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Dorothy Jean Tillman II’s participation in Arizona State University’s May 6 commencement was the latest step on a higher-education journey the Chicago teen started when she took her first college course at age 10. In between came associate’s, bachelor’s and master’s degrees. When Tillman successfully defended her dissertation in December, she became the youngest person — at age 17 — …

Two Virginia public universities scrapped plans to require students to complete diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) classes in order to graduate after Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s recent audit. Virginia Commonwealth University and George Mason University decided not to make DEI-centered courses a requirement for undergraduates this fall, but those classes will still be offered. The decisions were made after Youngkin’s education …

A Duke University graduate said she wasn’t surprised to see a small group of anti-Israel agitators walk out on Jerry Seinfeld’s commencement speech, telling “Fox & Friends” that the Jewish comedian received overwhelming support. “Given Jerry’s very outward Zionism and his open Judaism, I can’t say I’m surprised, given these protests,” Alanna Peykar told Lawrence Jones on Monday. “It’s very …

The president of Northwestern University near Chicago threatened anti-Israel agitators with “disciplinary action,” which critics say came after the school was hit with a U.S. House committee’s investigation into antisemitism on campus. Northwestern University PresidentMichaelSchill said that Northwestern students used red paint to vandalize a display of Israeli and American flags on Sunday. “Northwestern’s commitment to freedom of expression does …

A former member of a University of Missouri fraternity has pleaded guilty in the hazing of another student that caused blindness and significant brain damage. Ryan P. Delanty of Manchester, Missouri, pleaded guilty Friday in Boone County to supplying liquor to a minor and misdemeanor hazing, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. As part of a plea agreement, prosecutors will recommend …

University leaders need to dig deeper into why some students are feeling unsafe after a slew of anti-Israel protests led to encampments, mass arrests and antisemitic accusations on college campuses, a Jewish student at Brandeis University told Fox News Digital. “Even if you’re not physically threatened, it’s very scary to walk past a group of people who unconditionally hate you,” …

Jewish students across the United States have expressed concern for their safety and suggested school faculty, as well as Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives, are promoting antisemitic viewpoints that ratchet up the political temperature on campus. George Washington University student Sabrina Soffer, graduating early as a junior in December, told Fox News Digital that there is no balance of …

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Board of Trustees reportedly voted on Monday to dismantle its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs and transfer millions in funding instead to public safety and campus police on the heels of anti-Israel demonstrations. The unanimous decision by the trustees will reallocate $2.3 million that the university spends on DEI programs toward …

Jessica Seinfeld, the wife of comedian Jerry Seinfeld, praised her husband’s “amazing” Duke University Class of 2024 commencement speech on Instagram over the weekend after a group of anti-Israel protesters tried to interrupt him but found themselves drowned out by the rest of the audience. The comic, who is Jewish and a co-chair of the university’s Parents Committee, took the …

Anti-Israel agitators across the U.S. disrupted commencement ceremonies on Friday and Saturday following weeks of demonstrations over the Israel-Hamas war that have disrupted campus life. The intensity of the demonstrations varied across commencement ceremonies, with some graduates engaging in disruptive behavior and others exhibiting silent demonstrations. Here is a look at some of the protests that went down, from California …