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Dear Boomers, the Student Protesters Are Not Idiots
Older folks’ objections to protests and encampments may not be as reasoned as they claim.The New York Times - Top stories -
Police arrest six student protesters at University of Pennsylvania
Pro-Palestinian students were attempting to take over a university hall to protest school’s refusal to negotiate in ‘good faith’. More than a dozen pro-Palestinian activists, including six students at the University of Pennsylvania, were arrested ...The Guardian - World -
The crisis of confidence in higher education will not end with the student protests
Even as student protesters take down their encampments and go home for the summer, colleges and universities are left with much work to do if they are to regain the public’s trust in higher education.The Hill - Politics -
CAIR condemns GOP call to probe finances of student protesters
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is calling out House Republicans over their request for the Treasury Department to investigate the finances of the pro-Palestinian student protesters who have set up encampments at scores of U.S. ...The Hill - Politics -
Did colleges give away the store in deals with student protesters?
Colleges that used police force to end their recent on-campus student protests are facing criticism for their handling of the situation, but so are the small handful that cut deals to end the demonstrations. The few universities that successfully ...The Hill - Politics -
College students who protested and those who didn't share in disappointment at response from schools
After a semester marked by sweeping protests on college campuses across the nation that raised questions about freedom of speech, how universities confront allegations of antisemitism and Islamophobia and how they invest, some students who ...NBC News - Top stories -
FTAV’s further reading
17 Mai; VC friends; leverage; used Teslas; elephant greetingsFinancial Times - World -
Biden’s student-loan forgiveness plan comment period is ending. Here’s what people are saying.
Many commenters are urging the Biden administration to move forward with its mass student-loan forgiveness plan.MarketWatch - Business - Joe Biden -
As student loan forgiveness nears $160 billion, here's what to know about the relief programs
In attempts to fix the country's $1.6 trillion student loan system, the Biden administration has routinely announced forgiveness of large shares of that debt.CNBC - Business -
What Anthony Edwards has accomplished at 22 -- even before Kobe, LeBron and Steph
The Wolves toiled in irrelevance and mediocrity for decades. That is, until their audacious 22-year-old leader stepped foot on the court this season, when he made sure his team would be neither one -- for years to come.ESPN - Sports -
16 Books We Read This Week
The rise of an explosive political movement, education at a crossroads, the man who scammed the U.S. Navy and more.The Wall Street Journal - World -
What Some Colleges Promised Pro-Palestinian Protesters Over Israel-Hamas War
Several universities struck agreements with pro-Palestinian demonstrators to end disruptive encampments on their campuses. But some of those agreements are already under fire.The New York Times - Top stories - Israel -
My husband spent $85,000 on repairs to my house before we were married. Does the house remain separate property? What happens if I die?
“My will, created before my 2021 marriage, states that my home should go to my children.”MarketWatch - Business -
8 Books to Read Now: Best in Business
Books that illuminate the workplace and the marketplace, as featured by The Wall Street Journal’s reviewers.The Wall Street Journal - World -
Bill Gates: 'You need to read' this new book about AI and education
Bill Gates' latest book recommendation focuses on the future of artificial intelligence and AI. Here's why the Microsoft co-founder wants you to read it.CNBC - Business -
Inside Britain’s Chinese student boom
Universities are increasingly reliant on a growing cohort. What does it mean on campus and off?Financial Times - World - China -
Sam Taylor: ‘Translating is like X-raying a book. You get a deep tissue read’
The US-based writer and translator on his new novel set in 1930s Vienna, his deep connection with the authors he has worked with and why he always returns to Donna Tartt’s The Secret History. Sam Taylor, 53, was living in rural France with four ...The Guardian - World -
Scheffler arrested before PGA Championship
World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler is playing in the PGA Championship after being released from jail Friday morning after being arrested for not following police orders during a pedestrian fatality investigation.ESPN - Sports -
The Big Decision Before the Trump Verdict
Whether the jury weighs misdemeanor charges could affect both the outcome and any appeal.The Wall Street Journal - World - Donald Trump -
The Campus Protesters Explain Themselves
Thoughts, beliefs and convictions of student protesters from across the country.The New York Times - Top stories -
Students missing school can have a snowball effect
The number of students missing at least 18 days a year has nearly doubled since 2018, sounding an alarm among educators.The Hill - Politics -
Rishi Sunak plans crackdown on student visa salesmen
Prime minister seeks more ways to cut international university attendeesFinancial Times - World -
California college students experiencing homelessness speak out
College can be stressful with studying and meeting deadlines, but some students are struggling with a different issue: housing. Federal data shows more than 1.5 million U.S. college students are homeless. CBS News producer Sarah Svoboda shows how ...CBS News - Top stories - California -
The public does not share government hostility to international students
These individuals enhance and enrich the economy and the British university experienceFinancial Times - World -
Notable & Quotable: Rushdie on Campus Protests
‘Right now, if there was a Palestinian state, it would be run by Hamas, and that would make it a Taliban-like state, and it would be a client state of Iran.’The Wall Street Journal - World -
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3 reasons to use home equity before June
Are you considering a home equity loan or HELOC? Here's why you may want to apply before June.CBS News - Top stories -
Inmate not checked before cell death, says sister
Justin Lewis, who had a history of mental illness, was found dead in his cell at HMP Parc in March.BBC News - Top stories -
Tie-dye like you've never seen before
Tie-dyed fabrics have existed for thousands of years, with Americans really getting into the groove around the 1960s. Correspondent Nancy Giles talks with tie-dye artist Austin Mackereth and with designer and historian Shabd Simon-Alexander about ...CBS News - Top stories -
English universities face severe deficits if student numbers fall, says OfS
Watchdog says growth forecasts are ‘not credible’ as ministers consider further curbs on international applicationsFinancial Times - Business -
'The Student' and 'Brave New Words': Teaching Teachers New Tricks
AI may be disrupting classrooms. Yet our education system is, itself, a recent invention.The Wall Street Journal - World -
'Not the time and place': Students speak out on Harrison Butker's 'uncomfortable' commencement address
Harrison Butker’s commencement speech left some at Benedictine College outraged after the Kansas City Chiefs kicker encouraged women to become homemakers.NBC News - Top stories -
These California college students live in RVs to afford cost of education
"I don't feel homeless, but I am legally homeless," said one of the dozens of students at Cal Poly Humboldt who call an RV or other vehicle home.CBS News - Top stories - California -
Mythology, heritage, identity: student work at New York’s International Center of Photography
These images highlighting themes of climate resilience, personal trauma and identity are part of an exhibition of the work of students from more than 25 different countries. The annual student showcase will be on view for at the International ...The Guardian - World - New York -
Assad officials face landmark Paris trial over killing of student and father
Prosecution of three high-ranking Syrian officials to be tried in absentia could pave way for president’s case. At midnight on 3 November 2013, five Syrian officials dragged arts and humanities student Patrick Dabbagh from his home in the Mezzeh ...The Guardian - World -
Georgia college student shot and killed on Kennesaw State University campus
A female student was shot and killed this weekend at Kennesaw State University in Georgia, the university confirmed.NBC News - Top stories -
Will the 2024 Democratic National Convention mirror the 1968 protests?
A coalition of pro-Palestinian activists is vowing to march without a permit during August's Democratic National Convention in Chicago. In 1968, demonstrators protested the DNC, also held in Chicago that year, over U.S. involvement in the Vietnam ...CBS News - Top stories -
Why Is N.Y.U. Forcing Protesters to Write Apology Letters?
The university calls it a “restorative practice”; the students call it a coerced confession.The New York Times - Top stories -
Protests threats for Biden's Morehouse commencement speech
President Biden is expected in Atlanta Friday to deliver the commencement address at Morehouse College's graduation, despite threats of protests over the Israel-Hamas war. CBS News' Nikole Killion breaks down the latest.CBS News - Top stories - Joe Biden -
Haley protest votes raise red flags for Trump
The tens of thousands of primary votes cast in favor of Nikki Haley over the last several months are underscoring the apparent discontent many Republicans feel with former President Trump as their presumptive nominee, raising alarm for his ...The Hill - Politics - Donald Trump