Something has to be done to reign in the cost of college and the crazy amount of borrowing that goes along with it.
It would be great if Trump got the government out of the picture completely.
Inside Higher Ed reports:
Protecting Pell? Critics Say Budget Wouldn’t
The document outlining the Trump administration’s first budget,...
Campus Reform recently highlighted the findings of this study. It seems the more money a college has, the more likely they are to squelch free speech.
Take a look:
REPORT: Wealthiest colleges are worst free speech offenders
A new study has found that the colleges most prone to disinviting conservative speakers and stifling open...
The cost of college is rising with alarming speed. The trajectory isn’t sustainable.
BuzzFeed reports via CNBC:
In 18 years, a college degree could cost about $500,000
People worried about college affordability today can at least take this to heart: Getting a degree now is an absolute bargain compared to what it could cost...
Diversity is now so important it can bring extra pay?
Campus Reform reports:
UW-Green Bay offers profs $2K to ‘diversify their courses’
The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay is offering up to 10 faculty members a $2,000 stipend each to “create an inclusive classroom environment” and “diversify their courses.”
According to a Wednesday announcement on the...
A staffer dedicated to illegal immigrant students funded with tax dollars. How is this even legal?
FOX News reports:
University of Maryland to hire ‘undocumented student coordinator’
The University of Maryland is facing backlash from some conservative groups because...
Isn’t it interesting how mobs of angry conservatives never show up to stop events like this?
Campus Reform reports:
ISU ‘Social Justice Summit’ ponders privilege, advocates activism
Iowa State University recently held a “Social Justice Summit” in an effort to “create strategies for implementing social change.”
The summit was guided by staff members from the...
After the recent incident at Middlebury College, during which a mob of students prevented Professor Charles Murray from speaking and sent a professor to the emergency room, people are finally starting to notice that protest culture...
Emerson College is a school that specializes in communications. Do they really think this is a good look for them?
The Daily Caller reports:
Language Police At Fancypants College Deem The Word ‘Homosexual’ Offensive Now
Emerson College, a fancypants school dedicated solely to communication and performing arts, has officially deemed the word “homosexual” to...
Given the subjects many college students are told to believe are priorities…
If this is true, why would anyone send their daughter to Duke University?
KC Johnson reports at Minding the Campus:
Duke Reports...
This is not only untrue, it is a dangerous and irresponsible thing to say to students.
The College Fix reports:
Cal State Los Angeles prof: Yesterday’s ‘slave catchers’ are today’s police officers
At a Cal State Fullerton conference yesterday on “intersectionality” and discrimination, a professor and Black Lives Matter organizer said that today’s police...
Further proof that working in higher education does not make one smart. Higher ed is full of dumb people like the ones who wrote this document.
The Daily Caller reports:
Only Whites Can Be Racist, Insists University
A glossary published by a university insists that only whites can be racist, while also describing terms...
Can you even imagine someone being fired from a university eight years ago for supporting Obama?
Watchdog reports:
UW-La Crosse backs down after firing employee for supporting Trump policy
A University of Wisconsin-La Crosse employee fired for telling a co-worker that she supported President Donald Trump’s immigration policies could be back on the job...
This problem is like a tidal wave in the distance that just keeps growing.
CNBC reports:
More than 1.1 million borrowers defaulted on their federal student loans last year
On average, more than 3,000 borrowers default on their federal student loans every day.
The number of people who have defaulted on their federal student loans...
As Campus Reform reminds us below, Occidental is President Obama’s alma mater.
From their report:
Faculty at Obama alma mater resolve to challenge Trump
The Faculty Council at one of Barack Obama’s alma maters has vowed to challenge the “positions and policies of President Trump” at every turn.
In a recent statement published by the...
A writer named Parker O’Brien has written a great piece at Medium which offers a solution to student mobs who shout down speakers.
Take a look:
Quick Take: Free Speech on College Campuses
Schools have long understood the volatility of controversial speakers and a disquieting response to this behavior has been the imposition of...
Publicly funded University of Central Florida has a “leftist fight club” that teaches progressives how to fight Republicans. This club, Knights for Socialism, is the only one like its kind that actually advocates violence:
“In response to the record number of hate crimes against Latinxs, Immigrants, Muslims, Women, the LGBTQIA+ community, Jews,...
