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With hundreds of U.S. newspaper closings leaving legions with little access to local news, a college newspaper in Iowa has stepped up to buy two struggling weekly publications. The move by The Daily Iowan, a nonprofit student paper for the University of Iowa, is believed to be a first, though other universities are stepping up to fill America’s news void …

The University of Texas at Austin laid off dozens of employees who worked in their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs to comply with a new state law, according to a report. University of Texas at Austin President Jay Hartzell announced Tuesday the school’s Division of Campus and Community Engagement is being dissolved and its programs and funding transferred to …

North Carolina State University in Raleigh continues to investigate student and alumni exposure to concerning levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), a probable carcinogen, in one of its campus buildings that the school officially shut down in November of last year. More than 150 cancer cases in people who attended classes at Poe Hall have been reported to local news outlet …

A Stanford professor, who was one of the thought leaders behind San Francisco’s removal of algebra in junior high for equity reasons, is coming under fire over allegations her work is “based in inaccuracy,” which she vehemently denies. Dr. Jo Boaler is a math education professor at Stanford University who supports “promot[ing] equity in mathematics education.” The professor has wielded …

A group of concerned parents raised $40,000 to pay for private security guards to patrol the University of California, Berkeley campus area amid crime concerns, and the program reportedly stopped at least one assault in progress within a three-week period. SafeBears touts itself as an organization of “1,300+ Cal parents and community allies working to improve safety for UC Berkeley …

The death of a student on Bucknell University’s campus Saturday was unrelated to what is being described as an active shooter “hoax” on Friday. “It is with a heavy heart that I share the news of the death of a Bucknell student on campus today. Together we mourn the passing of Christian Samay ’24. This is an unspeakable loss for …

I spend most of my days defending the right of women to associate with other women, be that in a sorority, sports, abuse shelters and so on. And yes, when I find myself explaining to intelligent people that “men” do not qualify as “women” under a sorority’s 150-year-old membership policy, I wonder whether the world has lost its mind. I …

A University of Minnesota Law School diversity fellowship will now give equal consideration to White and male applicants following a civil rights complaint. According to The College Fix, the application for a full-ride diversity fellowship sponsored by the Jones Day law firm has been changed after education watchdog Adam Kissel filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office …

A group of frustrated parents at UC Berkley have raised $40,000 to hire unarmed security guards to monitor city streets around the California campus after continued concerns of rising crime. Parents and community members of SafeBears, a nonprofit organization started in 2022, raised $40,000 at the end of 2023 to launch a pilot program to implement security guards in the …

Colleges today aren’t sure what they’re doing. An application process that for decades focused on SAT and ACT scores is gone for the most part. Yet there are now signs of a comeback, as some Ivy League institutions are reinstating a mandatory submission of scores after changes were put in place during the COVID pandemic. Millions of parents enrolled their …