The following is from a speech given on Nov. 17, 2015, by Jennifer Kabbany, editor of The College Fix, to the Temecula Valley Republican Women Federated.
The College Fix reports.
Why colleges are out of control
The current campus unrest didn’t just spring up randomly. Wh...
Campus protesters are trying to keep the momentum and news coverage of their actions going but an attempt at a national walkout fell flat on its face this week.
Black Wednesday: Day of Campus Walkout Ends in Abject Failure
An attempted follow-up to last week’s chaos on U.S. campuses ended in failure after...
While some universities are under fire for inaction regarding campus sexual violence, one is being challenged for getting a little too carried away.
The Texas Tribune reports:
Campuses Under Federal Review Over Sexual Assault Investigations
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has opened three investigations this year into...
Just another reason to avoid taking out student loans if you can do it.
Red Alert Politics reports.
In 21 states, student loan default penalty is drivers license suspension
Student loan debt can’t be discharged in bankruptcy, and now it can get people fired.
In October, almost 60 health professionals in Tennessee had their licenses...
University investigating, as protesters lawyer-up and file complaint that their rights were violated (seriously).
From our parent site, Legal Insurrection:
Did UT-Austin students who disrupted Israel Studies event violate campus code?
The publicity surrounding the disruption of an Israel Studies event at the University of Texas at Austin by the UT-Austin Palestine Solidarity Committee...
A business inspired by Marxism is failing? How is that possible?
The College Fix reports.
Public university to bail out struggling Marxist-inspired ‘Che Cafe’
A student-run, Marxist-inspired venue at UC San Diego called the Che Cafe Collective that struggled to pay its rent and could not afford safety upgrades will be bailed out by...
Just 52.9% of students who began four-year programs in fall 2009 had graduated from such institutions.
The Wall Street Journal reports.
College Graduation Rate Shrinks, Study Finds
A shrinking share of college students made it through to graduation this year, reflecting an optimism among older students about the job market and underscoring concerns over...
This is the sort of garbage that passes for analysis in left wing academic circles.
Joel B. Pollak reports at Breitbart.
Former Harvard Islamic Studies Professor Blames West for Paris Attacks
Farid Esack, a former professor of Islamic Studies at Harvard University, blamed the West for the Paris attacks in a post on his...
At Seton Hall, the average class size of incoming students has steadily shrunk in recent years.
TaxProf Blog reports.
After 58% Decline In Enrollment, Seton Hall Law School Adapts To New Market
As fewer people enroll in law school, institutions across the country have been forced to adapt to a legal marketplace hurt by...
You read the headline correctly. The administration of Dartmouth has issued an apology, not to the students who were trying to study in the library, but to the protesters who made a scene.
Blake Neff reported at the Daily Caller.
Dartmouth Admin APOLOGIZES To Protesters Who Menaced Students
Dartmouth College has responded to intensely...
There may be hope yet.
Ashe Schow of the Washington Examiner writes:
Students starting to push back against campus lunacy
Across the country, college campuses are abandoning their purpose of education and expanding the minds of young people in favor of “safe spaces” and witch hunts. And some students are tired...
Anti-Israel students scream at Israeli Studies Prof. Ami Pedahzur as he urges them to participate in event.
From our parent site, Legal Insurrection:
New Video supports UT-Austin Israeli Studies Prof. after confrontation by protesters
Yesterday morning we posted about an incident at UT-Austin, in which protesters from the Palestine Solidarity Committee (PSC), led by...
In the newest video from Prager University, George Will explains how campaign finance reform is actually a ruse for more corruption in politics.
Watch it all below.
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What corrupts politics more: Millionaires and billionaires? Or the rules that intend to limit the influence of wealthy donors? George Will, author and Pulitzer...
We recently covered the story of Vanderbilt professor Carol Swain, who has been targeted for protest because she’s a conservative Christian. She has a message for the students who don’t like her.
The Daily Signal reports.
Vanderbilt Professor Facing Protests Tells Students to ‘Grow Up’
A black conservative professor who found herself the latest...
The dean quit after the university panel found this out.
Inside Higher Ed reports.
Damning Report on Grade Changing
Jay Conover, a professor of mathematics and statistics at Texas Tech University, got quite a surprise when he learned three of his former students graduated from the business school’s graduate program this year. He was...
USC students are demanding their school offer a minor in Social Justice which makes sense since there are so many high paying jobs in that field.
Blake Neff reports at the Daily Caller.
South Carolina Students Walk Out, Demand Right To Minor In ‘Social Justice’
Students at...
Professional baseball and higher education are starting to overlap.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.
Baseball general managers go to the head of the class
BOCA RATON, Fla. • Major League Baseball’s general managers have become the brainy bunch.
Ivy in the major leagues these days isn’t just a reference to Wrigley Field’s vine-covered walls. Four GMs...
We’re at the point where colleges have to choose between freedom and political correctness.
As Mitchell Blatt notes at The Federalist, you can’t have both.
Freedom Can’t Coexist With Campus Political Correctness
When Chinese President Xi Jinping talked about strengthening “democracy” in a speech to Australian parliament in 2014, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott...
Is there no end to this madness?
Jazz Shaw writes at Hot Air:
Special snowflake syndrome spreads to University of Kansas and beyond
Is anyone really surprised? In what is quickly beginning to look like a bad case of copycat hysteria, yet another American campus of higher learning has produced an uprising. It’s taken...
The Palestine Solidarity Committee launches campaign against Prof. Ami Pedahzur.
From our parent site, Legal Insurrection:
Anti-Israel Students Target UT-Austin Israeli Studies Prof After Disrupting His Speech
The intimidation of Israeli and pro-Israeli speakers on campuses continues unabated.
We recently covered the disruption of a speech by an Israeli professor at the University of Minnesota...
At what point does someone stand up to these bullies and just tell them to go home?
Dave Huber reports at the College Fix.
Yale students bring new demands to school president, administration
Approximately 200 students dubbing themselves “Next Yale” marched on President Peter Salovey’s house Thursday evening to bring him a “new set”...
So says Mona Charen in a great new column at Real Clear Politics.Her title asks a question with an easy answer.
Snowflakes or Fascists?
There was a much-beloved quote circulated among leftists, often attributed to Sinclair Lewis, that “when fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a...
