Work less and receive a grant to study more?
Inside Higher Ed reports.
Temple U offers grant in exchange for students agreeing to work less, study more
When Henry Fountain enrolled at Temple University last year, he was working two jobs: 40 hours per week with his local government during summer break and 23...
Sweet Briar College almost closed last year but the’re getting lots of potential new students now.
USA Today reports.
Sweet Briar College gets record number of applicants
Less than a year after almost closing, Sweet Briar College has received a record-breaking number of applications.
Its old management announced plans in March to shut down the...
Many faculty and alumni are not happy.
Inside Higher Ed reports.
Over Faculty Objections, Cornell Creates Business College
Cornell University’s Board of Trustees voted to establish a College of Business, the university announced Saturday.
The new College of Business will include Cornell’s three existing accredited business programs: the School of Hotel Administration, the Charles H....
Is this progress? It feels like we’re going backwards.
Eric Owens reports at the Daily Caller.
This Taxpayer-Funded University Is LITERALLY Building A Segregated Dorm
The University of Connecticut is building a new residence hall that will segregate black people away from the general student population.
The new, segregated, all-male residence hall at the taxpayer-funded,...
Gersen explains why this kind of enforcement is not just problematic, but illegal.
FIRE reports.
Harvard Law Prof in ‘Wall Street Journal’: ‘Feds Use Title IX to Bully Universities’
In a weekend opinion piece for the The Wall Street Journal, Harvard Law School professor Jacob Gersen criticized the federal government for enforcing its Title...
The Ministry of Silly Walks would probably be considered offensive by some college students today.
Watch Cleese talk about PC culture on campus below.
Breitbart has more:
Veteran British comedi...
Assembly Republicans moved their package of bills out of committee last week.
WBAY reports.
Republicans push for college affordability
Wisconsin Republicans have plans to make college more affordable for UW and technical college students.
They have a package of bills sailing through the legislature that would lift the cap on tax-deductible student loan interest, boost...
Gee, Columbia sounds like a terrifying place, doesn’t it?
The College Fix reports.
What passes for microaggressions at Columbia: White male professors, ‘stressful situations’
A conversation with a self-described queer, multiracial, mentally ill sexual-assault survivor
As she describes herself, Avegail Muñoz is facing a stacked deck.
The Columbia University student is a “queer, multiracial woman of...
This push for social justice requirements is getting a little ridiculous, isn’t it?
Blake Neff reports at the Daily Caller.
Ohio State Makes Nursing Students Learn About White Privilege, Police Brutality
A mandatory webinar for students studying nursing at Ohio State University (OSU) teaches police have “assaulted” racial minorities in the U.S. for generations,...
Lots of states are considering guns on campus right now but here’s the straight dope.
The Washington Post reports.
If you want to carry a gun on campus, these states say yes
Debate continues to boil in Texas over a new law allowing concealed weapons across college campuses. This week a prominent physicist at...
This ban is related to a recent alcohol related incident which left a student in critical condition.
Uloop reports.
Duke University Bans 10 Sororities, Greek Life Under Close Examination
After an alcohol-related incident landed a Duke University student in the hospital this past Wednesday, the school responded by suspending all 10 of their Panhellenic...
New criteria may be introduced to Harvard applications that has nothing to do with grades or testing.
Boston.com reports.
Harvard wants to revolutionize college admissions. Will it work?
For parents of burned-out kids, the recommendations of a new Harvard report sound like a fantasy world: No more endless extracurricular activities. No more juggling six...
Texting is the main reason.
Phys reports.
Some college kids spend a fifth of class time on digital devices
(HealthDay)—College students spend one-fifth of their time in class using digital devices—such as smartphones—for non-educational purposes, new research reveals.
The main culprit is texting. Almost nine out of 10 reported that texting was their main digital...
This is actually a pretty good idea. Let’s hope it gets some attention.
Red Alert Politics reports.
GOP Congressman: Allow employers to pay $10,000 of student debt tax-free
Georgia Representative Austin Scott recently promoted his plan to relieve college graduates of the massive student debt burden.
Scott’s plan would allow employers to pay up to...
It’s hard to feel sorry for someone when they’re complaining about their own choices.
The Daily Caller reports.
Guy With USELESS Degree From $62,965-A-Year College Whines About His Student Loans
Slate, a once-semi-readable website, published a 2,925-word tome on Tuesday by a guy who is really sad because he managed rack up $200,000 in...
Civil right activists don’t usually try to stifle the civil rights of others.
The College Fix reports.
Mizzou activist group compares ‘scapegoated’ Melissa Click to murdered civil rights activists
This will surely give a lot more credibility to the University of Missouri student activist organization Concerned Student 1950:
In a letter, they assert Mizzou’s administration...
Losing your keys is frustrating but it’s worse when it costs a ton of cash.
USA Today reports.
Loss of master keys costs college $500K
The struggle is real at the College of William and Mary.
According to a Jan. 26 report by the college’s student newspaper, The Flat Hat, the college will have to...
Those cheers of excitement you’re hearing in the distance are from the school’s science department.
WBUR reported.
A Mammoth Find At Oregon State University Football Field
Workers were in for a big surprise as they dug beneath the north end zone of Oregon State University’s football stadium this week. A crew member uncovered a...
She got a pretty lenient sentence for assault, don’t you think?
Campus Reform reports.
Mizzou prof. avoids jail time with community service deal
University of Missouri (Mizzou) professor Melissa Click will perform 20 hours of court-ordered community service in exchange for a dropped assault charge, according to a statement released Friday evening.
In November, Click...
More than 7,500 people have asked the federal government to forgive a total of $164 million in student loans.
CBS News reports.
Feeling burned, for-profit college grads want loans erased
For thousands of Americans with student loans, repaying what they owe may be the least of their problems.
More than 7,500 people have asked the...
This might explain why Bernie Sanders is so popular among college students.
Red Alert Politics reports.
Data: Karl Marx is the most assigned economist at U.S. Colleges
Everyone knows that the foundation of a good education is reading, writing, arithmetic — and communism?
Market Watch reported that Karl Marx is the most assigned economist in...
They just got clearance from the Federal Aviation Administration to operate drones.
NJ reports.
Bergen Community College gets clearance for drone classes
PARAMUS — Bergen Community College became one of just three community colleges to get clearance from the Federal Aviation Administration to operate drones, allowing the college to start offering educati...
