Isn’t the current trend to not name college buildings after racists?
WGN News reports.
New Malcolm X College facility is unveiled
he brand-new, state-of-the-art Malcolm X College and School of Health Sciences on the West Side is unveiled on Thursday morning.
The $251 million facility will prepare students for the fast-growing health care industry.
It’s eight...
It’s amazing that some students are still making this stupid argument.
In this case, it’s an op-ed in Teen Vogue.
Why My University’s Campus Police Make Me Feel Less Safe
On Tuesday nights, I sit down with my family to watch TV. One Tuesday in early December, I settled down in the middle of...
Another fine mess over college sexual relations.
Blake Neff reports at the Daily Caller.
Lawsuit: Student Bragged About Sleeping With Athletes, Then Got Them Expelled For Rape
A new lawsuit against the University of Findlay accuses the school of expelling students after rape allegations from a student who had bragged about sleeping with them.
Justin...
Some people have an amazing ability to see racism everywhere.
Campus Reform reports.
Notre Dame prof. calls permissive gun laws a ‘manifestation of racism’
A professor of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame published an op-ed in The New York Times linking lenient gun laws in America to racism.
Prof. Gary Gutting argued “permissive...
A struggle to survive.
The Washington Post reports.
Enrollment challenges at several colleges in Virginia and Maryland
Sweet Briar College, a small women’s school in rural Virginia, got much smaller in 2015 amid the tumult of a shutdown plan announced abruptly in March and then canceled three months later. Its fall head count was...
As if people didn’t already have enough reasons to hate robocalls, they might be used to collect student loan debt.
Red Alert Politics reports.
Coming soon: Robocalls to collect on student debt
Congressional action has allowed those with student loan debt to receive robocalls from collectors, and their friends and family might get...
The demands are modeled after similar ones issued by black student associations at campuses across the nation.
The College Fix reports.
Muslim Student Association demands all ‘Islamophobic speech’ be punished
The Muslim Student Association at San Diego State University is demanding that administrators combat Islamophobia by developing a “zero tolerance policy explicitly for Islamophobic...
This story has the higher ed bubble and the big government bubble in one story.
Kellie Woodhouse reports at Inside Higher Ed.
Burdened by a Budget Impasse
Some universities in Illinois don’t know how they’re going to make payroll in a few months if the state’s politicians don’t pass a budget soon.
Now halfway through...
Isn’t it interesting how someone who leads a college could be so stupid?
Eric Owens reports at the Daily Caller.
Fancypants College President: TRUMP Caused Campus Race Protests
The president of one of America’s ritziest liberal arts colleges is blaming Donald Trump for the various race protests which cropped up on campuses across the...
This has been in the works for a while but now it’s official.
The Associated Press reports.
College Officially Fires Professor Who Questioned Sandy Hook
A Florida college has officially fired a professor who claimed the massacre of children at a Connecticut elementary school was staged.
Florida Atlantic University said in a release that School...
That’s a serious cash commitment. Good for them!
The Wall Street Journal reports.
Nike Pledges $13.5 Million to Help Renovate University of Oregon Track Facilities
Nike Inc. has pledged $13.5 million toward renovations of track and field facilities at the University of Oregon, part of an upgrade that would facilitate...
Republicans in Missouri want professor Melissa Click fired but her fellow professors are standing by her.
The Kansas City Star reports.
University of Missouri faculty support professor whom Republicans want fired
University of Missouri faculty members on Tuesday came out in support of Melissa Click, the embattled MU professor who famously asked for some...
The four years earlier may be the source to the campus meltdown.
Minding The Campus reports.
Campus Turmoil Begins in High School
A month before the Yale Halloween meltdown, I had a bizarre and illuminating experience at an elite private high school on the West Coast. I’ll call it Centerville High. I gave a...
People who speak out will be intimidated into silence.
The College Fix reports.
Death threats made against HS student who criticized college race protests
A student at Philadelphia’s Central High School became the target of death threats after he penned an op-ed for his school newspaper denouncing the “race justice” demonstrations at the University...
The proposed names are quite stupid.
Red Alert Politics reports.
Naming the Generation after Millennials: A bunch of silly, stupid options
Most people know of generational names, like millennials for instance, who make up a demographic of those born around the 1980’s to early 2000’s.
But what comes next? Those born after 2000 remember a...
This news should come as a surprise to no one. It’s like the higher education version of Obamacare.
The Washington Free Beacon reported.
Report: Obama’s Free College Proposal Spends Billions on Students Who Won’t Receive a Degree
President Barack Obama’s free college proposal would spend $36 billion on 5.4 million students who will likely...
Bernie Sanders got a polite reception at Liberty University last year. Trump will probably be received with more enthusiasm.
The Washington Post reports.
Donald Trump will speak at Liberty University, where he finds a friend in Jerry Falwell Jr.
Donald Trump will speak at Liberty University’s first convocation this year, addressing thousands of young...
Remember the professor who famously said “I need some muscle over here” in an effort to block a student journalist? She still has her job somehow.
Campus Reform reports.
Lawmakers call for firing of Mizzou prof. involved in student protests
More than 100 Missouri Republican lawmakers signed a letter addressed to the University of...
When the going gets tough, more colleges are seeking people outside academia for leadership roles.
The Hechinger Report has the story.
As times get tough, colleges turn to nonacademics to lead
When tiny Paul Quinn College faced its darkest hour, it turned not to a physicist or an historian or a political scientist to...
Rand Paul’s lagging presidential campaign is hoping college students can turn things around for him in Iowa.
The Washington Examiner reports.
Paul seeks youth support ahead of Iowa caucuses
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul is polling at barely 3 percent in Iowa, but the Republican presidential hopeful could have a secret weapon in his back...
The social media editor was booted one day after an open letter criticized the Columbia Journal.
The College Fix reports.
Columbia arts journal fires female editor for defending its use of white men as contest judges
If you don’t want to be accused of racism, sexism and oppression, make sure there aren’t too many...
Is this real or just another trope in the supposed war on women?
Scott Jaschik reports at Inside Higher Ed.
Graded on Looks
Professors differ on how much their grading should be based on tests, written assignments, labs, class participation and other factors.
But students’ looks? Most f...
