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IVY League Revolt: Brown University Rejects Trump Compact, Calling Funding Deal a Threat to Academic Freedom

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IVY League Revolt: The second university to reject Donald Trump’s offer to join his administration’s 10-page college agreement, which would change university rules in exchange for preferential access to federal funds, is Brown University. A proposed agreement known as the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” would place limitations on foreign student admission as … Read more

Free Speech Showdown: Pro-Palestine Students Sue University to Challenge ‘Weaponized’ Antisemitism Definition

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Free Speech Showdown: After George Mason University in Virginia used a controversial definition of antisemitism to demand the removal of a social media post in which they referred to Israel as a “genocidal Zionist state” and the US as “the belly of the beast,” pro-Palestinian students are threatening to sue the university. The Students for … Read more

ACADEMIC APOCALYPSE: Texas University Faculty Fear Entire Liberal Arts Departments Face the Axe

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ACADEMIC APOCALYPSE: After the University of Texas at Austin secretly created a committee to examine the reorganization of its liberal arts programs, faculty members worry whole academic departments might be at risk. The largest university in the public University of Texas system has not announced any layoffs or reorganizations, but faculty members have been informed … Read more

FOUR YEARS for a Facebook Confession: Justice System Blasted Over Rapist’s Slap on the Wrist

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FOUR YEARS for: A man was sentenced on Monday to two to four years in jail for sending a Facebook message that said, “So I raped you,” to a woman he had sexually abused in 2013 while attending college in Pennsylvania. The prosecution and defense had originally suggested a four- to eight-year sentence for Ian … Read more

UVA Capitulates: University of Virginia Agrees to Federal Demands, Halting Admissions and Hiring Probe

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UVA Capitulates: The University of Virginia (UVA) has agreed to comply with the Trump administration’s demands to alter its admissions and hiring policies following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice, marking the latest flashpoint in the administration’s nationwide campaign against what it calls “discriminatory” diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs at public institutions. The agreement, announced by the … Read more