Report: ‘Demographic Cliff’ Will Cause College Closures to Soar
The number of colleges that close each year is expected to increase significantly as schools deal with a deceleration of incoming students.
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Georgia Public University System Bans DEI Admissions Policies, Includes Constitution in Required Learning
The University System of Georgia (USG), which governs 26 public colleges and universities as well as the public library system, has adopted several changes to combat Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) ideology and to include U.S. founding documents in the curriculum.
Degrees Not Worth the Paper They Are Printed On: Only 36% of Americans Believe College Is Worth Expense
Only 36 percent of Americans are confident about the value of a college education, a confidence level that has declined from 57 percent in 2015. Most Americans, meanwhile, say they believe higher education in the U.S. is headed in the “wrong direction.”
Torres: Colleges Indoctrinate Students into ‘Hatred’ for America and We Can’t Succeed on ‘Self-Loathing’
On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) stated that he fears “college campuses are indoctrinating the next generation of Americans with, not only hatred for Israel, but also hatred for their own country, and I’m not aware
Summers: It’s Time to Examine Tenure Reform, Investigate Who’s Funding Campus Protests
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “AC360,” Harvard Professor and President Emeritus and former Harvard President Larry Summers called for “close investigations” of the funding sources of the recent protests on college campuses and for “a lot of soul searching” regarding changes
NYU Prof.: ‘Orthodoxy’ Promoted By Us of ‘Oppressors and Oppressed’ Helped Cause Antisemitism Double Standard
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Professor of Marketing at NYU Stern School of Business Scott Galloway stated that the double standard around antisemitism on campus is partially “because of an orthodoxy promoted by me and my colleagues that there
Donald Trump Vows to ‘Reclaim’ the ‘Once Great Educational Institutions’ in the U.S.
Former President Donald Trump vowed to “reclaim” the educational system in the United States from the “radical left” that was responsible for “indoctrinating America’s youth.”
Dershowitz: Columbia Hasn’t Addressed DEI, Which Causes Antisemitism and Will ‘Destroy’ Every School
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Kudlow,” Harvard Law Professor Emeritus Alan Dershowitz stated that Columbia University President Nemat Shafik should get some credit for her handling of antisemitism on campus, but “she hasn’t dealt with the problem.
Woke Lancet Denounces ‘Anti-Blackness’ in Higher Education
The once venerable Lancet medical journal has become ever more fixated on race and gender, abandoning its earlier commitment to medicine.
Biden Antisemitism Envoy: Belief Israelis Are ‘White Colonizers’ Has Stoked Campus Antisemitism
During an interview with PBS’s “Firing Line” aired on Friday, Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism Amb. Deborah Lipstadt stated that anti-Israel sentiment on college campuses is partially due to a view that Israel is “the oppressor” and stated that campus
Schiff: Pro-Hamas California Profs. Should Be Fired, School Presidents Are Cowards
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) called for the firing of two professors in California who praised the October 7 attacks and stated that “a lot of these university presidents have done a terrible job
House Republicans Vote to Protect Pregnancy Centers, Support Pregnant College Students
House Republicans passed two pieces of legislation aimed at protecting pregnancy resource centers and supporting pregnant college students.
ADL CEO: Focus on ‘Felt Experience’ and Tenure Are Roots of Campus Antisemitism
During an interview with PBS’s “Firing Line” released on Friday, Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt stated that campus antisemitism originated from a belief that “we need to understand the felt experience of the others and not necessarily the facts that made
ADL CEO: We Need Probe of Qatari Dollars in Higher Ed. They Clearly Influence Schools
On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt argued that donations to colleges and universities from Qatar does lead to college administrators and presidents thinking twice “before doing something that might upset their patrons” and called
ADL CEO: College Presidents Hide Behind Tenure to Avoid Punishing Antisemitic Professors
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt criticized university presidents for hiding behind the tenure system to avoid disciplining antisemitic faculty members and said that while there may be some limits placed by the
ADL CEO: Education Dept. Needs to Start Investigating Schools over Antisemitism
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt called on the Department of Education to take a more proactive approach to fighting antisemitism on campus and start launching investigations of schools. Greenblatt said, “Well, they’re only
ADL CEO: Campus Antisemitism Due to Oppressor vs. Oppressed ‘Oppression Olympics’ Where Jews Are at ‘Bottom’
On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt slammed college administrators and presidents for their failure to combat antisemitism on campus and blamed “the oppression Olympics, where you either play oppressor or oppressed. And in this
CNN’s Bash: ‘Systemic’ Campus Antisemitism Is Due to Bigotry that Was Ignored as ‘Anti-Zionism’ for Years
On Friday’s broadcast of “CNN This Morning,” CNN Chief Political Correspondent Dana Bash discussed her upcoming special on antisemitism and stated that when she did a special on it before, she got pushback for noting the antisemitism on the left
Biden Antisemitism Envoy: ‘You’ll Often Find’ School Administrators ‘Using the Antisemitism Against’ Jewish Students
During a portion of an interview with CNN Chief Political Correspondent Dana Bash set to air on Sunday that was released on Friday, Deborah Lipstadt, the Biden administration’s Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, stated that antisemitism hasn’t been
Van Jones: GOP Stood Against Campus Antisemitism While There’s Some Dem ‘Disarray’
During CNN’s coverage of Wednesday’s Republican presidential debate, CNN Political Commentator and former Obama adviser Van Jones stated that Republicans “took advantage of some of the disarray in the Democratic Party and stuck up for Jewish kids who are scared to
Summers: ‘Too Many’ Schools Have ‘a Double Standard’ that Downplays Antisemitism, It’s Been an Issue for Years
On Friday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Wall Street Week,” Harvard Professor and President Emeritus and former Harvard President Larry Summers stated that “too many universities have…a double standard, where antisemitism doesn’t get the same regard” as other forms of hatred and
House Ed. Committee Chair: We’ll Call College Presidents to Testify on Antisemitism, But There Are a Lot of Them
On Wednesday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “The Record,” House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairwoman Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) said that university presidents will be called before the committee to testify on how they’re handling antisemitism and support for
CNN’s Golodryga: Antisemitism Is the One Issue Academia Equivocates on
On Tuesday’s “CNN This Morning,” CNN Senior Global Affairs Analyst Bianna Golodryga criticized college presidents for their handling of antisemitism on campus by noting that “There are plenty of other issues that they felt that they can address head-on, and
2.5 Million Student Loan Borrowers Hit with Billing Mistakes From Biden Admin
A student loan service company contracted by the Biden administration hit 2.5 million borrowers with billing mistakes.
ADL CEO: Schools Must Deal with ‘Moral Relativism’ that Seeped in
On Monday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Last Call,” Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said that in the wake of the Hamas attack on Israel, “a clear case” of good and evil, schools such as Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, NYU, and others are
DeSantis: I’ll Remove Accreditation from Schools that Have Gender Studies, DEI
On Wednesday’s “Hugh Hewitt Show,” 2024 presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) stated that he’ll reform the college accreditation system so “instead of you have to have gender studies, or you have to have DEI to get accredited, it’ll
Poll: Nearly 4 in 10 College Students Report Feelings of Loneliness
While 76 percent of U.S. college students reported feeling enjoyment much of the prior day, majorities also reported feeling stressed (66 percent) and worried (51 percent), in addition to being lonely and sad.
Dem Rep. Moulton: China Knows They Can Buy Access to Higher Education
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America Reports,” Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) stated that China knows that by donating to American higher education institutions, they can buy their way to access to the American higher education system and
Poll: Confidence in Higher Education ‘Down Sharply’
Americans’ confidence in higher education is “down sharply” across all major subgroups, with Republicans leading the charge.
Texas Legislature Passes Bill Banning Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Efforts in Higher Education
Texas Republicans passed and sent a bill to Gov. Greg Abbott’s (R) desk over the weekend that would ban Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) efforts at publicly funded universities in the state.
Charter School Sees All Graduates Off to College for Fourth Time in Five Years
A charter high school in one of the poorest neighborhoods in Los Angeles is sending its entire graduating class to four-year universities.
DeSantis: Only ‘Colorblind’ Schools that Aren’t Doing DEI Should Be Accredited
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox News Tonight,” 2024 presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said that if he’s elected president, the federal government will only select college and university accreditors that will only accredit
Poll: Majority of Americans Say College ‘Not Worth the Cost’
A majority of Americans believe college is “Not worth the cost because people often graduate without specific job skills and with a large amount of debt to pay off,” a Wall Street Journal-NORC poll found.
Self-Censorship is ‘Destroying Academia,’ Professor Contends
Self-censorship is ruining academia as university professors refrain from speaking freely out of fear, a University of Alabama earth science professor told Fox News on Monday.
Ron DeSantis Announces Proposal to Eliminate DEI/CRT Bureaucracies in Higher Education
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) announced a series of proposals in relation to higher education in the Sunshine State, including eliminating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and Critical Race Theory (CRT) bureaucracies, as part of the administration’s desire to bring more accountability to the system.
Waltz: Congress Needs to Tie Funding to Colleges, Universities to Them Keeping Costs Down
On Wednesday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “The Record,” Rep. Michael Waltz (R-FL) argued that Congress should use federal grants and other funds to force colleges and universities to be fiscally responsible and tamp down on the cost of higher education.
WH Economic Adviser Rouse: Biden Wants States to Ensure Costs of Higher Ed. Are ‘More Borne by the Taxpayers’
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “At This Hour,” White House Council of Economic Advisers Chair Cecilia Rouse stated that President Joe Biden is pushing for state governments to use some of their funds from the American Rescue Plan “to help
Charlie Kirk: Universities Are ‘Hedge Funds with Schools Attached,’ a ‘Scam’
Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk spoke with Breitbart News Daily host Alex Marlow on Thursday, where he explained why college is a scam. “These are hedge funds with schools attached. These are not colleges,” Kirk affirmed.
EXCLUSIVE: Charlie Kirk Calls College a ‘Scam,’ Says He Is ‘Indicting the College Cartel’
Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk says college is “an institutionalized multi-trillion dollar scam,” and is using his new book, “The College Scam,” to empower his audience and help them understand that “if they don’t want to go to college, that’s okay,” because “a piece of paper from some overpriced institution” does not define a person.
Report: 1.3 Million Higher Ed Students Dropped Out Since Start of Pandemic
A research website is reporting that lockdowns and closures of schools has led to a loss of some 1.3 million student in higher education
