Bad news everyone, Burlington College may discontinue its “media activism” program.
The VT Digger reports.
Burlington College students voluntarily dissolve student government
The Burlington College Community was notified of a series of restructuring decisions on the part of the current administration including the gutting of many of the art programs. A fixture of the...
While reading about the lives of American presidents is a classic scholastic assignment, the choice for our current Commander-in-Chief has some Illinois parents upset.
The Daily Caller Education Editor Eric Owens has the details:
Some parents in Dupo, Ill. are not happy that a biography of President Barack Obama is required reading for...
Maybe some conservative students at Duquesne could hang up some anti-conservative posters and see if anything happens.
Jennifer Kabbany of The College Fix reports.
University Forbids Poster That Takes A Stand Against Communism
A poster meant to illustrate the number of individuals who have been murdered by collectivist governments was deemed too harsh by...
Given the spectacular failure of the Obamacare website, parents of school-age children should be concerned about the President’s newest project.
And given the budget crisis, the price-tag for this program should concern all Americans.
President Barack Obama will unveil a $100 million competition Tuesday aimed at finding new ways to better prepare high-school...
File this story under Higher Education Bubble.
Walter Russell Mead has the story.
Tuition Revenue Plummeting on College Campuses
The enrollment decline at American colleges is causing an even bigger problem: lost revenue. Over...
We recently noted that some college students have difficulty fully understanding the concept of “plagiarism”.
It looks like one New Jersey university’s administrator also struggles with the matter.
Last year, Kean University had an intense debate over false statements on the résumé of President Dawood Farahi. The board investigated and determined that there...
Mandatory diversity training. Coming soon to a school near you.
Rosie Taylor of the Daily Mail UK reports.
Children of 8 are ‘racist’ if they miss Islam trip: School’s threatening letter to parents is met with outrage
Parents were ordered to send their children to a workshop on Islam or have them labelled as...
We recently noted that black college students at Bowie State University in Maryland lost their low-cost student health insurance plan due to Affordable Care Act regulations (“Obamacare”).
The College Fix provides some students reviews of the President and his signature legislation. They aren’t flattering.
“You haven’t done anything Obama, and I am disappointed in...
The Duke lacrosse case gained national media attention in 2006 and the woman at the center of the story is back in the news.
Beth Velliquette of News Observer reports.
Crystal Mangum found guilty of 2nd-degree murder
A jury found Crystal Mangum guilty of second-degree murder Friday for stabbing and killing her boyfriend, Reginald...
A year after a university was accused of being tragically slow in responding to harassment concerns about a professor, it is now accused overreacting to questionable concerns about another professor.
Colleen Flaherty of Inside Higher Ed files this report:
Many universities have been accused of ignoring harassment complaints against professors, leaving students and...
Yale University student Harry Larson is worked about Harvard Beating Yale…in terms of using MOOCs for innovative learning options:
Over the last year, headlines for more than one of the News’ articles on Yale’s online education efforts have included the word “cautious.” While Stanford, Harvard and MIT have dived headfirst into the...
We recently reported that libertarianism is rising on some college campuses. Alex Braud of The College Conservative knows what we’re talking about.
Questions for your Libertarian Friend
When I tell most people I am a libertarian, they assume one of two things: 1. Th...
One almost hesitates to share this story, as it might give American administrators enforcing Michelle Obama’s vomit-inducing lunch program some ideas.
This story is making the rounds online. A Canadian school has informed a mother of two young kids that the healthy homemade lunch she packed for her kids did not meet...
Here’s the best/worst aspect of this absurd piece of tripe… The Washington Post printed it.
Feast your eyes on Professor Bill Minutaglio’s amazing words.
Essay: Tea party has roots in the Dallas of 1963
Dallas was represented in Congress by an eloquent, Ivy League-educated ideologue regarded by some as the most extreme politician in...
The 1922 of King Tutankamon’s tomb spatked latest wave of “Egyptomania” to wash over the world, according to Bob Brier, a Long Island University senior research fellow and Egyptologist with a particular expertise in mummies.
Brier recently reviewed the history of Egyptomania, which is the topic of his latest book, in a...
One has to wonder how many college students who voted for Obama thought Obamacare was free. They’re finding out the truth now.
Here’s an interesting report from FOX News.
Students suffer ObamaCare sticker shock as premiums soar, plans get cut
While millions of Americans are watching their individual polices get canceled due to ObamaCare...
As families start prepping for next week’s Thanksgiving celebration, Cornell student Max Schecter has a few thoughts about potential political discussions that may occur around dinner tables and points out they won’t all be Democratic vs Republican debates.
Democrats Turn on Obama(care): If you’ve been following the rollout of Obamacare, you know...
I guess this is supposed to be funny but I’ve never been a fan of “punked” style humor where the joke is made at the expense of people who aren’t in on the joke. Watch the video and draw your own conclusions.
Betsi Fores of Rare reports.
Harvard undergrads hilariously troll prospective Yalies
All...
Normally, college administrators shy away from embracing free market principles.
However, an Argentine university president is putting out a proposal that institutions of higher education could learn something from Google’s business model that could be applied their funding.
Could a university ever adopt the Google business model and offer tuition for free?
This may...
Finally, some good news for free speech on campus.
The Fire reports.
‘Blueprint’ No More? Feds Back Away from New Campus Speech Restrictions
WASHINGTON, November 21, 2013—The federal government is backing away from the nationwide “blueprint” for campus speech restrictions issued this May by the Departments of Education and Justice. The agencies’ settlement with...
He’s actually just going to teach for one day as a promotion for the movie Anchorman 2 but the school is taking it pretty seriously. They’re even re-naming the communications school for him while he’s there.
Eric Randall of Boston Magazine reports.
Ron Burgundy to Teach Emerson College the Finer Points of Journalism
San...
We covered the outrage expressed at a University of Texas conservative student group that hosted an “affirmative action bake sale.”
But its most recent event garnered such a serious threat from the administration, that the game was over before it began.
A conservative student group at the University of Texas has cancelled their...
