Colleges and universities are forever feeling shortchanged by taxpayers. They needn’t worry. For one thing, they are far richer than those of us who actually pay federal levies. For another, academia has succeeded in securing…
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Colleges and universities are forever feeling shortchanged by taxpayers. They needn’t worry. For one thing, they are far richer than those of us who actually pay federal levies. For another, academia has succeeded in securing…
After an University of Georgia professor accidentally sent a pun-filled and off-color joke about Monica Lewinsky to a student listserv than his colleagues, a dean at the university said it was inappropriate (which he’s probably…
Great reporting by The College Fix on this, where academics updated their predictions that by 2085, not many cities will be able to host a Summer Olympics due to climate change/global warming. The College Fix…
An interesting study, indeed: The study, a working paper published by the University of Arkansas Department of Education Reform, specifically looks at the Louisiana Scholarship Program. The program gives tuition scholarships with an average value…
Tracy Everbach, an associate professor at North Texas, took issue when Rio Olympics coverage appeared to be racist (to her). One example? A local newspaper column, which was referring to American gymnast Simone Biles’ performance,…
From the College Fix… over $1 million is being budgeted to rename and rebrand eight schools due to name ties to the Confederacy.
From the College Fix: Six of the 10 richest counties in America are clustered around Washington, D.C. But the city itself has a big problem when it comes to student debt loads and availability of…
Imposing social justice training sounds inclusive, doesn’t it? The course will debut as a pilot program during the fall term, which starts in late September, and the full roll-out will happen toward the beginning of…
With increasing frequency, it is getting harder and harder for conservative Catholics, no matter how well credentialed they are, to get hired in academia, particularly in Catholic universities. When he was still teaching at SUNY,…
Calling out inconsistencies means that you’ll be booted from a student group: This month, incoming George Washington University freshman Diego Rebollar was kicked out of an online “students of color” GroupMe created to offer support…