These Brandeis University professors exchanging emails espousing far left-wing views do retain their right to free speech. However, the controversy stems from the fact that the listerv they are using, entitled “Concerned,” is reportedly an official one provided and maintained by the university.
The professors also used the listerv to corral support...
Shanghai students ranked the highest in a financial literacy assessment sponsored by Program for International Student Assessment (PISA). Of course, this figure represents just a single city in China, not the entire country itself. Still, the city’s school system is ranked the best in the world by the PISA.
US students scored...
No need to call in the PC police, no need to take offense. But considering that College Board AP tests are supposed to be graded seriously and objectively, disapproval is warranted.
From Jolie Lee of USA Today:
‘Insensitive’ T-shirt gets an F at College Board event
The College Board apologized for a “culturally and...
Who would have thought? College graduates tend to move to cities with the best opportunities, and that the best opportunities in the forms of jobs and amenities tend to follow college graduates to those same cities. Expectantly, there arises a pattern of differences between the lifestyles of college graduates and non-graduates.
Leave...
The University of Michigan’s chapter of Young Americans for Liberty (YAL), a national student libertarian group with multiple campus chapters (disclosure: your correspondent is affiliated with them at his school), won a $14,000 settlement from the school after filing a discrimination lawsuit in 2013.
The lawsuit was brought against the school for...
Despite the numerous claims to the contrary, a college degree does in fact look like it’s worth it, as the income gap between college grads and non-grads is growing. However, the gap’s widening is mostly due to continual downward trends of non-grads’ household incomes.
Myles Udland of Business Insider has the story...
Another higher ed bubble brewing?
Nick Anderson of The Washington Post reports:
In Moody’s U.S. college credit ratings, downgrades far outnumber upgrades
Howard University’s credit rating from Moody’s Investors Service fell this month for the second time in the past year, largely on concerns about money woes at its hospital.
But the historically black university...
In terms of getting a good job, the Class of 2008 graduated at the worst of all possible times in recent history. A new study shows that four years after graduation, the Class of 2008 was earning on average $52,200 a year in 2012, about a thousand more dollars than the...
Dr. Ian Lamond of Leeds Metropolitan University was just trying to teach his events management class how to make a good sales pitch.
But I think Dr. Lamond should take this lesson: Always be closing, and always wear clothing when closing.
Richard Spillet of the Daily Mail has more (warning, clicking to...
Last week College Insurrection featured an article about Evan Alvarez, the former chairman of the Mississippi Federation of College Republicans who switched parties after that state’s highly controversial Senate primary runoff.
While many conservatives and Republicans expressed bewilderment of Alvarez’s abrupt, public resignation and party crossover–but seem to have quickly gotten over...
A week ago I posted a link to an article alleging systematic cheating on college applications from Chinese students applying to US universities.
Now, reports are surfacing that record numbers of international students are first coming to the US for high school, thereby increasing their chances of acceptance to US universities.
Mary Beth...
The seemingly overwhelming dominance of liberalism and progressivism among teenagers and millennials casts a bleak outlook for the future of this country.
But the bleakness of today, according to a New York Times editorial, might make more and more teenagers grow up conservative.
As David Leohardt of the New York Times writes:
Why Teenagers...
Where there’s a demand, there’s a supply.
At the University of Central Florida, the demand so happens to be resort-style living at relatively affordable prices, and the supply is courtesy of Landmark Properties’ Retreat at Orlando, who have gone from being a laughingstock to serious money makers. Now, other developers are copying...
Which university will get to hold the distinct honor of featuring the presidential library for 44th President of the United States Barack Obama?
A Presidential Contest … For Obama’s Library
There are 13 presidential Libraries in the United States run by the National Archives, and when President Obama leaves office,...
The Northeastern Institute of Cannabis is the first of its kind in New England and the latest installment in the push to legalize marijuana across the nation. It’s an intriguing venture, backed by private investors, and it will be interesting to see whether it succeeds or goes up in smoke.
Blake Ellis...
Fortunately, this was just a hoax. Disturbingly, it comes only half a year after a Harvard sophomore sent anonymous emails to the university claiming there were bombs across campus so he could avoid taking a final exam.
Dan Adams of the Boston Glob has the story on this most recent hoax:
Authorities say...
Teachers’ unions turning against Democrats? You better believe it. The National Education Association voted on July 4th to call for the resignation of Secretary of Education Arne Duncan because he supported a California judge’s decision to rid of tenure in that state last month.
The Associated Press article published by Fox News...
Even if there is no tuition, as Milton Friedman once said: “There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch.”
Still, here with the story printed in USA Today is Stephanie Wang of the Indianapolis Star:
Indiana debates free tuition for community college
INDIANAPOLIS — In Tennessee — one of the few states less...
Two days ago we posted an article speculating on the demise of Corinthian Colleges, one of the nation’s largest for-profit college chains, due to a freeze out from federal financial aid due to accusations the company cooked its books on job placement figures.
Now, it seems Corinthian is indeed going under, in...
They play for their own benefits, say the college and university presidents. We play for the school’s benefit, say the scholarship athletes.
It’s a war of words that stands to change collegiate sports forever.
The Associated Press article published by Fox News has more:
College presidents oppose federal ruling that scholarship athletes can unionize...
Illinois state and federal regulators fined Higher One partner Cole Taylor Bank $4.1 million for deceptive business practices and marketing.
Michael Stratford of Inside Higher Ed has the story:
Federal and state regulators fine Higher One bank partner for misleading and deceptive practices
Federal and state regulators on Tuesday ordered a Chicago bank to...
Who’s looking out for you?
On Monday the Department of Education released its annual list of the most and least expensive colleges in the country, with categories for private, public, nonprofit, and for-profit schools.
However, some academics and many House Republicans want this ‘list of shame’ tossed out because of the arguably faulty...
