Three college presidents apologized for not acting more aggressively to curb antisemitism on their campuses during a House committee hearing on Wednesday, in what Republicans billed as an effort to…
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Opinion | How Anti-Woke Ideology Transformed My College
In the three years since Ron DeSantis set out to rid Florida’s universities of woke ideology, my campus changed significantly. Professors suddenly worried about what they could say and teach.…
Trump Is Fighting Antisemitism the Wrong Way, the American Jewish Committee Argues
Groups representing a vast range of colleges and universities joined one of the country’s foremost Jewish groups on Tuesday to urge the Trump administration to change how it is trying…
Trump Administration Disqualifies Harvard From Future Research Grants
The Trump administration on Monday sought to force Harvard University back to the negotiating table by informing the nation’s oldest and wealthiest college that it would not be eligible for…
Trump Says He’s ‘Taking Away’ Harvard’s Tax Exempt Status
Harvard University signaled Friday that it would resist President Trump’s renewed threat to revoke the school’s tax-exempt status, a move for which it said there was “no legal basis” as…
Trump Battles Universities, but Especially Harvard and the Ivy League
What is correct is that the president’s war on academia has focused intensely on the Ivy League, the richly endowed collection of eight schools, most founded in the colonial era,…
University of California’s New President, James Milliken, Will Come From Texas
The University of California system announced on Friday that its new president would be James B. Milliken, a longtime public university leader who currently serves at the University of Texas…
Harvard’s President Alan Garber Talks About His Legal Fight With Trump
Dr. Alan Garber, president of Harvard, disagrees with President Trump about many things. He is fighting Mr. Trump as the federal government tries to strip Harvard of billions of dollars…
Funds for Low-Income Students Are on the Chopping Block in Trump’s Budget
President Trump’s budget proposal would shrink the Education Department, which he has called on Congress to eliminate, by slashing its funding by 15 percent, or $12 billion. The most significant…
New York May Weaken Its Oversight Over Religious Schools
New York lawmakers are considering a measure that would dramatically weaken their oversight over religious schools, potentially a major victory for the state’s Hasidic Jewish community. The proposal, which could…