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Joe College doesn’t go here anymore

The Typical College Student Is Not Who You Think It Is, writes Conor Friedersdorf in The Atlantic. Joe College and Betty Co-Ed are a tiny minority. Lumina Foundation’s Jamie Merisotis asks: “What...

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College learning takes 2.76 hours/day 

“The average full-time college student spends only 2.76 hours per day on all education-related activities,” according to a Heritage study. No wonder few complete a four-year degree in four years, write...

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What new college students need to know

The 7 things new college students don’t know that drive professors crazy start with “You’re not in charge.” After 12 years as a high school English teacher and four years as a college instructor,...

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Adulthood 101: Remedial resilience

East Carolina University will offer “adulting” class to help students cope with the transition “from home life to college life and into their adulthood,” It’s hoped Remedial Adulthood—  the university...

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Snowflake: Don’t compare me to a fragile student 

A Billings, Montana snowflake “is speaking out after learning that snowflakes are being used to describe overprotected college students who are easily distressed by ideas that do not align with their...

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U will monitor students’ social media, moods

A British university will monitor students’ social media posts to assess their well-being and happiness, reports Richard Vaughan on iNews. The University of Buckingham aims become Europe’s first...

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College orientation: What not to say

Rutgers freshmen will have to take a course on microaggressions as part of orientation reports Lindsay Marchello in Reason. The Language Matters Campaign, organized by the university’s Center for...

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Is free speech only for nice speech?

The University of California spent $600,000 on security to enable a conservative commentator, Ben Shapiro, to speak on campus. Thirty-nine percent of college students believe the First Amendment...

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Gourmet food delivery goes to college

A Stoovy Snacks courier delivers a pizza to Boston University students, then live-streams delivery to the student-run company’s social media followers. Photo: Aram Boghosian/Boston Globe At pricey...

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Those unhappy college years

Here’s more on the fragility theme: A quarter of college students were diagnosed with mental health conditions within the past year,” concludes a study published in Depression Anxiety. One in five...

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