Higher Education

House GOP urges Cardona to enforce 2019 executive order to fight antisemitism

Jeremiah Poff · December 18, 2023 9:34 pm

FILE - In this March 14, 2019, file photo, Taylor Swift arrives at the iHeartRadio Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Swift says the efforts of a Tennessee LGBTQ advocacy group to fight against a handful of contentious bills moving inside the stateâs GOP-controlled General Assembly inspired her to make a sizeable donation.

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Why are colleges offering courses about Taylor Swift?

Christopher Tremoglie · December 18, 2023 12:11 pm

Gov. Kevin Stitt (R-OK) addresses a campaign rally Nov. 1, 2022, in Oklahoma City.

Republican-controlled states ramp up efforts to ban DEI at public universities

Jeremiah Poff · December 18, 2023 11:33 am

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The root causes of our illiberal higher education system

Bobby Jindal · December 17, 2023 10:48 am

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona speaks during an interview in his office at the Department of Education on Sept. 20, 2023, in Washington.

Education Department reveals 40% of student loan borrowers missed first payment since COVID

Misty Severi · December 16, 2023 9:31 pm

The hedge fund finishing school that is Harvard

Dominic Green · December 15, 2023 8:03 am

FILE - A Carnegie Mellon University sign is displayed outside Baker Hall on the university's campus in Pittsburgh, June 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Carnegie Mellon graduate sues university for ‘culture of antisemitism’

Jeremiah Poff · December 14, 2023 10:47 pm

University of Wisconsin board reverses course and takes deal to cut DEI staff

Jeremiah Poff · December 14, 2023 10:15 pm

Claudine Gay, Edgerley Family Dean of Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences, addresses an audience during commencement ceremonies, Thursday, May 25, 2023.

Harvard cracked down on plagiarism before Claudine Gay, review shows

Jeremiah Poff · December 14, 2023 11:00 am

Harvard President Claudine Gay, left, speaks as University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill listens, during a hearing of the House Committee on Education on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023 in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

Last week again exposed the rot at elite universities

Adam Carrington · December 14, 2023 7:22 am

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It’s not just the Ivies: Public universities must answer for their moral rot too

Jay P Greene and Mike Gonzalez · December 14, 2023 7:22 am

Antisemitism backlash ignites revolt against DEI programs on college campuses

Misty Severi · December 13, 2023 4:40 pm