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Sonoma State University President Mike Lee is retiring just days after being placed on administrative leave for making concessions to anti-Israel student groups on campus. As Politico noted, Lee announced his retirement two days after being reprimanded by the university for making the concessions “without the appropriate approvals.” They included telling anti-Israel students he would initiate efforts to divest the …

Nineteen anti-Israel agitators were arrested at the University of Pennsylvania on Friday night, after hundreds of protesters descended onto a campus building and attempted to occupy it. Police confirmed to Fox News Digital that there were 19 arrests following the protest at the university’s Fisher Bennett Hall. According to the university, six students were among those arrested, while 12 people …

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision last summer to ban affirmative action practices in college admissions, in addition to various state legislation and mounting political pressure, a growing number of institutions for higher learning are dismantling their diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs and practices. The Chronicle of Higher Education has tracked changes at 158 college campuses in …

A Vermont university has bestowed the honorary degree of “doctor of litter-ature” on Max the cat, a beloved member of its community, ahead of students’ graduation on Saturday. Vermont State University’s Castleton campus is honoring the feline not for his mousing or napping, but for his friendliness. CATS AT COLLEGE? ‘HIGHLY EMOTIONAL’ STUDENTS MAY BENEFIT FROM FELINES ON CAMPUS: STUDY …

Some of the anti-Israel agitators who were arrested Wednesday as authorities dismantled an anti-Israel encampment on the University of California, Irvine campus, claimed to be professors at the college. At least 47 people were arrested after hundreds of protesters swarmed the campus and set up barricades, the university said Thursday. The chaos began when several hundred protesters entered the Physical …

Watching recent protests and violence on college campuses, one must ask where the adults are in the room. Boards, administrators, faculty, staff and parents all fit the bill. Someone taught these kids this kind of behavior, either actively or by neglect. Gen X deserves some scrutiny in all this. We are the gappers, the smaller generation between the Boomers and …

A judge in the United Kingdom ruled that a Japanese professor was incorrect in attributing racism to a comment from her superior about loving sushi. In September 2021, University of London Professor Nana Sato-Rossberg alleged that her boss, Provost Claire Ozanne, raised the subject of Japanese food and that her family likes this cuisine and that they eat sushi. This …

As the academic year draws to a close and commencements take place across the country, the universities are hoping that the energy of the anti-Israel protests is fading, despite declarations of intent to remain active this summer, including at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The protests have revealed something significant that must be monitored and addressed: Not only does …

Nearly 50 people were arrested after hundreds of anti-Israel protesters swarmed the campus of UC Irvine in California and set up barricades, the university confirmed Thursday. The university said that the 47 individuals arrested were charged with trespassing or failing to disperse after a direct police order. The booking process began on campus and those arrested were taken to the …

Jewish students, parents and professors from Ithaca, New York-based Cornell University voiced their disgust after President Martha E. Pollack shared her “gratitude” for anti-Israel agitators, thanking them for “remaining peaceful and nonviolent.” The students, parents and professors’ outrage came after Pollack, who recently announced her upcoming retirement, expressed her gratitude to protesters after the encampment was voluntarily taken down. “While …