'A difficult position': Colleges sued by pro-Palestinian, pro-Israel protesters over First Amendment
Pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel protesters apparently agree on one thing: Universities are violating their First Amendment rights. Source link
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Rural private colleges are shuttering weekly as COVID stimulus runs out
Graduate student Kait Nascimento, a disabled single mother living on welfare benefits, says it took her 10 days to “freak out” about Goddard College closing this summer. That’s how long she needed after learning in early April that her three years of coursework for a master’s degree in mental health counseling would not transfer to […]
Not just colleges: Lawmakers call for heads to roll at K-12 schools beset by antisemitism
Leaders of some of the nation’s leading school districts went before Congress to defend their records of combating rising K-12 antisemitism, but lawmakers were skeptical any of them would be making the honor roll. Top school officials from New York City, Berkeley, California, and Montgomery County, Maryland, said they have taken action to stem the […]
Public colleges report sharpest decline in tuition revenue since 1980
Public colleges last year experienced their sharpest annual decline in tuition revenue since 1980, driven partly by plunging enrollments. Net tuition-and-fee revenue per full-time equivalent student in fiscal 2023 was $7,353, the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO) said Wednesday in an annual report. Adjusted for inflation, that’s down 3.3% from 2022 and 9.4% […]
Conservative Leaders Charge Democrats Are Waging ‘Holy War’ Against Christian Colleges
In a letter to Republican members of the United States Senate and House of Representatives a group of conservative leaders organized by The American Principles Project, and joined by ConservativeHQ.com, charged that the Democrats’ administrative state has decided to wage holy war against Christian colleges. The text of the letter and list of signers follows: […]
Some colleges that had permitted pro-Palestinian protests begin taking a tougher stance
CHICAGO — Police cleared a pro-Palestinian tent encampment at the University of Chicago on Tuesday after administrators who had initially adopted a permissive approach said the protest had crossed a line and caused growing concerns about safety. University President Paul Alivisatos acknowledged the school’s role as a protector of freedom of speech after officers in […]
Why Is the Pro-Palestinian Encampment Craze Sweeping Our Colleges? – PJ Media
Campus fads come and go, but we’ve come a long way from swallowing goldfish, stuffing as many people as possible into phone booths, and the ever-popular drinking until you pass out. The latest craze among college kids is, as Sen. John Fetterman (D-Penn.) indelibly put it, “living in a pup tent for Hamas.” No […]
A look at the protests of the war in Gaza that have emerged at U.S. colleges
Student protests over the Israel–Hamas war have popped up at many college campuses after the arrest of demonstrators at Columbia University earlier this month. The students are calling for universities to separate themselves from companies advancing Israel’s military efforts in Gaza and in some cases from Israel itself. Police have arrested hundreds nationwide since detainments […]
Online learning flourishes as residential colleges face rising costs
College degrees cost more than ever. But education insiders note the growing popularity of online programs, saying the cheaper alternatives could erase the need for students to rack up six figures of loan debt for tuition, room and board at residential campuses. Jason Altmire, who leads Career Education Colleges and Universities, a network of for-profit […]
Billions in U.S. Tax Dollars Going to Colleges Tolerating Anti-Semitism – PJ Media
Americans are watching in horror as thousands of real students led like sheep by “students” who happen to be professional organizers of protest demonstrations take over campuses, issue endless demands to intimidate spineless administrators, plant tent cities and create the kind of hate-filled environment not seen since Hitler’s Brown Shirts. […]