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Founder of HBO Sports Sues Harvard for Defamation

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 03, 2018 5 Comments

"denying that he is a graduate of the Kennedy School"...

Lake Superior State U. Releases List of Banned Words for 2018

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 03, 2018 4 Comments

Purely meant as humorous suggestions....

URI Prof Wants Counseling for Student Victims of Microaggressions

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 03, 2018 4 Comments

"many students cope with microaggressions by going home and crying it out"...

Harvard Student Whose Father Escaped Communism Warns Campus Leftists

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 02, 2018 4 Comments

"my twenty-six-year-old father jumped off a train in the middle of Hungary with nothing but the clothes on his back"...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBe8R3AlD1U

Betsy DeVos Looks to Curb Federal Overreach in Education in 2018

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 02, 2018 2 Comments

"to actually serve students rather than be more worried about compliance"...

James Madison U. to Pay Teachers $250 to Become More ‘Inclusive’

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 01, 2018 3 Comments

"appreciating, leveraging, and responding to diversity within their classrooms”...

Another School Changes Policy on Handing Out Copies of Constitution

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 31, 2017 2 Comments

"Following a warning letter from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education"...

UC Davis Offers Free Class on ‘Power Napping’

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 31, 2017 0 Comments

“Yes, it is exactly what you think it is!"...

California Democrat Wants State Colleges to Have Abortion Pills on Demand

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 31, 2017 1 Comment

"it makes sense that they provide this health care service"...

San Jose State Prof Claims Chromosomes Don’t Determine Sex

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 30, 2017 12 Comments

“I know high school biology told you they do, but nope”...

Overall Enrollment is Down but Purdue University is Flourishing

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 30, 2017 0 Comments

"Purdue is skyrocketing. Here's why"...

Conservative Students’ ‘Deplorable Radio’ Show Banned at University in Minnesota

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 30, 2017 0 Comments

"officials have refused to allow the student radio hosts back on the air"...

Professors Claim Farmers’ Markets Sustain White Privilege

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 30, 2017 7 Comments

"spaces where the food consumption habits of white people are normalized"...

Mike LaChance’s 10 Craziest Higher Education Stories of 2017

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 30, 2017 3 Comments

2017 was a wild year for news and politics in higher education. Let's all take a look back and have some fun. I already did a top 10 list about Trump Derangement Syndrome on campus, so this list will exclude that topic. Here are the top 10 craziest stories from colleges and universities across the country that I covered in 2017 in chronological order.