[ad_1] Students at the University of Wisconsin at Madison are demanding that a student who made a racist video be expelled, but the university says it cannot do so because of the First Amendment, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. “UW-Madison is once again letting its students down,” said the Student Inclusion Coalition. In the video, …
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[ad_1] Some students taking the Advanced Placement exam in Chinese Tuesday were unable to log in to the test. The problem occurred for about 4,700 students who were trying to take the test at 700 high schools. Those students “will be able to take the exam on its scheduled make-up date of May 18 or on …
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[ad_1] Thomas Jefferson University president Mark Tykocinski has apologized after coming under fire for liking tweets critical of coronavirus vaccines, gender-confirmation surgery and college diversity, equity, and inclusion offices, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported last week. Critics told the newspaper that the president’s likes sent “an anti–public health message.” Tykocinski, a molecular immunologist, also serves as …
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[ad_1] New College of Florida has fired librarian Helene Gold, The Sarasota Herald-Tribune reported, making her the second LGBTQ+ employee dismissed by the college this year. NCF is undergoing a conservative makeover driven by new trustees and interim president Richard Corcoran. Gold—who served as associate dean of academic engagement at the Jane Bancroft Cook Library—questioned …
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[ad_1] The Virginia Commonwealth University chapter of the United Campus Workers union, members of which are pictured here in 2021, is now fighting proposed layoffs. Faculty members in a Virginia Commonwealth University department that’s supposed to teach new students core skills say the university has proposed laying off about a third of them. “The impact …
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[ad_1] If former president Donald Trump returns to the White House, he plans to replace college accreditors and impose new standards on the nation’s colleges and universities that include removing diversity, equity and inclusion staff members; protecting free speech; and “defending the American tradition and Western civilization.” Trump said in a campaign video this week …
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[ad_1] Wesleyan University has agreed to cover the costs of reproductive health care for its students, the university’s Young Democratic Socialists of America chapter announced Tuesday. Starting in the fall, the university will cover any remaining costs of abortion services after insurance, as well as transit to and from the clinic and any pain medication …
[ad_1] Despite declining enrollment at many U.S. higher ed institutions, nearly three-fourths of all adults say a college degree is as important as (35 percent) or more important (39 percent) than it was 20 years ago, according to a new report from Gallup and the Lumina Foundation. Twenty-six percent said they thought it was less important. “The State …
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[ad_1] The American University of Puerto Rico will end its operations at the end of this year, the institution announced on its website. A translation of the private, nonprofit institution’s Spanish-language notice said that its Board of Trustees had made the “difficult and painful decision to permanently suspend the operations” of the institution in December …
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