As people say, something that can’t go on forever, won’t.
This is from the school’s website.
Western Illinois University to Cut $20 Million
As a result of the budget impasse and probable reductions to state appropriated funding for higher education, Western Illinois University President Jack Thomas announced...
Police are trying to determine where the alcohol came from.
The Seattle Times reports.
Alcohol poisoning suspected in death of Green River College student, 17, from China
Auburn police are investigating the death last week of a 17-year-old Green River College student from China, and evidence suggests he died of alcohol poisoning, Auburn...
Up to 80,000 people could be affected by this.
Business Insider reports.
University of California Berkeley alerts 80,000 people of a cyberattack
Officials at the University of California Berkeley said on Friday that they were alerting 80,000 people, including current and former students, faculty and vendors of a cyber attack on a system that...
College presidents earn more than twice the average pay for CEOs.
CBS News reports.
Are CEOs overpaid? Not compared with college presidents
Corporate chief executives have come under fire in recent years for their skyrocketing pay. But there’s a place that puts those executives to shame: academia.
College presidents on average earn $377,261 annually, or...
Making progressive ideas mandatory.
The College Fix reports.
Swarthmore College ponders strategy for new ‘social justice’ requirement
Approximately thirty faculty, staff, and members of the Intercultural Center (IC) at Swarthmore College met last week to discuss new course requirements dedicated to, get this — gender, race, class, and sexuality.
That’s right — requirements. Who would...
Many expect Rubio to take up the mantle of the “establishment” candidate.
Red Alert Politics reports.
Rubio picks up student support from GOP drop-outs’ teams
Marco Rubio is bulking up his student leadership team, with help from those who jumped ship from Jeb Bush and Carly Fiorina’s failed campaigns.
Harvard student and national co-chair of...
The Davids are starting to beat the Goliaths.
The New York Times reports.
In College Endowment Returns, Davids Beat the Goliaths
In the world of money management, bigger is often considered better. College and university endowments greater than $1 billion, for example, have long outperformed their smaller rivals.
That may be changing.
In the latest annual...
This dean just can’t believe students are responsible enough to carry weapons.
The Associated Press reports.
Texas Dean Leaving School Because of Campus Carry Law
A prominent dean at the University of Texas said Thursday he is leaving the state for another job in large part because of the new Texas law that will...
She says it was a joke and didn’t know that making threats on social media was a crime.
WSBTV reports.
Police: College student said shooting threat was ‘all a joke’
A college student accused of threatening to shoot up her school campus says she is not guilty.
Channel 2 Action News had the only camera...
This story is ridiculous on so many levels.
The Daily Caller reports.
Michigan Creates ‘Safe Space’ For Students Afraid Of Debate On Feminism
A student center for gay, bisexual, and transgender students at the University of Michigan created a safe space Tuesday to protect students frightened by an approaching debate on the subject “Does...
One school that people may have expected to see on the list that did not make it is Yale University.
The Huffington Post reports.
The 10 Worst Colleges for Free Speech: 2016
This past year will be remembered as the year that freedom of speech (or the lack thereof) on U.S. campuses became international...
This sort of thing happens way too often.
FOX News reports.
NY college students who claimed to be victims of racist attack charged
Three black female college students who claimed to be victims of an assault by a group of white men and women have been charged themselves.
The University at Albany announced Thursday that...
Bias-incidents, according to the Student Life Website, are “incidents that make people feel targeted because of their social identity group membership.”
The College Fix reports.
‘Snow penis’ erected during snowstorm reported as ‘bias incident’ at University of Michigan
The University of Michigan, the Michigan Review reports, “continue[s] to struggle with its official position on...
No matter how hard schools crack down on hazing, it continues to be an issue.
The New York Times reports.
Hazing Allegations Investigated in Buffalo State Student’s Death
The authorities in western New York are investigating whether fraternity hazing played a role in the death of a 21-year-old Buffalo State College student from Brooklyn,...
He is currently being held in jail and will next appear in court in March.
ABC News reports.
Man Charged With Using Social Media to Burglarize College Students
If you tag your location on social media or post about your home or plans, police say you could be making yourself vulnerable to theft.
A college...
The anti-Israel crowd is at it again, this time at the University of Minnesota.
Campus Reform reports.
BDS debate ensues at Univ. of Minnesota
On February 15, “UMN Divest” released a statement demanding the Minnesota Student Association (MSA) and the University of Minnesota as a whole pass a resolution to divest the school’s endowment...
Courtrooms and classrooms are connected.
Inside Higher Ed reports.
Historian discusses his new book on the way courts have treated issues of college access
Headlines these days deal with court cases challenging the constitutionality of some forms of affirmative action and the way some colleges handle allegations of sexual assault. Much of the public...
Robert Stacy McCain offers his thoughts about what’s happening on college campuses today.
University Students Are Helpless Infants
Today I was babysitting my two young grandsons. When they arrived, I had the living room TV tuned to Turner Classic Movies (TCM) which was showing an old Jimmy Cagney gangster flick from the 1930s....
Is higher education a right? The answer is no.
The Daily Mississippian reports.
Not everyone deserves free college tuition
One of the hot topics among millennials today is the idea of a free college education. Bernie Sanders is probably the greatest advocate of this idea in today’s political playing field. I do not think...
Why even bother calling this a Catholic school?
The College Fix reports.
Jesuit university students work for abortion group as part of ‘catcalling’ course
Escorts for people who get ‘harassed as they go in’ for abortions
A new course at Saint Louis University will teach students about efforts to make catcalling a crime and how...
Did the money get misused?
Burlington Free Press reports.
Founder sues Burlington College, alleges misused money
The estate of one of the founders of Burlington College has sued the institution, alleging the college misused money intended for student scholarships to prop up the institution during financial troubles in recent years.
“My client acted in good...
This is fitting, considering the school is going broke.
The Chicago Tribune reports.
Sanders to hold rally Thursday at Chicago State University
rmont Sen. Bernie Sanders, the tenacious rival to Hillary Clinton, brings his Democratic presidential campaign to Chicago on Thursday, appearing for a televised event at the University of Chicago before holding a...
