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UC Davis Warns Against Saying ‘You Guys’

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Posted by    Friday, August 12, 2016 at 12:30pm

The resource center advises saying “Hey y’all” in a group setting instead.

The College Fix reports.

Public university warns against saying ‘you guys’

The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual Resource Center at the University of California Davis warns that some “words hurt” — including the expression “you guys.”

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Pundit Warned of Campus Correctness Back in 2001

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Posted by    Friday, August 12, 2016 at 11:00am

This speech by John Leo of Minding the Campus from 2001 was a sign of where academia was headed all the way back in 2001.

Check it out.

Pundit Wages War on Campus Correctness, 2001

The speech below was delivered on March 19, 2001, by then U.S. News & World Report columnist John Leo,...

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Student Harassed For His “Make America Great Again” Hat Meets Trump

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Posted by    Friday, August 12, 2016 at 9:30am

Mullen said that the teachers and classmates who ridiculed him were all to thank for the experience.

Red Alert Politics reports.

Trump meets with student who got harrassed for wearing the MAGA hat

A teenager from South Portland, Maine, who was mocked by both students and teachers for wearing a “Make America Great Again”...

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Yale College Republicans Endorse Donald Trump

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Posted by    Friday, August 12, 2016 at 8:00am

They’re probably just trying to be different than the Harvard College Republicans who didn’t endorse Trump.

Campus Reform reports.

Yale College Republicans: we’re unimportant, also endorsing Trump

The Yale University College Republicans (YCR) have endorsed Donald Trump, despite their Ivy League peers choosing not to do so.

Recently, a Twitter account that appeared...

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Free Speech is Focal Point of Debate at University of Houston

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Posted by    Thursday, August 11, 2016 at 6:30pm

“We condemn freedom of speech that hurts other people’s feelings.”

The College Fix reports.

‘Debate’ over student First Amendment rights continues at University of Houston

Despite apologies, a 50-day suspension, and required attendance at a “diversity training,” University of Houston Student Government Association Vice President Rohini Sethi remains the focal point of intense discussion...

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Harvard Prof Claims Islamic Terror Threat is ‘Exaggerated’

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Posted by    Thursday, August 11, 2016 at 5:00pm

One has to wonder if the families of victims agree with this notion.

The Daily Caller reports.

Harvard Professor: Don’t You Worry, Radical Muslim Terror Threats Are Totally ‘Exaggerated’

Harvard psychology professor — and celebrated pop shrink — Steven Pinker has advised the Western world not to worry about the ever-increasing number of deadly...

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College Baseball Player Killed Playing ‘Pokémon Go’

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Posted by    Thursday, August 11, 2016 at 3:30pm

No suspect was identified or arrested.

SFGate reports.

College ballplayer killed in SF while playing ‘Pokémon Go’

A San Mateo high school graduate who was set to pitch baseball in his second year in college was shot to death Saturday night near San Francisco’s Ghirardelli Square while playing “Pokémon Go,” according to his family.

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Hampshire College Allows Segregated Housing for ‘Historically Marginalized’ Students

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Posted by    Thursday, August 11, 2016 at 2:00pm

It’s amazing that this is allowed and that some students choose it.

Campus Reform reports.

MA college offers voluntary segregation for ‘historically marginalized’ students

A Massachusetts college allows students to reside in “identity-based” housing communities, provided they have a “unique social identity” that has “historically experienced oppression.”

“These residential spaces give support to members of...

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There Are Scientific Ways to Keep Students in College

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Posted by    Thursday, August 11, 2016 at 12:30pm

The solution is not money or mentors, but by closing the gaps between students’ intentions and their actions.

NPR reports.

Scientific Secrets To Keep Kids In College

To be human is to be constantly at war between our lofty goals and our immediate impulses.

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Will Yale Rename Itself? Elihu Yale Was Worse Than John C. Calhoun

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Posted by    Thursday, August 11, 2016 at 11:00am

This is a point I have been making for months.

Red Alert Politics reports.

Will Yale rename its entire university? Elihu Yale was worse than John C. Calhoun

If Yale University President Peter Salovey thinks Calhoun College is a bad name, he may want to think about renaming the entire school. As Roger Kimball...

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Should College Students Avoid Credit Cards?

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Posted by    Thursday, August 11, 2016 at 9:30am

College is a good time to gain knowledge into all kinds of human endeavors, including the basics of managing money.

Star Tribune reports.

College students should skip the plastic

The other day I was asked if entering college students should get a credit card when they head off to school. My answer is that...

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Here’s a University That Actually Has a Number of Republican Professors

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Posted by    Thursday, August 11, 2016 at 8:00am

This is like finding out Big Foot exists. Huge news!

The College Fix reports.

Meet the public university that actually has a surprisingly high number of Republican professors

East Carolina University appears to offer an ideological balance among professors  

Finding an academic department at any given public or liberal arts campus across America that...

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Brown University Accuses Student of Breaking Unwritten Consent Rule

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Posted by    Wednesday, August 10, 2016 at 6:30pm

What was Brown’s unwritten consent?

The College Fix reports.

Accused student should have known unwritten consent rule from campus posters, Brown says

Less than two weeks from closing arguments in a lawsuit by a Brown University student who was suspended after a disputed tryst and disciplinary proceeding, Brown is laying out its “proposed findings...

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College Student in Florida Sues School Over Cheating Suspension

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Posted by    Wednesday, August 10, 2016 at 5:00pm

Today’s cell phones present all kinds of problems for academic integrity.

FOX News reports.

Florida university student sues over cheating suspension

A University of Central Florida student is suing the school after being accused of sneaking out a cellphone during a test.

Taylor Seitz tells the Orlando Sentinel (http://bit.ly/2bcf4bT) her punishment was “egregious.” She was...

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Free College Would Increase Income Inequality

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Posted by    Wednesday, August 10, 2016 at 3:30pm

College, it turns out, is not the great equalizer.

Politico reports.

The trouble with free college for all

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) spent much of his presidential campaign calling for a political revolution that would take money out of politics and reduce income inequality. His policy proposals, such as single payer health insurance and...

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LGBT Activists Are Trying to Keep Brigham Young University Out of the Big 12

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Posted by    Wednesday, August 10, 2016 at 2:00pm

LGBT activists are going after BYU because of its connections to Mormonism.

The Daily Caller reports.

LGBT Activists Want To Ban BYU From The Big 12 Because Of Mormon Positions

The Big 12 received a letter from national LGBT groups on Monday urging the college athletics conference to bar prospective new member Brigham Young...

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Don’t Dip Into Your Child’s 529 College Plan

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Posted by    Wednesday, August 10, 2016 at 12:30pm

Some of parents’ bad behavior may stem from misconceptions about college savings accounts.

CNBC reports.

Raiding your kids’ 529 college plan is mean and dumb

Cringe-worthy as it is to dip into your kid’s piggy bank, it’s probably the nicer financial move compared to raiding his or her 529 college savings account.

Nearly half of...

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U. Houston Student Govt Rescinds Suspension of VP for All Lives Matter Post

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Posted by    Wednesday, August 10, 2016 at 11:00am

This is an update to a story we’ve been following. Thankfully, it’s a happy ending.

The FIRE blog reports.

University of Houston Student Government Rescinds Suspension of VP for Facebook Post

Last week on The Torch, FIRE’s Will Creeley explored the legal and practical issues surrounding a decision by the University of Houston Student...

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College Students Are Making A Big Financial Mistake

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Posted by    Wednesday, August 10, 2016 at 9:30am

Among those who didn’t apply for financial aid, 13 percent said they didn’t know how, and 9 percent said it was too much work.

The Fiscal Times reports.

Millions of College Students Are Making This Big Financial Mistake

Despite the student loan crisis, about 20 percent of college students m...

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Civil Rights Group Blasts Racially Segregated Course Offerings

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Posted by    Wednesday, August 10, 2016 at 8:00am

It’s amazing that any type of segregation would be allowed at a college.

The College Fix reports.

Civil rights group blasts racially segregated course offerings at community college

The second-largest community college in Illinois is reserving some sections of a mandatory course for black students only – and it’s getting lambasted by a civil...

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Colleges Should Teach Their Own History

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Posted by    Tuesday, August 9, 2016 at 6:30pm

Teaching a college’s history is also an opportunity to instill school pride.

The Chronicle of Higher Education reports.

Why a College Should Teach Its Own History

For the past six years, I’ve taught a course at Cornell University on the institution’s history and its role in the context of higher education in America. Topics...

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Auburn University Spends $800K Annually on Diversity Staffers

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Posted by    Tuesday, August 9, 2016 at 5:00pm

Tuition at this school keeps going up, too. Any wonder why?

The College Fix reports.

Public university that hikes tuition yearly also spends $800K annually on diversity staffers

Auburn University maintains a lengthy roster of employees dedicated to advancing diversity that costs taxpayers at least $800,000 annually, a payroll analysis by The College Fix...

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