Hitting the Iceberg Week at College Insurrection

MIKE LACHANCE JUL 19, 2014 8:00 AM

Unfortunately, there may not be enough lifeboats for everyone.

• College Presidents are the New Captains of the Titanic

You may be wondering why higher education is going down so quickly. Here are some clues…

• Profs Given Grant to Study how Science Fiction is Racist
• Brandeis University Professors use Secret Email Exchange to Espouse Left-Wing Views
• Lehigh Prof – Churches Can Help at Border as Long as They Don’t Mention Religion

Maybe we should stop stoking the flames of resentment.

• Income gap between college grads and non-grads growing, but not for good reasons
• Government Union Drops Black Student Interns Over Koch Brothers Donation
• Wapo: New form of segregation between college grads and non-grads

Please pay no attention to the politician talking about income inequality.

• University at Buffalo paid Hillary Clinton $275,000 for Speech

Higher education has real problems to worry about.

• College credit downgrades outnumber upgrades according to Moody’s
• Moody’s Issues More Bad News for Higher Education
• America’s Oldest Private Historically Black Institution Could Lose Accreditation

Updates on Israel…

• One Student’s Emotional Eyewitness Account of Israel During a Time of War
• Israeli universities counter academic boycotts
• Prager University – BDS is an Attempt to Strangle Israel

What’s going on in Texas?

• Federal Appeals Court Rules U. Texas Can Discriminate on Basis of Race
• Discrimination Disguised as Diversity at U. Texas
• Admissions Scandal at the University of Texas Explained

And Ohio…

• Ohio University to Ban Smoking on Campus
• Fighting Back Against Ohio State University’s Gun Bans

From the department of Religious Studies…

• Conservative Prof Who Converted to Christianity Gets Promotion After Seven Year Battle
• In Defense of Using Graphic Images to Protest Abortion on Campus
• Christian College Could Lose Federal Funds Over Letter to Obama

The week in stupid news…

• British Academics: ‘Paedophilia is natural and normal’
• University President Thinks Law Requiring Study of Constitution is ‘Archaic’
• College Board event features “racist” t-shirt parodying Chinese Communist Party
• Princeton Prof Accused of Stealing Lawn Signs

War on women…

• Bowdoin College Exhibits Nude Photos of its Female Students
• The War on (Conservative) Women

Rape culture update…

• Campus Rape Tribunals are Wrong and Unfair
• Claire McCaskill’s War on Due Process on Campus

Who deserves more help?

• Public Universities Fight Veterans Groups Over Bill Calling for In-State Tuition for Veterans
• Marygrove College in Detroit Opens Doors to Illegal Immigrants

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