"Is College Bad for Girls?" asks this 1905 booklet—unearthed by Melinda Lo and found via Christian Nightmares—by E.J. Richards and available at turn-of-the-century physicians' offices everywhere. Good thing we no longer talk like that! » 3/05/15 12:00pm Yesterday 12:00pm

The private women's college Bryn Mawr emailed a group of students late last week encouraging them to join the new school-sponsored weight loss program. Students received the email based on their elevated body mass index, data that was mined from their medical records collected by the college's Health Center. » 1/30/15 3:00pm 1/30/15 3:00pm

Women's college Mount Holyoke has decided to stop performing Eve Ensler's classic play "The Vagina Monologues." The college has been annually performing theater classic for decades, but since Mount Holyoke redefined its definition of "woman" to include transgender students, many felt the play was neither inclusive nor… » 1/15/15 10:30pm 1/15/15 10:30pm

SeekingArrangement.com, the website that promises to set up broke young co-eds with "wealthy benefactors," has just released new data ranking college campuses across America according to how many women sign up at each. The biggest surprise? Not that many college students want to date rich old guys, actually. » 1/12/15 5:50pm 1/12/15 5:50pm

A small survey of college men points at something equal parts interesting and disturbing: one in three of them say they would be willing to "use force to obtain intercourse" as long as nobody would find out and there would be no consequences. But very few were willing to say they would commit rape, suggesting that… » 1/09/15 6:50pm 1/09/15 6:50pm

Americans have a very specific set of stereotypes about undergraduate education, which these days likely involves some mutter-muttering about those dang millennials. But the college experience isn't so monolithic. For instance: 26 percent of undergrads are already raising children. » 12/16/14 4:00pm 12/16/14 4:00pm

"This isn't a PSA about a sexual assault," Jon Hamms voice intones in the White House's latest PSA for their It's On Us Campaign, which aims to prevent sexual assault. "It's about being the guy who stops it." » 11/13/14 10:30am 11/13/14 10:30am

Tanning beds are terrible for you, a means of paying to drastically increase your skin cancer risk. The CDC disapproves, and so does the surgeon general. Seriously, they are dumb and terrible. And yet, according to a new study, they're alarmingly common on college campuses. What, because college was too healthy? » 10/31/14 12:30pm 10/31/14 12:30pm

Students at the University of Pennsylvania will be pleased to learn that their extracurricular activities have been turned into a class they can pay for: ENGL 111.301: Wasting time on the Internet is being taught by Professor Kenneth Goldsmith. According to the description, attendees "will be required to stare at the… » 10/28/14 3:00pm 10/28/14 3:00pm

By now, it's well established that colleges are pretty deplorable at responding to and adjudicating sexual assault cases. Of course, the institutional negligence and ineptitude doesn't end there: a new report shows that even when students are found responsible for sexual assault, it's very unlikely they'll be kicked… » 9/29/14 2:20pm 9/29/14 2:20pm

Following the death of student Tucker Hipps, whose body was found after he reportedly disappeared from a fraternity outing, Clemson University has suspended all fraternity activities indefinitely. » 9/24/14 11:40am 9/24/14 11:40am

Some of you may recall the tragic tale of the tantrum of Arya Toufanian, the college party mogul who mere months ago acted foolish to a degree that should embarrass other people his age. Well, apparently his douchebaggery was too much for a site that glorifies the sort of college partying that would be grimly called a… » 9/23/14 4:45pm 9/23/14 4:45pm

Wesleyan University leadership has determined that if fraternities want to continue to operate on Wesleyan's campus, they need to begin accepting women, and they need to start doing it within the next 3 years. » 9/22/14 12:00pm 9/22/14 12:00pm

Here's the good news. Colleges are taking Title IX seriously and asking that students be well-versed in substance abuse and sexual assault prevention. Here's the bad news: You may have to disclose how many people you've gone down on in the last three months. » 9/18/14 5:10pm 9/18/14 5:10pm

Soon women in New York City will be able to request a lady cab driver. I’m not sure, but this might be as exciting a choosing a female OBGYN for my annual pap smear. Sorry, dude doctors. » 9/08/14 10:40am 9/08/14 10:40am