This from the College Fix: The evangelical university joined an existing lawsuit coordinated by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) on behalf of a University of Virginia law student, who was banned for life from…
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College Stupidity Award Goes to… University of Missouri
From the Daily Caller: A slew of campuses around the country offered up their fair share of lunacy, of course, but events at the University of Missouri reached world-historical, cosmically sublime levels absurdity during the…
University of Florida Professor Bans the Term ‘Melting Pot’
Apparently, the term ‘melting pot’ is offensive.
University of Virginia has $2.3 Billion Fund, Lawmakers Look toward Tuition Freeze
UVa has a fund worth $2.3 billion. Did they overcharge for tuition…?
Rankings say Clarks Summit College is the Most Beautiful Bible Belt College
Christian Universities Online compiled the top 50 list, which you can read for yourself here.
Oklahoma State University Professor Warns Mostly-White Colleges are ‘Hotbeds of White Supremacy’
Huh? An Oklahoma State University professor says predominately white institutions (PWIs) are “hotbeds of white supremacy” and that black students must be prepared to be “treated like second-class citizens” if they attend a PWI. Lawrence…
Claremont College Students Don’t Want to Live with White People
Um, isn’t that a bit racist? This bit of news from the Claremont Independent, a student newspaper: A group of students at the Claremont Colleges are in search of a roommate for next year, but…
UCLA Student Op-Ed: Hillary Clinton is Too ‘Centrist’ for Millennials
From Campus Reform: Guillaume Kosmala begins his latest op-ed for The Daily Bruin by noting that millennials lean further left than any other generation, especially in his home town, where 80 percent of likely voters…
Community College, Under Fire, to Re-Examine ‘Blacks-Only’ Course
Moraine Valley Community College is rethinking their course, which sparked controversy because it would only admit ‘blacks-only’ into the course.
Are College Presidents Paid Too Much?
A great take by Richard Vedder: The public is increasingly interested in and incensed about sharp increases in the pay of top university officials. Those increases seem hard to justify at a time of high…