Suspending the Rules for Faculty Layoffs
Citing COVID-19, Kansas's state governing board makes it much easier for institutions to suspend or terminate even tenured faculty members.
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Biden Extends Break on Repaying Student Loans
President Biden gives student loan borrowers an additional nine months before they have to start making payments again.
University of Oregon begins disarming police
The University of Oregon will cut its number of armed officers by 26 percent while increasing the number of “unarmed community service officers.”
Biden helps colleges with action on student loans and immigration
New president welcomed by higher education groups, but faces tough legislative hurdles
Gaming firms fined nearly £7m for restricting European sales
Valve, owner of online PC gaming platform Steam, and five other publishers have been fined a total of €7.8m (£6.9m) for restricting cross-border sales of PC video games.
Columbia University students rally on campus for tuition strike
Hundreds of students gathered in front of Columbia University President Lee Bollinger’s house to kick off a socially distanced rally to protest the cost of education and the school’s gentrification of Harlem.
On day one, Biden team removes Trump’s 1776 patriotic education report
As President Joe Biden was sworn into office Wednesday, his team removed a report detailing the history of America’s founding from the White House’s website.
Howard prof, Biden’s pick to lead DOJ ‘Civil Rights Division,’ said Black people are ‘superior’ to Whites
Professor Kristen Clarke — Joe Biden’s pick to become Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division — once argued that Black people have “superior physical and mental abilities” to White people
Johns Hopkins probes pro-Palestinian TA who tweeted about lowering Jewish students’ grades
Johns Hopkins University is reportedly investigating a pro-Palestinian teaching assistant who tweeted about lowering Jewish students’ grades.
Plos extends author fee waiver deal to Canadian universities
Strategy for institutional financing of open science follows California and UK models
