Colleges and universities are called institutions of higher education, but it makes one wonder these days whether the appellation is warranted.
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Maryland Middle School Repression
Attorneys for The Rutherford Institute have filed a civil rights lawsuit in defense of the First and Fourteenth Amendment rights of a seventh grader who was allegedly ordered by a Maryland middle school employee to stop reading her Bible during free time at school or face disciplinary action.
Feel Good Remediation
When it comes to test results, educators are increasingly playing fast and loose with the facts.
Minutemen and Students Assaulted at Columbia
On October 4, 2006 the founder of the Minuteman Project was assaulted moments after
he began speaking.
ASU Most Wanted
Students at Arizona State University (ASU) posted “Wanted”
flyers on campus yesterday in an attempt to identify two female professors who
harassed and injured a female student recruiter at the Tempe campus.
Applied Criminology
It is one of the ironies of the age that the works of fact we allegedly get from pundits and professors read like fiction while some works of fiction have more of a factual base, like Michael P. Tremoglie’s first novelA Sense of Duty..
College Cash on Hand
Typically, when students attempt to obtain loans for college they look toward federal student loans but lately there has been a meteoric emergence of private student loans.
Education Aid Mythology
The idea that the only thing standing between at-risk youth and a college education is a mere several thousand dollars apiece is a nostrum repeated ad nauseum by politicians and professors alike. As notions go, it may have considerably less weight to it than the average cosmetic counter notion.
ASU Assault Charge
A student recruiter at Arizona State University (ASU) is seeking help to
identify two female professors who harassed and injured her at theTempe campus on Friday.
Campus Updates
While many colleges purport to offer Middle East Studies courses, few of the professors holding forth on the subject can offer any real insight into the region. A notable exception is Bernard Lewis.
Recent Articles
Study thinks it’s “Impossible” for Republicans to Court Black Voters
The study, published in the journal Political Research Quarterly, said that Republicans cannot get a larger share of the black vote. Time will tell, so don’t get your hopes up or be extremely saddened by…
Dartmouth’s Kentucky Derby Party Deemed Racist
Also, some accused the party of trying to recreate the antebellum South. Who made these accusations? The #BlackLivesMatter protest movement.
LOL: Asian Microaggressions Exhibit Offends Students at Brandeis
Can’t help but laugh when a microaggressions exhibit at Brandeis University actually offended and was microaggressive (is that the proper use of this new liberal word?) towards non-Asian students.
Student Union Bans Microaggressions On Campus
The graduate student union at the University of Washington doesn’t like microaggressions, so they’ve decided to ban it. Not a joke: “The University of Washington’s “academic student employees” are voting this week on whether hurting…
Kiss of Debt
Beth Akers of the Brookings Institution, co-author of controversial research on the status of student loans, downplays the significance of the more than $1.3 trillion in debts held by Americans. “Debt is increasing steadily across…
Pre-K Progressive Push
On a panel promoting pre-Kindergarten programs at a conference recently in Austin, Texas, a pair of government officials–one local, one federal–made their case. Representing the City of New York, Richard Buery suggested that employing universal…
Students Want Graduation Speaker, a Catholic Archbishop, to be Disinvited from their Jesuit College
I swear, every single day, more crazy and non-sensical events and news happen. Now Jesuit college students at La Moyne College want to disinvite a Catholic archbishop (New York’s Timothy Dolan) as their graduation speaker.
Michelle Obama to Speak at Oberlin College, but No Safe Spaces Planned
Oberlin College students protested Christina Hoff Sommers’ recent speech at the college and designated safe spaces, but none in the works for First Lady Michelle Obama’s upcoming speech.
2015’s Commencement Speakers are More Liberal, Outnumber Conservatives 6 to 1
The survey, conducted by the Young America’s Foundation (YAF), found that liberals again outnumber conservatives (but by a 6:1 ratio) in speaking to graduating college students. So very one-sided.
Update: Boston University Professor’s Racist Tweets Condemned by Administration
The university has backtracked since the news broke and has condemned professor Saida Grundy’s racist tweets.