reports on the gift of pork one of the biggest culprits has given five universities this Christmas season.

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved $1.3 million in funds for research on “Christmas tree...

As we noted at College Insurrection recently, American History isn’t getting much play on college campuses these days. When it is taught however, Howard Zinn is the go-to guy.

Mary Grabar of Minding The Campus explains why.

Howard Zinn in the College Classroom

The left cannot get enough of the late Howard Zinn. The...

Remember when the media used to cover the war in Afghanistan almost daily? Back then it worked to the media’s advantage to report those stories because the president was a Republican. In the age of Obama, this war has become a footnote.

Christian Lopac of The College Conservative shares some thoughts here.

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Recently, University of Arizona political science major Nyles Kendall wrote an article, which had as its theme the countering a conservative pundit’s assertion that students are undergoing liberal indoctrination:

There are some who would also ask you to consider whether you’ve been ideologically indoctrinated by your radical, leftist college professors. K...

One of the problems with rampant grade inflation and students majoring in fun is that employers have lost effective means to judge the quality of potential employees.

Inside Higher Ed writer Paul Fain reports on a North Carolina community college that is offering an innovative means to grade personal responsibility in a...

While many students seem to be majoring in “fun”, the consequences of this choice are dramatically different for poorer students who are trying to use education as an equalizer.

New York Times’ Jason DeParle takes an in-depth look at the story of  former students of  various universities who seemed poised for educational...

In 1966, a crazed gunman started shooting from a clock tower at the University of Texas, Austin. He was only stopped, when an armed police officer named Houston McCoy shot and killed him. Officer McCoy died December 27, 2012 at the age of 72.

As America debates the idea of armed security...

Hamilton College, my alma mater, recently was the focus here over its decision to force The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization off campus because it did not comport with the college’s multi-cultural agenda, Western Civilization driven off campus at Hamilton College.

Now Hamilton has been hit with a...

President Obama recently announced the formation of a “Gun Control Task Force” to be lead by President Joe Biden, to address the progressive call for more second-amendment restricting legislation in the wake of the Newtown, CT massacre.

California Polytechnic student Elena Reynolds suggests that a better solution would be to look at...

Getting a college degree once seemed like a guarantee of future success in this country.

With student loan debt exploding, and the higher education bubble bursting, it seems today’s students would be happy just having the level of success achieved by their parents.

Of all college grads since 2006, only a little over...

Once upon a time, a college degree practically guaranteed a decent job and a stable future.

However, facing the realities of the higher education bubble, some high school graduates are opting to work in the oil fields instead of continuing school. Jack Healy interviews a number of the young and employed in...

As College Insurrection recently reported, one New Hampshire college is trying to deal with the rising cost of textbooks.

Other colleges may want to follow suit sooner than later if this chart from Professor Mark J. Perry of the American Enterprise Institute is accurate.

According to Dr. Perry, the cost of college textbooks...

Going to college should be fun, it’s a vital part of the experience. However, as Jackson Toby of Minding the Campus reports below, the idea of fun has become so pervasive that some students think it’s the only reason to pursue higher education.

Majoring In Fun

When Isaac Newton went to the University...