Food control seems to be one of the biggest obsessions for campus progressives.
Kara Mason of the University of Colorado-Pueblo reports on a class at the University of Maryland that gives students credit to temporarily eliminate sugar from their diet or skipping a meal, which aims to teach food choice “consequences”.
Animal and...
Professor Larry J. Sabato is well known for his political predictions and if this recent article in Politico is accurate, Democrats should be concerned.
Republicans Really Could Win It All This Year
Another midterm election beckons, and over the next 10 months we’ll see headlines about a thousand supposedly critical developments—the “game changers”...
New technologies are being used at University of California – Davis to determine student participation and competency in its “sustainable agriculture program”.
Interestingly, the fact that the system allows assessment on competency is the reason the approach is gaining attention nationwide.
The idea was hatched as the university worked toward the 2011 launch...
Joseph Asch of Dartblog asks a question that many Dartmouth students have probably wondered to themselves.
Why Do We Cost More Than Brown?
The answer to today’s quiz will be easy for longtime readers, but play along anyways, please. How expensive is it to run Brown University as compared to Dartmouth?
Brown now has...
The fact that a Common Core test recently offered a completely unsolvable math problem is probably one of the many reasons that an expert associated with this program is giving it a failing grade when it comes to preparing students for futures in the science and technology fields.
An excerpt from a...
Anyone familiar with Amherst College knows this is going to be an uphill battle.
Katrin Marquez of The College Fix reports.
Bringing Conservatism Back To Amherst College
A student-led, conservative counter-culture movement at Amherst College is in full swing.
Tucked away in a rural valley in Massachusetts lies Amherst College, a small yet venerable...
We recently reported that a Maryland fraternity was under investigation for hazing rituals reminiscent of torture scenes in some Hollywood films.
The hazing stories have now resulted in calls for tougher state...
Finally, a professor who gets it and he’s a Democrat too!
Awr Hawkins of Breitbart reports.
Democrat Professor: Gun Control Is Not Good Public Policy
Last week, Quinnipiac University economist Mark Gius faced accusations of possessing a “political agenda” following his study which showed the failures of gun c...
When Emma Colton signed up for a language class last fall at The College of New Jersey, she wanted to focus on learning conversational German.
It looks like language was the last item on the professor’s agenda.
What I did not expect to learn in German 103 was that the Affordable Care Act...
Writing at National Review, Victor Davis Hanson suggests that the relationship between colleges and American society has changed and that higher ed now deserves more scrutiny.
The Outlaw Campus
Two factors have so far shielded the American university from the sort of criticism that it so freely levels aga...
Aleister recently reported that an “educational leadership” leader asserted that “we Are creating Walmarts of Higher Education.”
Proof that the free market forces currently popping the “Higher Education Bubble” are unsettling progressives is offered in a Huffington Post piece by ProPublica’s Marian Wang:
…The growing discount rates and...
In a new piece at Forbes, Todd Hixon suggests it’s time for serious reform in American higher education. I’m sure many people agree with him.
Higher Education Is Now Ground Zero For Disruption
Why? US Higher Ed has a product that does not work, ridiculous costs, and an antiquated business model. For many...
The US Chemical Safety Board recently issued a video warning of the dangers of the “Rainbow” experiment, a common one across the country.
Despite this waning, a Manhattan high school ran that experiment — resulting in an accident that sent a plume of fire across the science lab, engulfing two students and leaving...
We can’t have college students hearing chants at sporting events that might offend their delicate sensibilities, can we?
Christopher White of the College Fix reports.
Longtime MU Fan Chants Deemed Offensive, Banned From Arena
“Scum, scum, scum – go back to where you’re from . . .” is a chant th...
When Megan McArdle suggested those with doctoral degrees go after real jobs when tenure wasn’t an option, I suspect this is not quite what she meant.
Seminars on landing tenure-track jobs are common at annual gatherings of academic associations. And the recent meeting of the American Historical Association was no exception, with...
Harry Belafonte, who used to be known for his music, in recent years has repeatedly lashed out at the Tea Party, urged Obama to be more like a dictator and sung the praises of Hugo Chavez.
He hardly seems like an appropriate choice to celebrate the memory of Dr. Martin Luther...
In his newest USA Today column, Professor Glenn Reynolds (author of The New School: How the Information Age Will Save American Education from Itself) shares his thoughts on modern alternatives to the traditional school approach.
…Public schools were designed to be rigid. Back in the 19th century, when Massachusetts Board of Education...
Yesterday, we linked to a piece by Eric Owens in which he reported that the Daily Caller was being blocked from covering the MLA convention.
Now, he is reporting that the Jewish News Service is also being blocked.
Now Modern Language Association bans Jewish wire service from anti-Israel rant session
It turns out that...
The last time we checked on Ohio’s Wilmington College, the state police were investigating a college fraternity hazing incident that left a 19-year-old pledge short one testicle.
The school has now acted on the findings.
A fraternity at a southwest Ohio college has been kicked off campus following what officials said was a...
Libby A. Nelson of Politico has written a new piece which examines the trend of politicians making the switch to higher education.
Universities hire politician presidents
Mitch Daniels self-deprecatingly describes himself as a freshman in higher education. If that’s the case, Janet Napolitano is his classmate.
The former Indiana governor and former secretary of...
Richard K. Vedder is a distinguished professor of economics emeritus at Ohio University and author of Going Broke by Degree: Why College Costs Too Much.
He crunches the numbers...
Gabriel Kahn of Slate reports that Southern New Hampshire University has dramatically expanded its student body and revenue through an active online learning program.
The Amazon of Higher Education
Five years ago, Southern New Hampshire University was a 2,000-student private school struggling against declining enrollment, poor name recognition, and teetering finances.
Today, it’s the...
