California has the top university and it is not Stanford.
USA Today reports.
It’s official — the world’s top university is Caltech
London-based Times Higher Education (THE) published its 12th annual World University Rankings Wednesday, and while American schools as a whole have lost some of the mojo they’ve showed in past years, they...
People who make claims like this deserve to be mocked.
Jennifer Kabbany reports at the College Fix.
Students demand mad scientist-themed party axed, claim it represents ‘violence against disabled people’
‘We demand that Mudd Goes Madd is no longer used’
A decision by Pomona College’s student government not to fund a party called “Mudd Goes Madd”...
Those that knew him described him as “really unfriendly”.
Fox News reports.
Oregon community college gunman described as ‘timid’, ‘unfriendly’ by various neighbors
A neighbor of the man authorities say killed at least nine people at an Oregon community college Thursday told reporters the gunman “seemed really unfriendly.”
Bronte Harte told the Associated Press she...
Substitute the name of any other race in this story and watch what happens.
Peter Hasson reports at Campus Reform.
Portland State course aims to ‘make whiteness strange’
According to Portland State University Professor’s Rachel Sanders’ “White Privilege” course, “whiteness” must be dismantled if racial justice will ever be achieved.
The course description states that...
Gee. You don’t say.
From Newsweek:
Weapons Common on Oregon College Campus Despite ‘Gun-Free Zone’
When a gunman killed eight students and a teacher at an Oregon college last week, he also revived a debate on the need to change firearm laws and whether the school’s “gun-free zone” policy only made easier for him.
President...
So we’re going to have all kinds of political litmus tests for universities now?
Michael McGrady reports at Red Alert Politics.
University of Colorado under fire for reported ties to fracking industry
The University of Colorado (CU) is known for its climate and energy research and support for sustainability, even announcing new environmentally friendly...
If you’re a wuss, perhaps.
From the College Fix:
Students warned: Bulging biceps, big guns advance unhealthy masculinity
‘Being emotional is manly in my opinion’
The size of G.I. Joe’s biceps and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s guns in the Terminator movies is proof that the dominant form of masculinity is out of control.
That message and similar...
This liberal policy actually looks like a form of racism.
Hanna Krueger reports at the College Fix.
$20 million affirmative-action program at UC-Berkeley is against the law, critics claim
Nearly two decades after Californians voted to ban the consideration of race in public university admissions, the flagship campus of the University of California system...
He said he had taught at the college for 14 years without signing the oath.
Inside Higher Ed reports.
Novelist Quits Teaching Job Over Loyalty Oath
James Sallis, a novelist who may be the most famous faculty member at Phoenix College, has for many years taught as an adjunct at the community college.
But he...
Some incidents which clearly aren’t rape are being classified that way.
Ashe Schow reports at the Washington Examiner.
Overly broad definition of sex assault ensnares innocent students
As I wrote in my column yesterday, not all accusations of campus sexual assault are black and white. Yet colleges are treating accusations as if the accused...
This is how this controversy ends.
Inside Higher Ed reports.
Administrator for Dartmouth Native American program withdraws amid questions about...
At Newsday, Cathy Young recounts a recent incident at a Canadian college which is becoming all too familiar.
My brush with campus intolerance
Last week, I had a firsthand experience with campus intolerance when some Canadian college students decided they didn’t want me speaking at their school.
The Canadian Association for Equality, a group...
Does the UK believe in freedom of speech anymore?
From the American Thinker:
Free speech loses to Islamists at UK universities
Two events last week crystallized the grave danger facing freedom of speech in the United Kingdom.
Warwick U. Students’ Union Censors Speaker against Radical Islam, Then Caves
Miryam Namazie is a human rights campaigner, critic...
Oh dear, we don’t want to offend anyone now do we?
Casey Harper reports at the Daily Caller.
Colorado School Bans The Words ‘Lord,’ ‘God,’ or ‘Jesus’
A former college football player is suing his alma mater for its Bible verse ban.
Michael Lucas donated $2,500 to the Colorado School of Mines for a new...
Should rude tweets between students during summer break be enough to provoke expulsion?
FIRE reports:
Kansas Court of Appeals Decides Off-Campus Tweeting Case
Last week, the Kansas Court of Appeals handed down its decision in Yeasin v. University of Kansas, affirming a district court ruling reversing the expulsion of a student for purely...
What, no catering? What kind of low brow protest is this?
Dave Huber reports at the College Fix.
Teacher leads student walk-out protest; kids then ask ‘Where’s the food?’ and head home
Early this past week, teacher Michael Frassetto led a walk-out-of-class protest at the Allentown (Pennsylvania) School District because of the district’s alleged...
Does where you go impact earnings?
New York Times reports.
College Rankings Fail to Measure the Influence of the Institution
Students, parents and educators increasingly obsessed with college rankings have a new tool: the Obama administration’s College Scorecard. The new database focuses on a college’s graduation rate, graduates’ median earnings 10 years after graduation...
This is an actual course at Yale Divinity School.
Twitchy reports.
Today’s lesson at Yale from #BlackLivesMatters’ DeRay Mckesson: ‘In Defense of Looting’
According to history as written by the New York Times Magazine, Johnetta Elzie — aka ShordeeDooWhop — is the “other” founder of the #BlackLivesMovement, along with the much higher profile DeRay...
The school market itself as “New York’s Christian College.”
Fox News reports.
3 New York college softball players sue school, ex-coach for sex harassment
NEW YORK – Three members of the Nyack College women’s softball team sued the Christian school Friday, saying it failed to protect...
Leave it to bureaucrats to attempt to force laws without the authority to do so.
From FIRE:
Second Department of Education Official in Eight Days Tells Congress Guidance Is Not Binding
The Department of Education is issuing guidance that does not have the force of law, but...
Purdue is making news for its excellent attitude on free speech.
The FIRE Blog reports.
Purdue President and Students Join Forces for Free Speech on Campus
urdue University President Mitch Daniels had found what he was looking for.
Since late 2014, Daniels had, with the help of FIRE, been taking a hard look at the...
By 2017, as many as 15 colleges may be shutting down each year, according to Moody’s Investor Service.
The Atlantic reports:
Farewell to America’s Small Colleges
“Schools will do anything to survive,” said Kent Chabotar, a former president of Guilford College, in a recent interview with Inside Higher Ed. “The last thing a...
