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more about #higherlearning more comments → Richard Petty Bourgeoisie: And here I thought nerds only cared about hair pie. The more you know . . . more » FitnessMadeSimple: Oh, hey, good idea. Let's make a statement about how intolerant these folks are by being intolerant! And then we can put out a poorly-written press re... more » Sergio Hernandez: And of course it's the same group of Che Guevara wannabes who "occupied" the Kimmel dining hall last year. [gawker.com] Maybe they're angling for PE... more » DahlELama: Well, I for one am proud to see kids from my alma mater spreading a solid message to the public. Oh, what's that? The message you intended to send wa... more » BettyCrocker: The event, entitled "The Jihad Still Threatens America," encouraged viscous Islamophobia and promoted aggressive military intervention in majority Mus... more » Helio: as a person with one of those glittery, worthless Bacherlor's Degrees (from a "good" school no less) I'm from the lower middle class and I was told ad... more » southernbitch: Ugh. I'm about to have to make the decision to leave my pretty good job to go to grad school. Lately it's seeming like a worse and worse idea to do ... more » budy920: if i had to do it over, i'd be a plumber!- #thepoors more » Antennapedia: CC faculty piping up: the increased enrollment also has an unfortunate side effect of raising the cost of community college education. More students ... more » headexplodenow: Yeah, I can see how a postgraduate degree would be invaluable in learning how to push a button on an espresso machine. As a part-time Starbucks barist... more » ICanHasComments: I find that, as a very recent graduate, as long as I can call myself a "twitter expert" and/or social media expert I will never be out of a job in Man... more » PaisleyPajamas: The problem is that college degrees do not afford any sort of skill set upon graduation. The folks I see surviving the recession best are those who h... more » Spirit Fingers: Geez, why not just reconfigure the public school structure, and perhaps extend formal education a year? Making Senior year of HS and Freshman year of ... more » redqueenmeg: It's true... I have a postgrad degree and I have no idea if Starbucks would hire me. I'm considering getting a second postgrad degree because I've se... more » Buttafooco: It's good that we can all have a sense of humor about this topic but the sad reality remains that there are a lot of people struggling mightily to sim... more » -
#jihad
NYU Tolerancemongers Attack Intolerance With Pie
Last week, Forbes columnist and NYU professor Tunku Varadarajan won our Outrage-off for his column about crazy Muslim murderers lurking amongst us. NYU radicals have struck back with a revolutionary pie-ing of Varadarajan's Islamaphobic allies! More » -
#trendwatch
Community College Admission Now Aspirational
Thanks to the recession-era glut of job-seekers, Starbucks barista jobs now require a postgraduate degree. But you shouldn't worry about that, because you can no longer even get into community college. More » -
#higherlearning
Man Punching Woman Fails to Make Ivy League Edgy
It took a punch to the face to make newspapers edgy again. Could a drunken punch to the face (of a woman), after an argument about racism, make the Ivy League edgy, too? One Columbia prof is testing that theory! More » -
#higherlearning
New Teen Craze: 'Responsible Decisionmaking'
God damn teenagers: they're going to (community) college in record numbers. Also they're finishing high school in record numbers, because why not? More » -
#recessionomics
Beat Me, Cheat Me, Slay Me, Pay Me
The Way We Live Now: Counterintuitively. The recession is discombobulating your normal expectations. Prices for worthless schools go up. Lawyers turn to pimps. Everybody wants to be abused. Dildos are not what they seem! More » -
#higherlearning
Are College Kids Crazier Than Ever Or Do They Just Like The Happy Pills?
Campus shrinks say a record number of college students are seeking treatment for mental health issues and that their problems are more severe than ever. Are the kids alright? More » -
#higherlearning
Bloggers: Higher Learning's Saviors, or Destroyers?
MIT's student bloggers are grade-A. They write about everything. And the school loves them for it. But not all of America's schools are so keen on handing over the virtual reins. They should, though, because this internet thing's wild. More » -
#food
Are America's College Kids Healthy Enough to Make Several Trips to the Buffet Line?
For the sake of fitness, American college students are being asked to waddle back to their all-you-can-eat cafeteria buffets each time they want a new plateful of hot ham-n-cheese sandwiches and ranch dressing-laden iceberg lettuce. Too much to ask? More » -
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#todayshappenings
Harvard Prof Grazes Cow In Harvard Yard
Retiring Harvard professorColonel SandersHarvey Cox doddered onto Harvard Yard yesterday to graze his cow, as is his god damn right. More » -
#science
College Kids Maintaining, Bro
The Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs—the most popular journal—found that the binge-drinking and unprotected sex habits of students at America's drunkest colleges has barely changed since the early 90s. So what's the problem, right? High-five. [JSAD] -
#shutupcollege
The Ten Types of Harvard Wannabes
William Fitzsimmons, Harvard's dean of admissions, is taking questions on the New York Times' website. So far, 788 queries have been submitted. What do these questions tell us about American higher education? That it can make you crazy, times ten. More » -
#shutupcollege
Blood Art Sex Magik Too Hot For Yale
Yale art major Aliza Shvarts induced many throwups amongst people who read about her induced-abortion art project last year. But she also induced, uh, Yale not letting somebody have a blood drive, for art? Something something, "meaning." Yale! More » -
#cowards
Yale Press Sides With Religious Fanatics Over Own Author
Yale University Press is publishing a book about the Danish Muhammad cartoon controversy of 2005. But Yale will not publish any images of the cartoons, or Muhammad, because Yale University Press is run by freedom-disregarding accommodationist pussies. More » -
#whocares
College Rankings Totally Made Up
Listicle publication Forbes says that the US Military Academy, of all places, is "America's Best College." Is that even allowed? Competitor listicle publication the Princeton Review has struck back with its own outrageously outside-the-box college ranking listicle items! More » -
#fakejobs
Scams We Wish We Thought Of: College Admission Counseling
The spectrum of Fake Ass Jobs extends from jobs that are totally useless and made up (branding consultants, "generational consultants") to, on the other end, jobs that sound useful, but are actually borderline-criminal scams. Hello, "Independent College Counselor"! More » -
#math
College: Waste of Time
Just like my high school history teacher told us, skipping college and getting a damn job instead is the smartest economic thing you could possibly do. Someone has proven it, using mathematics! More » -
#recessionomics
Stumbling on Lost Cash Now America's #1 Employment Hope
The Way We Live Now: Waiting for that last big score. The government won't let us stop working. The economy won't let us start working. We just go to college and dream of finding a box full of cash. More » -
#trendwatch
Privileged Elites Offer Each Other Helping Hands
The players: Manhattan media playboy Jared Kushner's younger brother Joshua (pictured); Harvard students; rich people; and NYT faux-trend specialist Allen Salkin. It's a case where both an idea and the meta-coverage of the idea are equally enraging! More » -
#shutupcollege
Hippie School Bans Poors
Hippie-infested Reed College still boasts one of the best naked Slip-n-Slide celebrations in the greater Portland area, but guess what it does not boast, now: poors. Only hippies who can pay $50K a year are allowed! More » -
#ivyleague
Let's Talk About That Harvard Murder and Race
So, a young black man is murdered on the Harvard campus by another young black man; a black female Harvard student is kicked off campus as a result, and charges racism. Can you spot the elephant in this Ivy room? More »
