Utah lawmakers seek to close remaining Confucius Institutes
Utah House Joint Resolution 8 would close the last remaining Confucius Institutes in the state, at the University of Utah and Southern Utah University.
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Penn requires all sophomores to shell out for expensive dining plan – whether they need it or not
The University of Pennsylvania is forcing all rising sophomores to purchase $4,000 dining plans beginning in the fall of 2021.
Utopian dream? UVA student gov wants ‘community gardens’ instead of fossil fuels
Student government members at the University of Virginia passed legislation endorsing a call for the school to “divest” from fossil fuel investments.
Mississippi legislature passes ‘Fairness Act’ to ban trans athletes from women’s sports
The Mississippi state legislature passed a bill to ban transgender female athletes from women's sports.
Universities are ‘ground zero’ for human fetal tissue research, and taxpayers are footing the bill, new report finds
A report from the White Coat Waste Project found that more than $50 million taxpayer dollars went to human fetal tissue research projects on college campuses in the past year.
Happy International Women’s Day: A look at how academia really treats women
Monday, March 8 was International Women’s Day.
SCOTUS overwhelmingly sides with Christian student silenced on campus
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of two Georgia Gwinnett College students who were prevented from speaking on campus about their religious beliefs.
UF spends 38k on ‘anti-racist’ training that discourages ‘All Lives Matter’
Students at the University of Florida are being asked to complete a new diversity training.
NYU government ETHICS prof involved in alleged Cuomo cover-up scheme
A New York University Law School government ethics professor was involved in embattled Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo's alleged coverup of COVID-19 nursing home deaths.
Here’s how much American academia spent lobbying the federal government
Universities and higher education coalitions spent over $80 million lobbying the federal government in 2020.
