US to give colleges $20 billion in new Covid relief bill
Congressional leaders also approve new money for student grants and minority institutions
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Canadian university alters ‘Dr.’ policy in wake of Jill Biden controversy
In the wake of the brouhaha over Jill Biden’s use of the title “Dr,” the University of British Columbia has changed its policy and now will refer to all holders of doctorates by that very title.
‘You don’t need college to succeed,’ says rising star national reporter
Chances are if you watched Fox News’ coverage of riots across the country the past six months you saw Julio Rosas.
Some universities to let students return to campus; others remain online, offer hybrid models
As the spring 2021 college semester approaches, many universities are making plans to best serve their students during the COVID-19 pandemic.
University gives students free credits for taking ‘race, equity and inclusion’ classes
A Jesuit university is offering undergraduate students a “J-Term” between semesters that is centered around “race, equity, and inclusion.”
Harvard Department of Astronomy chair: We were visited by an alien artifact 3 years ago
Was it the Monolith from 2001: A Space Odyssey? Rama from the Arthur C. Clarke’s series? A piece of “scrith” from Larry Niven’s Ringworld?
West Point leadership allows football players who cheated on exams to play in bowl game
The United States Military Academy, commonly known as West Point, cited a number of athletes, including football players, for cheating on a spring 2020 calculus exam.
Catholic school forced white student to accept critical race theory with ‘false imprisonment’: lawsuit
The day before a Nevada mother sued her son’s charter school for forcing him to take a class that promotes hostility against whites as a race, a Missouri family sued a Catholic girls school for its heavy-handed implementation of critical race theory, at least administratively.
University of Dallas student denied internship solely for being white
A female student at the University of Dallas has recently come forward with her story after being rejected from a summer internship opportunity due to being white.
Harvard dumps Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik from political science advisory board
Claiming she had made public assertions about voter fraud in November’s presidential election “that have no basis in evidence,” Harvard Kennedy School Dean Douglas Elmendorf today announced Rep. Elise Stefanik would be removed from a school political science advisory board.
