Steady Rise in Student Perfectionism Since 1990s
College students have become more likely to have unrealistic demands for themselves and others, according to a new study.
Education
College Presidents Say: "Hate Speech Is Not Free Speech"
But there's no "hate speech" exception to the First Amendment.
Universities Are Raising a Generation of Trumplets
Free speech is increasingly triggering.
The Massive Higher-Ed Scam You've Never Heard About: Podcast
Renegade University's Thaddeus Russell on the federal-accreditation racket, why the Ivys are terrified of competition, and how postmodernism is libertarianism's ally.
Misguided Preschool Mandate Will Cost D.C. Parents and Teachers But Won't Help Kids
All day care workers will have to get a specialized degree by 2020 or risk losing their jobs.
GW Students Organize to Fight Oppression By Oppressing Reading Choices
Obvious propaganda should be labeled propaganda, obviously.
Conservative Snowflakes Get Protesting Nebraska Instructor Booted From Her Teaching Job
Will colleges sanction every educator with a provocative opinion?
Chicago Public Schools Execs Lied, Altered Records to Cover Up Wrongdoing
The school system's CEO and general counsel have both resigned over the scandal.
The End of Free Speech
In 2017, the left eats its own and the right shows its true colors.
Yale Held Transcript of Former Basketball Star in Title IX Lawsuit Hostage
Former student alleges the school screwed up its investigation.
Not Content Punishing its Own Students, RPI Goes After a Visitor
School fails to make Obama-era Title IX rules stick to the former boyfriend of a student.
How Open-Access Journals Are Transforming Science
Academic publishers are "still acting as if the internet doesn't exist," says Michael Eisen, co-founder of the Public Library of Science.
American Professor Charged With Crime for Giving Speech to Danish Parliament
The speech amounted to an illegal side job, according to Danish officials.
Antifa Wants 'Bleeding Heart Libertarian' Professor Fired. We're Not Exactly Sure Why.
He did make the mistake of having his picture taken with Milo Yiannopoulos.
D.C. Miracle Turnaround School Exposed as a Fraud
A investigation released today shows how Ballou High School graduated a whole class of seniors despite rampant absenteeism and failing test scores.
Can't Pay Your Student Loans? In Some States, That Means You Can't Work Either.
Taking away someone's ability to earn money seems like a shortsighted way to get loans repaid.
Mom Faces Wiretapping Charges for Trying to Protect Child from School Bullies
Administrators didn't respond, so she turned to a recording device to get evidence. Now she faces jail.
Graduate Instructor Who Showed Gendered-Pronoun Debate to Class Is Basically Hitler, Says School
"It's dangerous to say that a topic is off the table just because it might be a little bit controversial," says the Wilfrid Laurier University student.
Arkansas Universities Want to Be Able to Fire Professors Who Aren't Collegial
General counsel for the university system tries to slip in long-condemned policy.
Fearing 'Terrorism,' Middle School Cancels D.C. Trip
Just because the world is not perfectly safe does not mean it is terribly dangerous.
University of California President Janet Napolitano Offers Weak Apology for Major Misconduct
The former Homeland Security secretary interfered with a state audit of the university's finances.
The Spurious Move to Stifle Speech on Campus Because it is 'Dehumanizing'
It's another of a panoply of ways to silence opinions academics and students disagree with.
Dear Prudence Meets Due Process
Former Slate advice columnist and Atlantic essayist Emily Yoffe takes on the campus rape crisis.
'Democracy Vouchers' Help Incumbents, Establishment Candidates Coast to Victory
Seattle's vouchers, passed to give outsiders a leg up, instead act as campaign welfare for well-established candidates.
Columbia Student Group Thinks Student Groups It Disagrees With Should Be Defunded
The Black Students' Organization thinks the College Republicans are peddling violent speech.
Students Against Free Speech, Political Correctness Run Amok, and Other Findings from Cato's New Survey
Students are split on whether the government should restrict hate speech.
Students Were Offended By a Play That Mocks Political Correctness, So Brandeis Cancelled It
"It is an overtly racist play and will be harmful to the student population if staged."
Philosophy Professor Tells Bisexual Student Who Criticized Islam 'We're Not Going to Let You Damage the Program'
"We have not designed our program to tolerate these behaviors."
Are Your Kids Too Fragile? How to Make the Next Generation More Resilient.
Lenore Skenazy, Jonathan Haidt, Peter Gray, and Daniel Shuchman launch, Let Grow, a non-profit devoted to promoting better policies for raising children.
Cleveland State Debates Free Speech Boundaries of Poster Promoting LGBTQ Suicide
Contrite university president offers a tepid defense of the First Amendment.
Oberlin College Is Hiring Students to Be Social Justice Activists, Host Microaggression Training
Earn $8.15 an hour converting your classmates into leftist activists.
The Fragile Generation
Bad policy and paranoid parenting are making kids too safe to succeed.
Just How Much Did Nancy MacLean Get Wrong?
Despite being a finalist for the National Book Awards, Democracy in Chains is fatally flawed history.
Racist Graffiti Incidents at Eastern Michigan and the University of Maryland Were Both Hoaxes
Both perpetrators were black males.
Bias Response Teams Thwarted in Their Goal of a Sensitive Campus by the First Amendment
How can you re-program the thinking of boorish college students when their free speech guarantees get in the way?
Columbia Law Professor: Letting a Right-Wing Activist Speak Is 'An Act of Violence'
Angry protesters shut down Tommy Robinson event.
This UPenn Teacher Justifies Her Refusal to Call on White Male Students: It's 'Progressive Stacking'
"I will always call on my Black women students first. Other POC get second tier priority. WW come next. And, if I have to, white men."
Students Crashed College Republicans' Meeting at UC-Santa Cruz, Demanded Shutdown
Fascists do not deserve the right of assembly or free speech, protesters claim.
