From Campus Reform: Seeking to determine how higher education leaders are reacting to the phenomenon that has brought down so many of their colleagues, the American Council of Education (ACE) conducted an online poll of…
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Texas Campus Police Instructed to Ignore Inconsistencies in Rape Reporting
From the College Fix: That’s why it’s troubling those advocates to see how the University of Texas-Austin is attempting to turn a neutral institution – its campus police – into an advocate for one party….
College Student Temporarily Thwarted Tax Increase, but Now a Judge Dismissed Her Lawsuit
From the College Fix: Last fall we told you about Jennifer Henderson, a University of Missouri student who found herself the only known voter in a gerrymandered “community improvement district” (CID) as business owners were…
Chicago Law Graduates Accuse the Late SCOTUS Justice Scalia of Racism
Black students were upset that they received low grades while in the University of Chicago’s law school, with Antonin Scalia as their professor. They claimed he was racist, but the law school has a blind…
Non-Tenured Faculty is Innovative
A great take by Jesse Saffron of the Pope Center on why non-tenured faculty is an innovative idea. Photo by AAUP
North Carolina Colleges Raise Budgets, but Leave Students in Debt
An excerpt from the Pope Center’s report on the state of North Carolina universities and colleges: For example, North Carolina has the fourth-highest per-student state funding in the country. The UNC system has been well-funded…
Report: Rising Anti-Semitism on College Campuses
There were 516 reported incidents of anti-Semitism on college campuses in America. Photo by Templar1307 | Galerie des Bois Photo by Templar1307 | Galerie des Bois
New SAT Tests are Lame
A great op-ed by Kristen Blair in the Carolina Journal on the new SAT test and how it’s dumbed down. Photo by USDAgov
More on Trump University
From the AAUP’s Academe Blog: As Donald Trump’s opponents have tried to substantiate their assertions that he is a confidence man, fresh attention has been given to the class-action lawsuits filed by former students of…
Stanford Western Civilization Graduation Requirement Proposal Still Under Fire
From the College Fix: Should Stanford University require the study of Western Civilization to earn a diploma? Last week a student petition asking Stanford University students to put to a vote that question passed the…