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How College-Bound Students Should Get Ready

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Posted by    Sunday, July 31, 2016 at 5:00pm

The importance of financial planning and establishing good money habits can’t be overstated.

WRAL reports.

College-bound students: How to get ready for the next 4 years

Many college-bound students and their families underestimate the cost of college. Indeed, 31 percent of students who left school without completing a degree reported they did so due...

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Prof Wins Settlement in Lawsuit After Banishment For Critical Blogs

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Posted by    Sunday, July 31, 2016 at 3:30pm

A story of vindication and victory for free speech.

The FIRE blog reports.

Professor Gets Settlement in Lawsuit After Banishment For Critical Blogs

Adams State University will settle a federal lawsuit brought by a former ASU professor who says the school violated his free speech and due process rights when it banned him from...

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Parents Should Get A College Graduation Present

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Posted by    Sunday, July 31, 2016 at 2:00pm

Ms. Chang paid a large portion of the downpayment on her mother’s car.

The New York Times reports.

Parents Deserve a College Graduation Present, Too

At this time of year, college graduates start their new lives and tally up their gifts. A personalized flask, perhaps. A newspaper subscription. Maybe something strong to drink after...

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It’s Time to Stop Coddling Generation Snowflake

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Posted by    Sunday, July 31, 2016 at 12:30pm

There are no safe spaces in the real world. We do college students a disservice by allowing this madness.

Red Alert Politics reports.

Twitter and U.S. colleges must stop coddling Generation Snowflake

Twitter’s ban of Milo Yiannopolous, the self-proclaimed “most fabulous supervillain on the internet,” doesn’t appear to correlate with free speech crackdowns on...

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Appeals Court Reinstates Reverse Discrimination Case Against Columbia by Student Accused Of Rape

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Posted by    Sunday, July 31, 2016 at 11:00am

A case that predates ‘Mattress Girl’.

The College Fix reports.

Appeals court reinstates reverse discrimination case against Columbia by student accused of rape

A federal district judge who made it nearly impossible for male students accused of rape to argue they were victims of reverse discrimination by their colleges has been rebuked by his...

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Student Government Official at U. Houston in Trouble for Saying All Lives Matter

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Posted by    Sunday, July 31, 2016 at 9:30am

Going against the liberal narrative means getting punished. No one is allowed to dissent.

Campus Reform reported.

UH student govt sanctions VP for saying ‘all lives matter’

Student government leaders at the University of Houston (UH) have ordered their student body vice president, who was denounced for criticizing the Black Lives Matter movement, to...

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Where The Most Billionaires Went To College

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Posted by    Sunday, July 31, 2016 at 8:00am

Here’s the top 28.

Forbes reports.

The 28 Schools That Mint The Most Billionaire Alumni

Some universities are known for strong liberal arts programs, others might be top engineering schools. But a few excel at a more unique task: minting Forbes 400 members. As part of Forbes’ annual, outcomes-based ranking of the top 660...

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Free Speech Heals Wounds At University of Mississippi

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Posted by    Saturday, July 30, 2016 at 5:00pm

But it is Ole Miss’ commitment to free speech, administrators say, that has been an essential part of their mission to bring students together.

FIRE reports.

At Ole Miss, Free Speech Helps Heal Wounds of Segregationist Past

At one time, the University of Mississippi was the setting for one of the most infamous efforts...

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Students Try to Censor Conservative Pulitzer Winner for “Dangerous Rhetoric”

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Posted by    Saturday, July 30, 2016 at 3:30pm

The left is incapable of hearing anything that clashes with their world view.

Red Alert Politics reports.

Students try to censor Pulitzer winner for “dangerous (a.k.a. conservative) rhetoric”

If students at Elon University got their way, syndicated columnist Kathleen Parker would join the list of disinvited speakers because she’s apparently not the right “mentor...

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College Students Are Not That Industrious

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Posted by    Saturday, July 30, 2016 at 2:00pm

They are less industrious than even part-time employees.

The College Fix reports.

STUDY: Full-time college students spend less time on ‘educational activities’ than high schoolers

Full-time college students appear to be getting the worst of both worlds when it comes to going to school and working.

A new Heritage Foundation report based on the Bureau...

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U. Wisconsin-Milwaukee Offers Gender Pronoun Guide

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Posted by    Saturday, July 30, 2016 at 12:30pm

This is a hostile takeover of the English language and it’s all about control.

Campus Reform reports.

UWM offers gender pronoun guide

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is offering a how-to guide for students to help them use the appropriate pronouns when referring to other students and professors.

A chart on the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender...

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Should College Presidents Get Involved In Politics?

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Posted by    Saturday, July 30, 2016 at 11:00am

Presidents have used their positions to attack Trump recently.

Press-Citizen reports.

How openly political should college presidents be?

Fourteen months ago, when he was still president of Drake University, David Maxwell never would have felt comfortable stating the following sentence in a public setting:

“We should find much of what Donald Trump says to be...

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College Students Don’t Need Safe Space for Democratic Convention

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Posted by    Saturday, July 30, 2016 at 9:30am

Remember how some students were traumatized by the GOP convention? Funny how the same didn’t happen during the Dem convention.

The Daily Caller reports.

SHOCK POLL: No Philadelphia Colleges Offer ‘Safe Space’ For Students Traumatized By Democratic Convention

Officials at fancypants colleges in Philadelphia are providing exactly zero “safe spaces” for students who are...

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Number Of Jewish Students Being Suppressed Doubles

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Posted by    Saturday, July 30, 2016 at 8:00am

Strong uptick in anti-Semitic incidents after BDS resolutions.

The College Fix reports.

Suppression of Jewish students’ speech on campus nearly doubles in a year, report finds

Jewish college students saw their speech suppressed and suffered civil rights violations on campus in greater numbers in the first half of 2016 than the first half of...

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Clinton’s Free College Plan Will Really Just Help The Rich

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Posted by    Friday, July 29, 2016 at 6:30pm

The plan is a giveaway to the upper-middle class, if not the rich.

Forbes reports.

Clinton’s Free College 2.0 Doesn’t Cut It

Democrats may finally be waking up to the reality that free tuition at all public colleges and universities would be a giveaway to richer Americans who do not need help paying for...

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Longwood University to Host Only Vice Presidential Debate of 2016

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Posted by    Friday, July 29, 2016 at 5:00pm

Longwood University is an appropriate setting for a political debate. The school has connections to American history.

ABC in Virginia reports.

Longwood University prepares for only Vice Presidential debate of 2016

Preparations are underway for the only Vice-Presidential debate between Democrat Tim Kaine and Republican Mike Pence. L...

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This College Counselor Does Not Believe In Having A “First Choice” College

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Posted by    Friday, July 29, 2016 at 3:30pm

Every school on a student’s list should be one he or she is eager to attend.

Forbes reports.

Don’t Have a “First Choice” College

With college acceptance rates falling like the mercury in a Chicago winter, it’s more important than ever for students and parents to research colleges thoroughly and apply thoughtfully to ensure...

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Documentary Examines The Stifling of Free Speech at Brown University

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Posted by    Friday, July 29, 2016 at 2:00pm

Yesterday, I mentioned this short film and said we’d find it so here it is.

It’s thirteen minutes long and looks at how the social justice warrior left has shut down the free exchange of ideas at Brown. Of course, the situation at Brown isn’t isolated, this is happening at campuses all...

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Oregon Community College Security Guard Accused Of Murder

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Posted by    Friday, July 29, 2016 at 12:30pm

Lara had worked as a part-time public safety officer at Central Oregon Community College since December 2014.

CBS News reports.

Suspect in Ore. woman’s murder linked to Calif. crime spree

BEND, Ore. — Police say an Oregon college security guard charged with murdering a missing woman fled to California where he carjacked a family...

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University Of Louisville President Gets $690,000 Payout After Resigning

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Posted by    Friday, July 29, 2016 at 11:00am

Who knew being a university president could be so lucrative, even when you resign?

NPR reports.

University Of Louisville President Resigns, With $690,000 Payout

Amid two troubling investigations at the University of Louisville, school President James Ramsey resigned Wednesday. The university is facing scrutiny over separate scandals that involve allegations of financial misdeeds and...

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Vandals Break Into Shuttered Burlington College

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Posted by    Friday, July 29, 2016 at 9:30am

“There was substantial vandalism.”

Burlington Free Press reports.

Vandals hit Burlington College

A van and computers that had been stolen from the former Burlington College were recovered Monday night in Troy, New York, Burlington police confirmed Tuesday morning.

The break-in on the former college campus occurred between Sunday evening and Monday morning according to Deputy...

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University in Wisconsin to Offer ‘Green Lives Matter’ Environmental justice Class

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Posted by    Friday, July 29, 2016 at 8:00am

Is it racist to say Green Lives Matter? It’s got to be a microaggression, at least.

The College Fix reports.

University to offer ‘Green Lives Matter’ environmental justice class

A first-year seminar class on tap this fall at the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay promises to merge civil rights with pollution.

The course, called “Green Lives Matter,”...

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