Just keep pumping up that higher ed bubble, it’ll never burst.
The Columbus Dispatch reports.
Ohio University may increase tuition, fees to offset budget deficit
Ohio University is talking about raising tuition and fees for incoming freshmen in fall 2016.
An OU budget advisory committee voted last Friday to recommend raising tuition by 1.7 percent,...
In this video from Prager University, Dennis Prager examines the role of the government from the perspectives of the right and left.
The downside of big government is his focus.
Here’s more info:
How big should the government be? And what is its proper role in the daily lives of Americans? The Left and...
This would be the same Rutgers which recently spent a week honoring a communist.
The College Fix reports.
Rutgers leaders declare campus founded by pillaging racists, earmarks funds for diversity teach-ins
University marks 250th anniversary by launching ‘enslaved and disenfranchised populations in Rutgers his...
The N.C.A.A. has aggressively pushed back against efforts to pay athletes.
The New York Times reports.
If Colleges Can’t Pay Athletes, Maybe Fans Can, Group Says
The Clemson Tigers, with a 13-0 record and the No. 1 seed in the College Football Playoff, are perched atop the college football world. Their dream season has...
Let’s hope we see more of this from our elected representatives.
Campus Reform reports.
Washington state rep. drafts bill to do away with ‘safe spaces’
Inspired by a story originally reported by Campus Reform, a state representative in Washington has introduced legislation defending free speech against the encroachment of “safe spaces.”
State Rep. Matt Manweller...
In a statement released before his resignation, Pulliza denied the allegations and said that coaching a college team sometimes requires “tough, but fair, love.”
Inside Higher Ed reports.
U of Arkansas volleyball coach resigns after letter accuses him of abuse
The head coach of the University of Arkans...
Well that was quick. Someone obviously realized what a PR nightmare this would become.
Boston.com reports.
Harvard apologizes for “social justice” placemats offering tips on talking to family about racism
Last week, Harvard students found themselves staring down at placemats in the dining hall that asked, among other interesting questions: “Why are Black students...
If you want to speak freely at this school, you better make the arrangements in advance.
From the FIRE blog.
Speech Code of the Month: Auburn University
FIRE announces its Speech Code of the Month for December 2015: Auburn University.
Student protests have been all over the news this fall. While some of the protesters’...
College administrators are going to eventually regret making concessions like this one.
Red Alert Politics reports.
Occidental College giving into PC demands of students over ‘microaggressions’
It’s hard to keep track of all the student demands, but from the New York Post Editorial Board comes the situation at Occidental College, where Obama studied before...
The good news is that there will be less college grads with tons of debt and no job prospects.
The Hechinger Report has the story.
College enrollment declines for fourth straight year
Enrollments at colleges and universities dropped for the eighth semester in a row this fall, down nearly 2 percent below what they...
Initial reports said the professor was suspended for wearing a hijab but there’s more to the story.
The Chicago Tribune reported.
Wheaton College says view of Islam, not hijab, got Christian teacher suspended
Wheaton College has suspended a tenured professor who said Christians and Muslims share the same God, sparking protests Wednesday afternoon on...
They are being used at Harvard University, Florida State University, the University of California in Los Angeles and Mississippi State University.
Inside Higher Ed reports.
College libraries install desks on which students can study and cycle
First comes the elementary school desk, cramped and rigid (cursed by lefties everywhere), then the desk desk, in...
Progressives sure know how to make the holidays fun, don’t they?
Campus Reform reported.
Harvard placemat serves up social justice for Christmas
The Office for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at Harvard University distributed what it is calling “Holiday Placemats for Social Justice” on campus to help freshmen students navigate difficult conversations when they return...
Students reportedly earned five bonus points if they answered the question.
The College Fix reports.
Professor at Catholic university asks students on final exam: Is Trump the Anti-Christ?
A professor’s extra credit question on a recent final exam asked students whether Donald Trump … is the Anti-Christ.
Options on the multiple-choice extra credit question included:...
In an ultimate irony, the First Amendment covers the right to petition.
Watch and weep.
FOX News reported.
Yale fail: Ivy leaguers sign ‘petition’ to repeal First Amendment
Trigger warning! This story and video may be unsuitable viewing for the “safe space” crowd.
Looking to understand just how contr...
If a college professor supports Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders, which most of them do, it’s no big deal.
Supporting Donald Trump makes headlines though.
The Chronicle of Higher Education reports.
College Condemns Professor’s Support for Trump’s Proposed Ban on Muslims
Morningside College is calling a professor’s support for Donald Trump’s proposal to ban Muslims...
Margaret Spellings is being opposed by protesters as the new choice to lead at UNC because she was at one point affiliated with a company which collected student loan debt.
WRAL reports.
Protesters: Spellings wrong to lead UNC
About a half dozen people were escorted from the meeting Friday of the University of North...
Couldn’t this make tuition more expensive for students at the school?
The New York Times reports.
Bernie Sanders Urges Cuomo to Raise CUNY Professors’ Pay
While the rest of the presidential field was talking about how to confront global terrorism, Senator Bernie Sanders in recent days had a very local issue on his mind:...
Questioning the rape culture narrative is not allowed.
Blake Neff reported at the Daily Caller.
Professors Threatened With Investigation For Questioning Rape Documentary
A group of Harvard professors who criticized the campus rape documentary “The Hunting Ground” are being menaced with the possibility of a Title IX sexual harassment investigation intended to silence...
About 52 percent of millennials have less than $1,000 saved up.
Red Alert Politics reports.
Survey: Half of millennials have saved less than $1,000
A new survey finds that millennials have had a slow start to building an emergency fund, or savings of any sort.
About 52 percent of millennials have less than $1,000 saved...
Peter Berkowitz writes at Real Clear Politics about the Marxist undercurrent of the recent campus protests.
Marxist Spirit Underpins Campus Protests
The latest rounds of student rage over alleged racial discrimination—and the subsequent administrative acquiescence to student demands—at American universities should come as no surprise. For decades U.S. institutions of higher education have...
Looks like UCLA students are banned from having an opinion.
The College Fix reports.
New UCLA resolution forbids taking sides on Israel-Palestinian conflict
UCLA – ground zero for vehement debates between pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian students – saw its student government recently pass a new bylaw which ostensibly prohibits it from taking a side in...
