Perspectives Trick or Treat: Schools Hoard Endowment Money Malcolm A. Kline October 30, 2015 Most colleges and universities are quick to push for expanded student aid from taxpayers but forget that age-old maxim: charity…
Faculty Lounge Professor in Trouble after Not Pushing Expensive Textbook in His Course Spencer Irvine October 29, 2015 Not believing in pushing expensive college textbooks to college students has a price, apparently.
Faculty Lounge USC may ask for $100 Million Scholarship Fund for Minority Students Spencer Irvine October 27, 2015 But will this actually help stimulate reform in higher education, where the outrageously-high tuition discourages the poor and minorities from…
Faculty Lounge Dept of Education Releases Guidelines of How to be Sensitive with Illegal Immigrants Spencer Irvine October 26, 2015 With a title like “Supporting Undocumented Youth,” it does sound like sensitivity training-meets-illegal immigration.
Faculty Lounge Stanford Students want a “Sustainable Food-Themed” Dining Hall Spencer Irvine October 24, 2015 Seriously, this is something worth paying for at a top-notch university?
Faculty Lounge Universities Keep on Symbolically Banning Yik Yak App Spencer Irvine Symbolic bans really aren’t meaningful, universities.
Faculty Lounge ACLU Sues Missouri Schools about Tuition for Illegal Immigrants Spencer Irvine Campus Reform reported: The American Civil Liberties Union is suing three public colleges in Missouri for denying in-state tuition to…
Faculty Lounge Food Service Workers at Pennsylvania University want to Unionize, Leads to Spike in Meal Plans for Students Spencer Irvine October 23, 2015 College Fix with more on the unionization effort: Kutztown University has five unions covering faculty and professional staff, and Aramark…
Faculty Lounge Illegal Immigrant Students in California Protest University System’s Lack of Commitment to Them Spencer Irvine October 22, 2015 Wait, what? College Fix has more on this: Approximately 30 undocumented students from various University of California campuses protested outside…
Faculty Lounge Valdosta State Bans ‘Ghetto’ or ‘Hillbilly’ Halloween Costumes Spencer Irvine October 19, 2015 The PCÂ police is having fun this Halloween in restricting costumes allowed on college campuses.
Faculty Lounge Wesleyan University Won’t Crack Down on Halloween Costumes Spencer Irvine The university posted posters warning about potentially offensive Halloween costumes, but the administration said it won’t crackdown on costumes.
Faculty Lounge Syracuse Student Leaders want to Pre-Screen ‘Kiss Cam’ Couples Spencer Irvine October 16, 2015 This takes out the spontaneity of the ‘Kiss Cam.‘ Oh, political correctness is ruining things.
