Applications For School Choice Scholarships Skyrocketed In 2023-2024 Academic Year, Nonprofit Says
Applications For School Choice Scholarships Skyrocketed In 2023-2024 Academic Year, Nonprofit Says Brandon Poulter on January 30, 2024 A Colorado-based nonprofit offering school choice scholarships to lower-income K-12 families saw a surge…
University Guts Academic Programs, Eliminates Over 100 Jobs Amid Budget Troubles
University Guts Academic Programs, Eliminates Over 100 Jobs Amid Budget Troubles Nicole Littlefield on September 15, 2023 The West Virginia University (WVU) Board of Governors voted Friday to remove 28 academic programs…
Army Touts Success Of Fat Camp And Academic Prep Course After One Year, But Recruiting Still Lags Behind Goals
Army Touts Success Of Fat Camp And Academic Prep Course After One Year, But Recruiting Still Lags Behind Goals Micaela Burrow on August 8, 2023 One year after implementation, the Army’s fitness…
Jeffrey Epstein Transferred $270,000 For Popular Left-Wing Academic In 2018
Jeffrey Epstein Transferred $270,000 For Popular Left-Wing Academic In 2018 Jason Cohen on May 17, 2023 Deceased financier and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein moved $270,000 between accounts for Noam Chomsky, the prominent…
College Violated ‘Academic Freedom Promises,’ Forced Group To Move Speaking Event Online, Watchdog Alleges
College Violated ‘Academic Freedom Promises,’ Forced Group To Move Speaking Event Online, Watchdog Alleges Alexa Schwerha on May 10, 2023 The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) violated its commitment to academic freedom…
Academic Freedom Under Fire As New Report Shows Increasing Sanctions For Scholars’ Protected Speech
Academic Freedom Under Fire As New Report Shows Increasing Sanctions For Scholars’ Protected Speech Alexa Schwerha on April 20, 2023 The number of university scholars that were sanctioned for speech that is…
‘Inquisitions And Purges’: Star Harvard Professors Form Group To Counter Attacks On Academic Freedom
‘Inquisitions And Purges’: Star Harvard Professors Form Group To Counter Attacks On Academic Freedom Laurel Duggan on April 13, 2023 Harvard University faculty members are joining forces to uphold freedom of speech…
Abbott Admin Is Taking Over Texas’ Largest School District Due To Repeated Academic Failures
Abbott Admin Is Taking Over Texas’ Largest School District Due To Repeated Academic Failures Reagan Reese on March 15, 2023 Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s administration is taking over the largest school…
Half Of Professors Believe Diversity Statements ‘Violate Academic Freedom,’ Survey Finds
Half Of Professors Believe Diversity Statements ‘Violate Academic Freedom,’ Survey Finds Alexa Schwerha on February 28, 2023 Half of university professors disapprove of universities mandating that applicants submit diversity statements during the…
Academic, policy architect, banking expert form BOJ’s new leadership
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan’s incoming governor Kazuo Ueda will lead a powerful trio that includes a technocrat who designed yield curve control, and a former banking-sector…
Japan government nominates academic Ueda as new BOJ governor
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s government nominated academic and former Bank of Japan (BOJ) board member Kazuo Ueda to become the next central bank governor, a document submitted to parliament showed on Tuesday.…
Faculty Call On University President To Resign After ‘Crisis’ Over Academic Freedom
Faculty Call On University President To Resign After ‘Crisis’ Over Academic Freedom Alexa Schwerha on January 25, 2023 Hamline University faculty voted Tuesday to demand the school’s president resign after a professor’s…
National Professors Group Allege Florida Colleges Paid ‘Lip Service’ To Academic Freedom For Pledging To Scrap Critical Race Theory
National Professors Group Allege Florida Colleges Paid ‘Lip Service’ To Academic Freedom For Pledging To Scrap Critical Race Theory Alexa Schwerha on January 20, 2023 The American Association of University Professors (AAUP)…
University Violated Accreditation Status By Ignoring Academic Freedom, Watchdog Alleges
University Violated Accreditation Status By Ignoring Academic Freedom, Watchdog Alleges Alexa Schwerha on January 4, 2023 Hamline University violated its status as an accredited institution when it dismissed a professor for showing…
Academic close to Japan’s Kuroda says BOJ moving towards policy normalisation
TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan’s decision to raise its bond-yield ceiling could be the first step toward normalising ultra-easy policy, Takatoshi Ito, a Columbia University professor who is close to…
University of California academic workers go on strike
By Mike Blake and Daniel Trotta SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – Thousands of academic workers went on strike at University of California campuses throughout the state on Monday, forming picket lines, affecting classes…
Here’s How Much Remote Learning Destroyed Kids’ Academic Performance
Here’s How Much Remote Learning Destroyed Kids’ Academic Performance Reagan Reese on October 28, 2022 School districts that stayed remote longer caused students’ academic performance to suffer at least 20% more than…
Chinese Intelligence Officers Charged with Using Academic Cover to Target Individuals in United States
TRENTON, N.J. – A federal indictment was unsealed today charging four Chinese nationals, including three Ministry of State Security (MSS) intelligence officers, in connection with a long-running intelligence campaign targeting individuals in…
Financial services firm TIAA faces academic backlash over energy holdings
By Ross Kerber (Reuters) – Climate-minded academics called on a United Nations-backed group to sanction financial services firm TIAA unless it improves its environmental record, highlighting the divide between nonprofits moving away…
‘Ruined Academic Life’: Tenured Professor Quits UCLA Over Woke Culture
‘Ruined Academic Life’: Tenured Professor Quits UCLA Over Woke Culture Reagan Reese on July 22, 2022 A tenured anthropology professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is resigning because “the…
Photo: Nutley Academic Booster Club Gets Visit from Police Commissioner, Officers
by Nutley PD The Nutley Academic Booster Club’s, Let’s Learn program, had their first ever Kids in Business sale. The students created a business plan, designed their product, and sold their goods…
Anti-Pipeline Academic Develops How-To Video Game Promoting Eco-Terrorism
Anti-Pipeline Academic Develops How-To Video Game Promoting Eco-Terrorism Chris White on October 25, 2017 An academic at a public university created a computer game that allows players to torch oil pipelines and…
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