The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) has called on the Chancellor of the State University System of Florida to retract his directive requiring public university campuses in Florida to identify all courses that might have “antisemitic material and/or anti-Israel bias.”Chancellor Ray Rodrigues “This latest example of the state’s authoritarian approach to higher education dictates that…
A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), points out that Black girls tend to face more and harsher forms of discipline than other girls including higher suspension and expulsion rates. The report’s conclusion is based on an analysis of U.S. Department of Education data in the 2017-2018 school year. At the…
As I reflect on my journey through higher education, I find myself looking back on a career that began in the small, rural community of Calhoun in Lowndes County, Alabama. It was there that I first understood the profound impact that education could have on a person’s life. This foundational experience shaped my path through…
Princeton University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University took the No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 slots respectively in U.S. News & World Report’s rankings of best colleges. The 2025 rankings mark the second year in a row that those three institutions landed in the top three spots, in the same order….
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: A supplemental wealth-based Pell Grant would eliminate the racial disparities in student loan borrowing, according to a white paper published this month. Researchers at the University of California, Merced and The Institute for College Access…
From 2025, international study permits will be slashed to 437,000 in 2025. And despite weakening diplomatic relations between India and Canada, Indian students remained the largest cohort of international students in the North American country in H1 2024. In the same period, over 55,525 post-secondary study permits were approved for Indian students, who accounted for…
Only Donald Trump could manage to turn a speech meant to address the serious matter of growing antisemitism in the United States into a speech about him. Only Donald Trump could manage to turn an occasion meant to rally support for the state of Israel into an occasion to complain that the Jewish people do…
When does a collection of words become identifiable as an argument at all, much less a convincing one? As Donald Trump and his running mate J.D. Vance have been reminding us again and again, unleashing torrents of words with great confidence does not constitute making an intelligible argument. To be sure, being arrogant and abusive…
In today’s world, NGOs or Non-Governmental Organisations tackle societal issues, such as helping the underprivileged, protecting the environment, and educating children whose parents cannot afford to send them to school. However, their ability to achieve their goals often hinges on adequate funding. That’s where crowdfunding platforms like Ketto come in. Ketto is an Indian crowdfunding…
As usual, in the upcoming Term, important cases will turn on how the Supreme Court goes about interpreting federal statutes. Unfortunately, the Court does not always approach this core task as it should. For example, last Term in Garland v. Cargill the Supreme Court invalidated a regulation from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and…