Culture
UC Berkeley auto-enrolls students in health insurance plans covering transgender surgeriesStudents at the University of California, Berkeley, are automatically enrolled in a student health insurance plan covering abortions and gender transition surgeries unless they take multiple steps to opt… Read More
Government
Trump administration reaches agreement with Columbia over university’s alleged antisemitism(The Daily Signal) – After months of feuding with Columbia University over its diversity, equity, and inclusion policies, President Donald Trump announced a settlement with the school on Wednesday. Read More
Public Education
‘Determined to indoctrinate students’: Boston University’s course promoting ‘reproductive justice’ raises concernsBoston University will offer a course this fall teaching social work students to promote “reproductive justice” by focusing on “bodily autonomy.” The “Reproductive Justice… Read More
Culture
JD Vance blasts Washington elites for ‘forcing’ college on Americans at expense of skilled trades(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Vice President J.D. Vance eviscerated elites in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday during a speech in Pennsylvania for pushing Americans to attend college rather than… Read More
Culture
Maine professor removed after mocking student’s Christian faith, Second Amendment essayA Maine community college professor has been removed from teaching a summer class, and state lawmakers are calling for her resignation after she allegedly mocked a student’s Christian faith… Read More
Culture
Harvard rebrands diversity offices, emphasizing ‘community’ language insteadHarvard University has renamed or shut down several of its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) offices in recent weeks, shifting toward language focused on “community,” “belonging” and “pluralism,” the… Read More
Homeschools
New law streamlines process for Texas homeschoolers to enroll in public higher educationClass rank is a “funny thing” for homeschool graduate Grace Hurley, now a journalism junior at the University of Texas at Austin. “I was first in my… Read More
Government
Trump’s higher ed policies could fuel growth at dozens of universities in the Midwest, SouthRecent actions by the Trump administration could result in increased scientific research funding to a wider array of universities in the Midwest and South. Historically, the bulk of… Read More
Culture
Breaking: Penn reverses trans athlete policy, will restore records to female swimmersThe University of Pennsylvania has reversed its policies allowing transgender athletes in women’s sports to resolve a federal civil rights case against it. The… Read More
Culture
Colorado State University raises $4K for LGBT scholarships after drag showA public university recently held a drag show to raise money for LGBT-based scholarships, Campus Reform reports. The $4,000 in tips and donations… Read More
Culture
Report: UConn approving DEI grants, prompting ‘student activism’ accusationsThe University of Connecticut is spending taxpayer money on internal diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) grants – including ones to make marine science more diverse, the College Fix… Read More
Christian Schools
Grand Canyon University announces largest-ever graduating class, credits Christian worldviewGrand Canyon University announced it will confer degrees to 31,000 students this spring, the largest graduating class in the university’s history. In a press… Read More
Government
Trump aims to reform higher education with these executive ordersPresident Donald J. Trump signed five executive orders April 23 to reform U.S. higher education by addressing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion policies, foreign influence, AI technology, school discipline and… Read More
Government
Trump order overhauls higher education accreditation process(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order aimed at improving outcomes in higher education by holding college and university accreditors more accountable. Read More
Public Education
11 Florida universities working with ICE on immigration enforcementPublic universities in Florida have agreed to help enforce federal immigration laws. Police departments at 11 universities have signed agreements with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to help the… Read More
Government
Republican lawmakers investigate Ivy League tuition pricesCongressional Republicans want to crack down on what they see as absurdly high tuition costs at Ivy League schools. Reps. Jim Jordan of Ohio and Scott Fitzgerald of… Read More
Culture
Chalk it up to faith: Kentucky college students write entire Gospel of John on campus sidewalkChristian college students in Kentucky have launched a new method of sidewalk evangelism: writing the Gospel of John in chalk. Students at Western Kentucky University (WKU) wrote the… Read More
Christian Schools
Christian schools lead charge in higher ed reform supported by Trump adminA “long overdue” higher education “course correction” is underway during the first 100 days of the Trump administration, and Christian schools are the center of it. That’s according… Read More
Public Education
Illinois scholarship under fire for excluding white applicantsA race-based scholarship program in a liberal state is facing backlash. The Diversifying Higher Education Faculty in Illinois program offers financial support exclusively to non-white graduate students who… Read More
Public Education
NY governor demands public university take down Palestinian studies faculty job postingIn what may well be a nod to the Trump administration, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul issued a stern order to a New York City college to remove a… Read More