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Some students in the country illegally have complained that the millions of dollars the University of California system recently pledged to help them earn a college degree will come by way of student loans instead of grants.
As UC officials discuss specifics on how the...
It seems the left wing organization doesn’t want any honest reportage of their activities.
The Daily Caller’s Eric Owens has the story.
Modern Language Association’s fascist douchebags outlaw The Daily Caller from convention
The Daily Caller has been banned from the convention of the Modern Language Association (MLA), an annual showcase for academic douchebags.
TheDC...
Winter storm Hercules is pummeling the East Coast and mid-West, closing many campuses amid holiday breaks.
The freezing weather has also forced a stop to the search for a missing Brown university student.
Law enforcement officials suspended their search Thursday afterno...
On Sunday, the editorial board of the New York Post chose as its subject, a recent report from Moody’s Investors Service.
Moody’s wake-up call to colleges
It wasn’t so long ago Occupy Wall Street was putting faces to people holding up signs listing the staggering amounts of debt they owed from their college...
A California court has just blocked an accreditor from closing the City College of San Francisco until a lawsuit filed by the city attorney goes to trial.
Interestingly, a portion of that judgement hinged on declining student enrollment, which is becoming an issue nationwide.
Supporters of City College of San Francisco have won a...
Megan McArdle has the answer to that question.
Can’t Get Tenure? Then Get a Real Job
The last few days have seen the eruption, among academic bloggers, of a tense discussion over tenure. These discussions have been going on for a while, of course, as the situation for newly minted PhDs keeps getting...
It looks like Obamacare isn’t the only presidential program full of fail.
The push to support community colleges, as exemplified by President Obama’s American Graduation Initiative in 2009, is one more Obama agenda that is failing.
Obama said in 2009:
But today I’m announcing the most significant down payment yet on reaching the goal...
Glenn Reynolds has written an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal that you should definitely check out.
Degrees of Value: Making College Pay Off
In the field of higher education, reality is outrunning parody. A recent feature on the satire website the Onion proclaimed, “30-Year-Old Has Earned $11 More Than He Would Have...
An autopsy of a University of Michigan freshman found dead in his dorm room has identified the cause of death as an accidental drug overdose.
A University of Michigan freshman died last month from an accidental heroin and cocaine overdose, according to newly released details from the autopsy.
Michigan news site MLive reports...
We recently reported that gender neutral bathrooms are coming soon to a college near you.
Here you go, Texas. Carol Christian of the Houston Chronicle reports.
Student group pushes for transgender bathrooms at University of Houston-Downtown
When a transgender person is still in the transition process, using a public restroom can be uncomfortable or...
A professor’s current adventures on the Antarctic ice is a wonderful lesson about the consequences of hubris.
Chris Turney, who holds the title of “professor of climate change” at New South Wales University in New Zealand set out on a sea voyage with the aim of proving that the polar ice is...
During 2013, we have covered many stories highlighting the unintended consequences of school diversity programs.
Cornell University student Julius Kairey adds another example.
When Lanya Olmstead, the daughter of a Taiwanese-American woman and Norwegian-American man, filled out her college applications a few years ago, she left one box conspicuously blank: “I don’t want...
We recently highlighted a piece suggesting that personal finance should be a core requirement. A new report from Eric Owens of The Daily Caller seems to reinforce that idea.
Claim: 40 percent of student loan debtors have no clue if they received mandatory loan counseling
America’s collective student loan debt exceeded $1 trillion...
Is pyromania replacing pornography as the newest trend on college campuses?
First, University of Michigan students got in hot water when they created a bonfire from couches.
Now, a famous campus statue at the...
How to ruin your college career in two easy steps. 1. Manufacture drugs in your dorm room. 2. Get caught.
College Fix editor Nathan Harden reports.
Police Discover Ecstasy Factory in College Dorm
Arizona police have discovered an illegal narcotics manufacturing operation in an unexpected place–a college dorm room.
Detectives say the suspect in the...
Talk about marching to the beat of a different drummer!
One Washington school’s music group is inspiring its young participants to go into college.
A school program in Washington state is using Mexico’s mariachi music to push students into higher education.
The program from the Wenatchee school district features a 25-member touring band that...
Prior to reading this report from Cheryl K. Chumley of the Washington Times, I wasn’t even aware that there was a university in Benghazi.
It will be interesting to see if this story is ignored by the media. They don’t have a good record on stories about Benghazi.
American basketball players arrested at...
Given the fact that sex toys and adult film stars are now standard fare on many college campuses, it could be argued that “the more things change, the more they stay the same”.
The following is one of the 21 photos featured in a Business Insider essay by Justin Maiman about 1964...
Loyola student Matthew Lamb has written a new post for the College Conservative that’s worth your time.
Why the Tea Party scares liberals
Let’s face it: the Tea Party has liberals scared. If the Tea Party was dying and ineffective, then liberals wouldn’t spend so much time attacking us. So why are liberals...
The Washington Times editorial staff has some scathing remarks about leftist professors and their recent complaints about the $1 Million Koch brother donation to Catholic University.
Liberals can’t stand competition. From their comfortable lofts in ivy-covered towers, left-wing professors sneer at free-market philanthropists eager for a role in the support of higher...
Yikes! Last month we reported that multiple college campuses are dealing with meningitis outbreaks.
The College Fix provides this alarming report.
Meningitis Outbreak: Freshman Has Both Feet Amputated at UCSB (VIDEO)
A freshman lacrosse player at the University of California Santa Barbara had both feet and part of his leg amputated after he contracted...
The following story may be a portent of things to come in 2014.
Grinnell, Iowa and Grinnell College are rolling out the welcome mat for a new Brownells Inc. firearms accessory distribution and retail center along Interstate 80. Central to Brownells’ accessories are “high capacity” magazines for AR-15s and AK-47s.
According to the...
