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Pomona College Suspends Students Who Occupied Building While Demanding Divestment From Israel

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 14, 2024 3 Comments

"Last spring, protesters occupied President Starr’s office, which ended with Pomona’s administration calling in law enforcement."...

Chinese Students at U. Michigan Charged After Allegedly Spying on Military Base

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 13, 2024 6 Comments

"were confronted by a sergeant major of the Utah National Guard in August 2023 after midnight near a lake at Camp Grayling, according to a criminal complaint"...

Faculty at Mount Holyoke College Told to Report ‘Misgendering’ and ‘Incorrect’ Pronoun Use

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 13, 2024 11 Comments

“misgendering creates a hostile environment”...

The Trend Towards Political Neutrality at Colleges is Real

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 13, 2024 8 Comments

"The debate represents a shift in the way colleges engage with a quintessential aspect of higher education: the free flow of ideas."...

UW-Madison Drops Racial Restrictions And Renames ‘BIPOC Fellows’ Program After Equal Protection Project Challenge

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 12, 2024 5 Comments

After EPP filed a Civil Rights Complaint and the U.S. Dept. of Education opened a formal investigation, UW- Madison "revised the Creando Program’s mission, selection criteria and renamed the program as the Creando Comunidad"...

UPenn Donor Who Cut Ties With School Now Redirecting Millions to Israeli Universities

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 12, 2024 20 Comments

"He said it's naive to believe that elite U.S. universities are 'reformable.'"...

Less Than Six Percent of Profs at Maine Colleges Are Registered Republicans

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 12, 2024 5 Comments

"Of the 2,222 college professors and lecturers investigated, registered Democrats amounted to 54.63 percent, followed by those not registered to vote (20.29 percent) and unaffiliated voters (16.28 percent)."...

Mental Health Clinic at Yale Now Asking Kids About Racism

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 12, 2024 3 Comments

“involves a strategic effort to systematically integrate patients’ racial identities and experiences into clinical assessments and treatment plans”...

Home Grown Terrorism on Campus Week in Education

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 12, 2024 1 Comment

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Arizona State U. Under Fire After Harris Campaign Accessed Data to Text 70,000 Students

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 11, 2024 6 Comments

“If Kamala Harris has access to all of Arizona college students’ phone numbers, what ELSE do they have?”...

Middlebury College Can De-Name Historic Mead Memorial Chapel, Court Rules

Posted by Jane Coleman on October 11, 2024 16 Comments

"Governor Mead contributed most of the funds supporting the initial construction of the chapel, but he did not provide funds for its indefinite maintenance, and Middlebury has determined that the time has come to change the name."...