Saving Academia From Itself Week in Education

MIKE LACHANCE JUL 26, 2025 8:00 AM

Changing education in America is like trying to turn around an ocean liner, but Trump is off to a good start.

• Columbia Agrees to $200 Million Settlement Over Claims it Discriminated Against Jewish Students
• Middlebury College Prof Claims Trump is Forcing Her to Teach ‘Lies’ About Gender
• Trump Admin to Distribute Millions in ‘Patriotic Education’ Grants for Students

The Equal Protection Project is doing its part.

• Dept. Education Investigates Discrimination Against American-Born Students After Equal Protection Project Complaints

There are other signs of healing.

• Rush University Medical Center Scales Back ‘Gender Affirming Care’ for Minors
• USC Professor’s Youth-Focused Gender Transitioning Clinic Shutting Down
• Kansas Public University Leaders Order Employees to Remove Pronouns From Email Signatures

Of course, we still have to deal with this.

• George Mason U Profs Say School Condemned ‘Islamophobia’ – But Not Antisemitism
• Pro-Israel Event at U Illinois Urbana-Champaign Reported to Bias Team 50 Times
• Anti-Israel Campus Protests Are Causing Jewish Students to Self-Censor

Schools are going to have to learn to make due with less.

• Northwestern U Cuts Staff and Halts Hiring Amid Federal Funding Freeze
• Temple U Laying Off 50 Employees as it Struggles With Massive Budget Deficit

Some schools are resorting to awful ideas.

• Penn State Board of Trustees Approves Tuition Hike
• U Minnesota Adds $200 Student Fee at Twin Cities Campus to Help Pay Student Athletes

Excellent news!

• Columbia Suspends and Expels Students Who Were Part of Anti-Israel Library Takeover

He deserves worse.

• Bryan Kohberger Gets Four Life Sentences for Murder of Idaho Students

Getting back to the basics is working.

• Southern States Lead Country in Reading and Math Following the Covid Slump

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