College students go remote due to high gas prices
Southwest Tennessee Community College has instituted "virtual Fridays" for the summer semester in an attempt to save students and faculty pain at the pump due to record-high gas prices. Read more
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Scotland to freeze funding on policing and early years education
The Scottish government is to freeze funding of policing, early years learning and local government, and slash arts, trade and cultural funding for the next five years, to plug a deep hole in its budgets. Read more
Syracuse dedicates spending $50 million on DEI as it hikes tuition
Syracuse University, a private institution in New York, is raising student tuition nearly 5 percent as it kicks off a new diversity and inclusion plan estimated to cost more than $50 million. Read more
Christian university proposes limiting expressions of gender and sexuality
A private Christian University in Tennessee has proposed restricting how students express their sexuality and gender on campus. Read more
Florida universities record students’ preferred pronouns
Public universities in Florida are allowing students to add their preferred pronouns to various forms of university identification. Read more
Cloud of fear grips University of Washington as DEI tenure requirement advances
This is how Cliff Mass, Seattle media personality, meteorologist and professor of atmospheric science described the climate at the University of Washington in a recent phone interview with The College Fix as a proposed diversity, equity and inclusion requirement for tenure inches closer to becoming a reality for faculty. Read more
From the invasion of Ukraine to weapons procurement: the war games seeking solutions to real-life conflicts
At King’s College London, students are designing games that explore diplomacy, drones and the psychological impact of battle. But can they really help? Read more
The prestige name game
New York State is allowing colleges in the state that meet certain criteria to formally call themselves universities. Several image-conscious institutions have done just that. Read more
Public money supports university center tied to white nationalism and election denial
The Benson Center has attracted national attention due to its association with John Eastman, the lawyer at the center of former President Donald Trump’s attempt to stage a coup after he lost the 2020 election. Read more
Jewish students are fighting anti-Semitism at this university
In response to University of California San Diego recently sponsoring two events featuring controversial speaker Taher Herzallah, senior Blake Dickman organized a peaceful sit-in in front of Chancellor Pradeep Khosla’s office. Read more
