Cornell may not understand incentives and moral hazard: But Cornell University is taking moral hazard to a goofy new level by giving its students – all grown adults, not at-risk children – free breakfast. The…
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Student Workers Scoff at Wage Raise to $9, Demand $15/Hour Wage Instead
Um, be grateful for a raise, period. Geez. Photo by Jim Bauer Photo by Jim Bauer
Ethnic Studies Funding is the Focus of a Hunger Strike
Four students started a hunger strike to demand more funding for ethnic studies at San Francisco State University. Photo by stevendamron
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UC-Merced Sees Anti-Donald Trump Cartoons Pop Up On Campus
From the College Fix: Anti-Donald Trump propaganda has increasingly appeared at UC Merced – both in classrooms and in online campus conversations – in recent weeks as the Republican presidential frontrunner continues to gain ground….
Top Ten List of Why Public Schools are Exceptional
The National School Boards Association (NSBA) came up with a list of the top ten things that make public schools exceptional in 2016. See if you can spot any of these in a government school…
Sexual Assault, Environment are Linked via Red Cups, says UNC Group
This is confusing. How does this make sense? Protecting the environment and stopping sexual assault are two concepts rarely linked – yet an activist group at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill has managed…
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Why Does the Cold War Matter Today?
“Those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it.” On May 3, 2016, Elizabeth Edwards Spalding, an author and associate professor of Government at Claremont McKenna College, repeated this quote while discussing her newly…
Excuses Made for Minority Students at UNC who Face Academic Plagiarism, Cheating Allegations
From the College Fix: 56% of the cases before UNC’s Honor Court involve minority students, a “disproportionate figure compared to UNC’s 63 percent white campus.” The Honor Court deals with cases like plagiarism and cheating. Photo…
Two Students Expelled, One Suspended after Race Hoax at SUNY-Albany
Actions have consequences, kids. Expulsion is a serious thing: Two black female college students who claimed to be victims of an assault by a group of white men and women reportedly were expelled from the…
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Texas College to Pay Student Group $50,000 for Suppressing Free Speech on Gun Rights
Blinn College is paying a decent sum of money for suppressing a Young Americans for Liberty recruiter on their campus. Blinn College will also pay $50,000 in damages and legal fees to Nicole Sanders, who…