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On Wednesday, April 17, Columbia University’s president and board of chairs testify at a long-overdue congressional hearing on campus antisemitism. Minouche Shafik, Columbia’s president, had been invited to the calamitous hearing last December alongside the presidents of Harvard, MIT and the University of Pennsylvania, but she, rather fortuitously, had a scheduling conflict. Jewish students cannot afford any further delays. A …

A Columbia University student who served in the Israeli armed forces is suing the Ivy League institution after he was suspended for using “fart spray” during a pro-Palestinian protest. The student is also accusing the school of selectively enforcing its policies to protect students. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in a New York federal court and states the student, referred …

A Harvard Medical School professor plagiarized extensive segments of a report on potentially carcinogenic chemicals, according to a federal judge. The Harvard Crimson reported that assistant professor Dipak Panigrahy previously submitted an expert report exceeding 500 pages on behalf of plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit against Lockheed Martin. The report claimed that a Lockheed Martin facility in Orlando, Florida, …

Students will pay more to attend Georgia’s public universities and colleges in the 2024-2025 academic year, with officials saying schools face rising costs and must charge more to maintain a quality education. Regents voted Tuesday to increase tuition and fees at the system’s 26 schools. The typical Georgia school will charge in-state undergraduates $6,466 in tuition and mandatory fees next …

A Muslim University of Southern California (USC) valedictorian has been barred from giving a speech at the school’s graduation ceremony following a series of social media posts she allegedly made about Israel. A spokesperson for the college directed Fox News Digital to information posted on the provost office website, which announced that Asna Tabassum will not deliver her speech at …

After his first attempt at large-scale student loan forgiveness produced a last-minute surge of young voters to the polls in the 2022 midterms before it was struck down by the Supreme Court, President Joe Biden is trying the same trick again in 2024. In swing state Michigan on April 8, the president unveiled another plan to unilaterally reduce or eliminate …

The chancellor of Appalachian State University announced Monday that she will step down later this week leading one of the largest campuses in the University of North Carolina system, citing recent health issues. Sheri Everts, who has been chancellor since 2014, will leave the post effective Friday, according to a university release. “Over the last few months, I have been …

With a strong religious tradition, some of the world’s leading faith-based institutions of higher learning are located in the United States. Although not a complete list of the approximately 600 Christian colleges across the U.S., here are some noteworthy Christian colleges and universities. Wheaton College Founded by abolitionists in 1860, Wheaton College, in the Chicago suburbs, has long been one …

A college student is helping young adults feel more confident in the future of their love life with a new insurance policy tool. Finding “the one” can be something that happens early in life for some people — or later on for others. In 2022, the average age of marriage for a female was 30, while the average age of …

University of Texas at Dallas (UT) will clear out its diversity, equity, and inclusion offices due to state law, according to an announcement from the university. In an effort to comply with Texas’ SB 17, operations of the Office of Campus Resources and Support (OCRS) will cease. “As a result, effective April 30, 2024, the Office of Campus Resources and …