Party on Campus Week at College Insurrection

MIKE LACHANCE AUG 1, 2015 8:30 AM

It was quite a week for politics in higher ed. Who would you say has the best party on campus?

Democrats?

• Audience Nearly Empty at DNC Event for College Democrats
• President of College Democrats Threatened With Impeachment Over Support for Israel

Republicans?

• New Hampshire College Republicans Hand Out Hillary Proof Scissors to Journalists
• Republicans Introduce Bill to Strengthen Due Process Rights for Students

Libertarians?

• Something Big is Happening in the Student Liberty Movement

Let’s not forget the Green Party.

• Prager University – The Co-Founder of Greenpeace Explains Why He Left

Some colleges had an expensive week.

• Valdosta State U. Settles Free Speech Case With Student for $900K
• $900K Settlement at Valdosta State is Being Paid by Another Party, not the University
• College Loses $1.5 Million Bequest Over Poor Treatment of Nobel scientist

Others are having serious PR problems.

• U. New Hampshire Language Guide Says the Word ‘American’ is Problematic
• Arizona State Has the Lowest Graduation Rate in the Nation
• Spelman College Terminates Professorship Endowed by Bill Cosby

People in prison got some good news this week.

• New Effort Rises to Bring College to American Prisons
• Obama to Make Pell Grants Available to Prisoners

Update from the Department of Gender Studies.

• Students Now Have Six ‘Gender Identity’ Choices on UC Admissions Applications
• At San Diego City College, Man Dressed as Woman Sexually Assaults Man
• Indiana University-Bloomington Lets LGBT Students Self-Segregate in Their Own Dorm

Rape culture.

• Campus Sex Assault Study Cited by White House Debunked
• Campus Rape Expert Has Trouble Answering Questions About His Sources
• College Administrator Group Pleads for No New Campus Sex Assault Legislation

For extra credit, compare and contrast the following:

• Wabash College Works to Improve Minority Graduation Rates
• Minority Students Harder Hit by College Loan Debt

Uh oh…

• University of Phoenix Under Federal Investigation
• University of Delaware Has a Due Process Problem
• Donald Trump Faces Lawsuits Over Now Defunct ‘Trump University’

Shocker!

• Ivy League Colleges Give More Honorary Degrees to Liberal Justices

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