For all the fuss from liberal academics about life outside their campuses, the more egregious violations of a free press are taking place at many of America’s so-called elite colleges and universities. John K. Wilson,…
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Notre Dame, Michigan State reverse in-person fall semester plans
Two more universities have reversed plans to bring back students to its campuses for the upcoming fall semester: Notre Dame and Michigan State. These institutions join a growing list of campuses which will start with…
Trump continues investigation of Confucius Institutes’ ties to China
The State Department announced last week that it will change the official designation for an academic institution in the U.S. The Confucius Institute U.S. Center, which has ties to the Chinese Communist government, will be…
Majority of Colleges find ways to Avoid Tuition Discounts
With many higher education institutions announcing online or virtual instruction this upcoming fall semester, college students and parents urged institutions to slash tuition to make up for the loss of in-class instruction. While several notable…
Stanford University reverses position, won’t bring students back to campus
Like Harvard University, Stanford University will only offer online and virtual courses for its students and will not bring students on-campus for courses. As Inside Higher Ed reported, the northern California-based university initially said it…
Yale University accused of anti-Asian discrimination admissions policies
Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice informed Ivy League institution Yale University to change its admissions policies because they discriminated against Asian-American and white applicants. It is not the only Ivy League higher education…
Fall college football at risk after two conferences postpone games until spring 2021
Two major conferences out of the Power Five conferences announced that they will postpone college football games among its member institutions until spring 2021 over fears about the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The Big Ten and…
UC-Santa Cruz caves, rehires some graduate students after strike
After five months, the University of California-Santa Cruz and fired graduate student workers reached an agreement after the university fired seventy workers who went on strike. Of the seventy, only forty-one were rehired by the…
Coronavirus Fact Sheet: Fighting Media Disinformation
Many Americans have little trust and faith in the mainstream media, which was exacerbated by the 2016 election cycle and subsequent anti-Trumpism. But the coronavirus pandemic has added to the media’s woes, which has been…
PAC-12 Athletes Threaten Strike until Demands are Met
Multiple student athletes in the Pac-12 college conference have threatened to opt out of the upcoming 2020-2021 season due to their concerns about the coronavirus pandemic, racial inequality, and economic inequality issues. In a post…