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Rodriguez: Liberation or Social Justice?

The Chicano Movement did not use the term “social justice,” though it was very much a part of its agenda.

Education Advocates Uneasily Awaiting Trump Budget

“I’ve been in higher education for a long time, but I’ve not seen this level of uncertainty and unpredictability,” Dr. Judith Eaton, president of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation, said Monday.

Dr. Judith Eaton is president of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.

Return of the Teach-In: Lessons Learned from Opening up Communication

At Keene State College, as well around the country, there was a sense that people on all sides of the political spectrum felt concerns that needed to be expressed.

Ex-Education Secretary: Policy Rollback an ‘Assault on American Dream’

Former U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Jr. said it is “distressing” to see the Trump administration roll back policy initiatives put in place under President Barack Obama to protect college students.

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Ann Coulter’s Backers at UC Berkeley File Lawsuit

BERKELEY, Calif. — University of California, Berkeley students who invited Ann Coulter to speak on campus have filed a lawsuit against the university, saying it is discriminating against conservative speakers and violating students’ rights to free speech. Harmeet Dhillon, a San Francisco attorney who represents the Berkeley College Republicans, filed the lawsuit Monday in U.S. […]

FAMU’s Potential Freshman Class Up by a Third

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Officials at Florida A&M University credit an intensive recruitment drive with increasing by more than a third the number of potential freshmen in next fall’s incoming class. University officials at the historically Black school said Monday that more than 2,000 potential freshmen have been admitted for next fall’s class, an increase of […]

Guillermo: Ann Coulter No Free Speech Saint

I believe in free speech, the First Amendment and all that. That’s our starting point on campus, and in America. It’s free speech for me and thee, as the saying goes, in a healthy democracy. So let’s not make Ann Coulter into a free speech martyr just yet because the University of California, Berkeley switched […]

Michigan State Player Charged with Criminal Sexual Conduct

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State defensive end Auston Robertson was dismissed from the team Friday hours after being charged with third-degree criminal sexual conduct in an alleged rape earlier this month. Robertson, 19, is accused of forcing a woman to have sex with him at her apartment the night of April 8 in Meridian […]

Report: Anti-Semitism Rises, but Violence Against Jews Falls

TEL AVIV, Israel — Violent attacks on Jews dropped for a second straight year in 2016, but other forms of anti-Semitism are on the rise worldwide, particularly on U.S. university campuses, according to a report released Sunday. Researchers at Tel Aviv University said assaults specifically targeting Jews, vandalism and other violent incidents fell 12 percent […]

UC Berkeley Students Threaten to Sue Over Ann Coulter Visit

BERKELEY, Calif. — The University of California at Berkeley students who invited Ann Coulter to speak on campus are threatening to sue the university if it doesn’t find a proper time and venue for the conservative pundit to speak next week. Harmeet Dhillon, who represents the Berkeley College Republicans, said in letters sent Friday to […]

Michigan State Expected to Fund Upward Bound

Officials say that Michigan State University will fund its Upward Bound college prep program for Lansing high school students, ensuring that the program would not be shut down because of the university’s technical error in a grant application.

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FosterClub Working to Keep Foster Youth on College Success Path

FosterClub is a national support network for current and former foster youth, with a membership of approximately 32,000.

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