On his first day as president of the University of Florida, former Republican senator Ben Sasse faces a list of demands that call for him to defy Governor Ron DeSantis’s pledged reforms. Read more

A headline Jan. 24 in the New York Post trumpeted: “‘Native American’ novelist praised by GMA, NYT accused of being a ‘Pretendian.’” It tells the story of Erika Wurth, an English professor at Western Illinois University, whose claims to Native American ancestry have been meticulously debunked by activists and researchers even as the scholar maintains her claims. Read more

NaUKMA head defends dropping ‘language of aggressor’, despite concerns over freedom of expression Read more

Florida Congressman W. Gregory Steube recently introduced a bill amending “the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit the award of Federal funds to institutions of higher education that employ instructors funded by the Chinese Communist Party.” Read more

The Executive Committee says it comes amid “accountability issues” and “disappointing” actions among members. Read more

If the parties challenging the plan can’t clear the standing threshold, then the Supreme Court justices shouldn’t consider the other arguments that the debt-relief plan is illegal. But that might not stop the conservative justices from striking down loan forgiveness. Read more

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that ‘the Chinese Communist Party's inside every major American university,’ including the University of Pennsylvania, which oversees the Biden Center. Read more

A specialist state sixth form college in London got the top grade for A-level results in England, according to detailed figures published by the Department for Education. Read more

Stanford University recently established a committee to investigate school research funding from the fossil fuel industry. Read more

It has been seven months since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a decision that ended nearly 50 years of federal abortion rights. NBC’s Joe Fryer has the story of how college students at various U.S. campuses are working to install vending machines to make emergency contraception more accessible. Read more