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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 -
Breakthrough therapy improves movement in paralysed patients
Clinical study shows better hand and arm function after using non-invasive device to stimulate spinal cordFinancial Times - World -
Kevin Spacey: 'Tremendously important' #MeToo movement has shifted 'in the direction of unfairness'
Kevin Spacey says while the #MeToo movement has been "tremendously important," the pendulum has "swung very, very far in the direction of unfairness." "I think, first of all, we live in a country that embraces and believes in due process, and ...The Hill - Politics -
Conservative movement scion Brent Bozell IV set for sentencing in Jan. 6 case
A man whose family members were key architects of the American conservative movement is set to be sentenced Friday for his role in the Jan. 6 riot.NBC News - Top stories -
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 -
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 -
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 -
St Andrews vice-chancellor warns curbs on student visas are ‘blunt instrument’
Range of top universities criticises government plans to limit overseas access to UK institutionsFinancial Times - Business -
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 -
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Climate activists protest by glueing themselves at Munich airport
Six climate activists have broken through a security fence at Munich airport and glued themselves to access routes leading to runways, temporarily shutting down flightsABC News - World - Climate -
At Chaotic Rally in Brooklyn, Police Violently Confront Protesters
Officers were filmed punching several people at a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Bay Ridge.The New York Times - Top stories -
Biden to deliver commencement at Morehouse amid protest fears
President Biden is set to give the commencement address at Morehouse college as protests over the war in Gaza and Biden’s support of Israel have enveloped college campuses around the country. NBC’s Aaron Gilchrist reports for Sunday TODAY.NBC News - Politics - Joe Biden -
In the shadow of the college protests is a generation’s collective identity crisis
The West is struggling with a collective identity crisis.The Hill - Politics -
President Biden greeted by protesters at Morehouse College commencement
Some students and faculty at Morehouse College greeted President Biden with a silent protest by wearing Palestinian scarves or the color of the flag as the president delivered the commencement at the all-male historically Black university. Nikole ...CBS News - Top stories - Joe Biden -
NYPD Responded Aggressively to Protests After Promises to Change
Violent responses to pro-Palestinian activists follow a sweeping agreement aimed at striking an equilibrium between preserving public safety and the rights of protesters.The New York Times - Top stories -
Refinancing student debt is risky amid Biden forgiveness push. Borrowers 'forever lose access' to safety nets, advocates say
As protections and relief options for federal student loan borrowers grow, refinancing your debt may be a risky move, consumer advocates say.CNBC - Business - Joe Biden -
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Harvard was slow to react to a wave of hostility against Jewish students last fall, according to a report by a Republican-led House committee.
Harvard was slow to react to a wave of hostility against Jewish students last fall, according to a report by a Republican-led House committee.The Wall Street Journal - 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 -
Morehouse students divided over Biden Israel policy ahead of president's commencement speech
President Biden is set to deliver the commencement speech at Morehouse College this weekend. The well-known historically Black college for men has seen protests over the war in Gaza, but students are divided over the president's Israel policy and ...CBS News - Top stories - Joe Biden