No Republican-registered professors at Cornell, spanning 11 of their departments: An exhaustive review of the political party affiliations of Cornell University’s College of Arts and Sciences faculty by The College Fix has identified a severe…
Monthly Archives For October 2016
One Student’s Free Speech Resolution at Tufts was Met with Profanity and Insults
Disturbing, isn’t it? Jake Goldberg’s resolution calls for an end to campus anti-free speech rules at Tufts, including vague administrative provisos that crack down on the “use of nicknames,” “hurtful words,” “bias-fueled jokes,” “comments on…
New College Cheating: Why Not Buy One’s College Degree Instead?
A great read by George Leef at the William Pope Center on how lazy college students are trying to cheat to get a college degree: A host of websites now lure in students who are…
The College Board’s SAT Money Hustle
A recent report alleged that the College Board, the architects of the college entrance exams known today as the SAT, is becoming a profit-driven (yet taxpayer-funded) machine, instead of a business focused on the greater…
New York Educators Lowered the Standards to Pass Common Core Tests
From the New York Post: The state this year lowered the number of answers kids needed to get right on 11 of the 12 Common Core exams, fueling concerns that rising scores were inflated. In…
University of New Haven Disinvites Sheriff David Clarke due to Possible ‘Politically Polarizing’ Comments
Administrators at the University of New Haven disinvited Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke due to the possibility he might say something that could offend someone, and then tried to cover that up: When challenged, the university…
For-Profit Colleges have seen Large Drops in Enrollment due to Scrutiny
The University of Phoenix saw enrollment drop 22% this year and 70% since 2010. Other for-profit colleges have seen similar results.
A Guide to Fight for School Choice
The Institute for Justice (IJ) and the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) issued a jointly-published guide on how lawmakers and activists can push for more school choice in their home states. In their second edition…
The Stillborn Legacy of Obama
Charles Krauthammer, a respected columnist and Fox News contributor, wrote a scathing piece on the legacy of outgoing President Barack Obama: Only amid the most bizarre, most tawdry, most addictive election campaign in memory could…
Leftist Mob Surrounds Conservative Students, Rail Against Conservatism
The Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) chapter at the University of Kansas was surrounded by leftist student protesters and were lectured by the protesters for over an hour: