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Education as an Afterthought
1+ hour, 42+ min ago (389+ words) One of my most memorable experiences as a college student was an insult I received from my professor. I had missed an exam due to work, and I asked him if I could make it up on another day. He…...
Trump Officials Went After Dozens of Colleges. Now They're Rewriting the Rules for All of Academia
5+ hour, 58+ min ago (226+ words) A year ago, the White House was unleashing a blitz on higher education. At one campus after another, Trump officials opened investigations and cut federal funding unless schools fell in line with the Republican president's political agenda. Now, after a…...
Encounter Books Releases "Higher Education in America. It's Worse Than You Think" Edited by Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts.
19+ hour, 7+ min ago (468+ words) WASHINGTON'It's no secret that America's college campuses are in crisis. From violent protests and woke groupthink paralyzing free speech and rigorous debate to sky-high tuition rates, the average student faces too many challenges in pursuing higher education. To help identify…...
Number of students failing UC Berkeley computer science, engineering classes "soars
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (865+ words) The number of University of California Berkeley students who failed a computer science course this past spring semester was "significantly higher" than previous terms, according to a recent report. According to The Daily Californian, a whopping 35 percent failed the introductory…...
Washington school board director, sex shop owner host sex-ed event for kids as young as 9
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (260+ words) A Washington school board director who owns a sex shop is helping host a sex education event for children as young as 9 years old, drawing scrutiny over the program's content and the role of an elected education official in promoting…...
NJ school district slams "offensive" watermelon graphic on Juneteenth menu
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (118+ words) Families in a New Jersey school district were left outraged after a cafeteria menu distributed for June displayed a watermelon graphic on Juneteenth " prompting school officials to condemn the image as racially offensive and demand immediate action from the district's…...
Substituting The Government For The Family: In First Set Back To Homeschooling In Decades, Connecticut Declares War
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (319+ words) Connecticut officials just adopted the first major new restriction on homeschooling in America in decades, forcing parents to seek permission from "child welfare" authorities while imposing a slew of new regulations on families who exit government schools. Advocates for home…...
Notre Dame seeks foreign worker to teach English
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (383+ words) Also looking to hire a librarian using the H1-B visa worker program The University of Notre Dame says it cannot find any American to teach English and so it must fill the job with a foreign worker visa. The Catholic…...
Bachelor's Degrees Aren't Cool Anymore
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (363+ words) So why, if young people are still enrolling at consistently high rates, are they so skeptical? If you don't have the correct skin color or have the correct genitalia, fewer and fewer degrees that are worth it anymore, especially considering…...
Cornell bans radical student after university president was held hostage in car over Israel debate clash
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (239+ words) A Cornell student activist who hounded the Ivy League school's president, Michael Kotlikoff, in a parking lot following an Israel-Palestinian debate has been banned from campus. Aiden Vallecillo is prohibited from attending any events at the Ithaca institution for one…...