Campus Free Speech

Policy

Affirmative Consent Is Spreading

New Jersey and New Hampshire consider "yes means yes" bills

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 11.24.2014 10:30 AM

Policy

Some Feminists Think Stopping Jokes Would Help Stop Rape, But 'Alcohol is Not the Problem'[*]

Robby Soave | 11.19.2014 9:01 AM

Civil Liberties

At UC-Davis, Students Can't Register Until They Concede It's Wrong to Say 'I'd Hit That'

Robby Soave | 11.18.2014 10:18 AM

Culture

University Will Educate Students About Cultural Appropriation After They Hosted a Fiesta-Themed Galactic Bowling Party

Robby Soave | 11.13.2014 12:59 PM

Policy

"Government Attempts at College Cost Transparency Ineffective, May Make Decision-Making Worse"

Nick Gillespie | 11.12.2014 1:52 PM

Immigration

Virginia Tech: YAF Violated 'Principle of the Common Humanity,' So No More Funding

Robby Soave | 11.12.2014 11:03 AM

Civil Liberties

Feds Punish Princeton For Liking Due Process Too Much

Robby Soave | 11.7.2014 12:30 PM

Culture

Sororities Don't Let Their Girls Drink in the House: Is That Wise?

Robby Soave | 10.29.2014 5:01 PM

Censorship

College Wisely Acknowledges Game of Thrones Shirt Is Not a Violent Threat

Scott Shackford | 10.29.2014 4:40 PM

Culture

Half of MIT Students Think It's Possible to "Accidently" Rape Someone (Thanks, Affirmative Consent!)

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 10.28.2014 1:15 PM

Campus Free Speech

Report: Advisors, Profs Created 18 Years of Academic Fraud at UNC

Robby Soave | 10.22.2014 3:58 PM

Scandal

Probe: UNC Athletes (and Others) Directed to Phony Fake Classes to Raise Grades

As opposed to phony actual classes

Reason Staff | 10.22.2014 2:00 PM

Policy

Agree Alcohol Is Main Factor in Sex Assault? You're a 'Rape Apologist,' Says Salon

Robby Soave | 10.21.2014 6:53 PM

Civil Liberties

Asking If 'Big Gov't Sucks' Got This Girl in Trouble with Cops, Kicked Off Campus

Robby Soave | 10.20.2014 4:50 PM

Sex

How to Solve the Campus Rape Crisis: Lower the Drinking Age

A lower drinking age might curb alcohol excess and sexual assault.

Robby Soave | 10.15.2014 4:30 PM

Civil Liberties

Obama's Mentor, Harvard Law Profs Blast New Sex Harassment Policies

Robby Soave | 10.15.2014 1:00 PM

Politics

Latest Salon Interview with Liz Warren Even More Nauseating Than Usual

So exclusive. Much interview.

Robby Soave | 10.13.2014 10:45 AM

Economics

Reason TV: Mike Rowe on the Value of a Strong Work Ethic

Paul Feine | 10.11.2014 10:30 AM

Politics

Sex-Shaming: The Feminist Weapon of Choice to Silence Dissenters on Affirmative Consent

Shikha Dalmia | 10.10.2014 4:06 PM

Civil Liberties

University Violates Its Own Speech Code; Free Speech Group Discovers a Drawback to Pointing This Out

Free expression takes a blow at the University of New Mexico.

Jesse Walker | 10.7.2014 10:32 AM

Policy

Student Loan Debt Skyrockets—and So Do Delinquencies

J.D. Tuccille | 10.6.2014 2:41 PM

Policy

"Their Kinky College Romance Ended Badly. So Did the School's Sexual-Assault Investigation."

Nick Gillespie | 10.6.2014 9:25 AM

Politics

Dormless Community Colleges to Get Government-Imposed Rape-Survivor 'Advocates' Instead of Goddamned Security Guards

Matt Welch | 10.3.2014 12:21 PM

War on Drugs

Headline of the Day: 'UMass to Review Policy on Students as Confidential Drug Informants'

Robby Soave | 9.30.2014 4:59 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: The White House Home Invasion, Obama Throws CIA Under the Bus, OK Beheading, Yes Means Yes = WTF?, School Choice Savings, and Homeschooling Scapegoats

Matt Welch | 9.29.2014 8:29 PM

Policy

Gov. Brown Signs Bill Telling College Kids Where, When to Have Sex

Robby Soave | 9.29.2014 8:00 AM

Civil Liberties

At U-M, Sexual Violence Includes 'Discounting Feelings,' 'Withholding Sex'

Robby Soave | 9.25.2014 3:53 PM

Policy

Go Home, Consent, You're Drunk

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 9.23.2014 4:15 PM

Politics

Only YOU Can Prevent College Sexual Assaults, Say Obama and Biden

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 9.19.2014 2:00 PM

Economics

College Students Increasingly Illegally Downloading Textbooks for Free

Who could blame them?

Zenon Evans | 9.19.2014 11:10 AM

Civil Liberties

FIRE to Colleges: Happy Constitution Day! Now Respect Free Speech Already

Robby Soave | 9.17.2014 10:10 PM

Civil Liberties

Steven Salaita and the Tyranny of 'Hate Speech'

"Hate" is in the eye of the beholder.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 9.16.2014 4:31 PM

underemployment

The Sluggish Economy Slams Recent College Grads

Jason Keisling and J.D. Tuccille | 9.15.2014 3:30 PM

Civil Liberties

Ohio State: Students Must Agree on Why They Are Having Sex

Robby Soave | 9.12.2014 4:33 PM

Civil Liberties

Trigger Warnings a Threat to Academic Freedom, Says AAUP

Robby Soave | 9.11.2014 1:02 PM

Education

"Airbnb of Education" Funds Keggers Across America

Lucian McMahon | 9.10.2014 5:02 PM

Politics

"Welcome to College. Now Please Stop Thinking."

Nick Gillespie | 9.10.2014 4:45 PM

Policy

Race-Based Admissions, Legacy Status, and Other Nonsense Ruined the Ivy League

Robby Soave | 9.8.2014 3:45 PM

Culture

Price of a College Degree too High? Blame Football!

Paul Detrick | 9.6.2014 3:00 PM

Policy

GWU Prez Should Not Apologize for Remark About Drunk Girls and Rape

That doesn't make him entirely right, though.

Robby Soave | 8.29.2014 5:05 PM

Civil Liberties

Back to School Surveillance: "If you're not where you want to be at the expected time, campus police will show up."

Zenon Evans | 8.29.2014 12:05 PM

California

Calif. Plastic Bag Ban Survives After All (As Do Other Bad Bills)

Scott Shackford | 8.29.2014 10:15 AM

Civil Liberties

It Was a Wild and Crazy Summer of Criminalizing Campus Sex

"In an effort to address sexual assault, college campuses are on the verge of entering into an Orwellian nightmare."

Robby Soave | 8.27.2014 4:30 PM

Politics

College is an Irony-Free Zone: "So you want to date a T.A." Edition

Nick Gillespie | 8.27.2014 9:53 AM

Civil Liberties

Harassment Charges for Student Who… Told Joke [Gasp!]

Robby Soave | 8.26.2014 2:53 PM

Obamacare

Obamacare: Universities Have to Cut Work Hours for Students, Profs

Robby Soave | 8.26.2014 12:12 PM

Guns

Latest Excuse for Overwrought College Campus Lockdowns: Umbrellas!

Scott Shackford | 8.25.2014 10:15 AM