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• Expulsion for student who wrote about his crush on a prof

  College Fix Staff •February 13, 2012

  The student wrote about his physical attraction to some of his female teachers, including the writing instructor checking his journal assignments. None of the content was threatening, but the instructor complained to campus authorities.

• The $10,000 Bachelor’s Degree

  College Fix Staff •February 13, 2012

  Another sign that the internet is about to burst the college cost bubble: In the past, students have paid for courses, at a rate of $370 a credit, putting the cost of the average Excelsior degree at about $20,000. Now, there’s a cheaper alternative. Faculty at Excelsior have matched each end-of-course exam to one or more free online courses. Students download the free course, complete it through independent study and then sit for the final exam.

• Occupiers were paid to protest CPAC

  College Fix Staff •February 10, 2012

  The Conservative Political Action conference--a yearly gathering of conservative leaders, activists, and students--has been made a target of the Occupy movement, which is protesting the event. But according to The Daily Caller, labor unions are paying the occupiers to show up for the protest.

• Stanford sets fundraising record

  College Fix Staff •February 9, 2012

  A five-year fundraising drive paid off for Stanford University, which raised $6.2 billion--the most money ever raised by a university during a donor campaign.

• More experts say college students aren’t learning enough

  College Fix Staff •February 9, 2012

  A new book, We're Losing Our Minds, argues that today's students aren't gaining any "higher" learning in American universities.

• Many of Obama’s ‘Jobs’ Are Unpaid Internships

  College Fix Staff •February 9, 2012

  In a column this week, Ron Meyer of the Young America's Foundation revealed the truth about Obama's bogus jobs claims, and explained why the president is losing support among college-age voters: Since Inauguration Day, the president’s approval rating with the 18-to-29 crowd set a record for the most precipitous drop in Gallup Poll history, from 77 percent approval to 48 percent. The Youth Misery Index (which combines youth unemployment, average graduating college debt and the national debt) is at an all-time high.