Dozens of college campuses across the US have been taken over by students
Students have set up a "People's University" encampment, similar to other universities across the country, and their message remains the same: they want the university to stop investing in companies advancing military efforts in the Israel-Hamas war.
A Jewish student at Columbia University in New York City filed a class action lawsuit against the learning institution on Monday, alleging the university failed to provide a safe environment for its students. Along with filing the lawsuit, the student is also seeking an emergency injunction, requiring the university to enforce its Statement of Ethical Conduct and Administrative Code of Conduct to provide safe and secure access to education, free from harassment and discrimination, to allow the...
Students at Columbia University have filed dueling discrimination complaints as confrontations between pro-Palestinian protesters and counterprotesters continue. Combined, the two complaints underscore how political tensions over Israel’s military operations in Gaza since Hamas’ terrorist attack on Oct. 7 have become personal for thousands of students in the U.S. A class action lawsuit filed Monday in the Southern District of New York accuses the university of violating safety protocols by...
SANTAQUIN, Utah, April 29, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — A lockdown has been lifted after it was placed on several Nebo School District schools Monday. “Today the Santaquin Police Department received notice of a potential threat in Santaquin,” says a social media post from the Santaquin Police Department. “All Santaquin schools were placed on lockdown and […] The post Lockdown lifted on several Nebo School District schools first appeared on Gephardt Daily.
Several universities in Israel have called out the increasing antisemitism happening on university and college campuses in the United States, offering "support" to faculty and students.
(The Center Square) – Charter schools in Washington state are doing a better job educating children in math and English Language Arts than traditional schools. That is one of the main takeaways from the Washington State Board of Education's Charter Schools Report. "The overall finding for all of the prior charter school reports and this seventh edition submitted by the SBE is that students attending Washington charter schools perform similar to or better than...
Tulane University students met up on Friday, May 3 to voice their concerns over the university’s recent removal of protesters from campus.
An Orthodox Jewish professor wrote a scathing letter to the administration of Rutgers University for letting the campus turn into a hotbed of bigotry, the New York Post reported over the weekend. Rebecca Cypess, a music professor, is leaving Rutgers to become the dean of the undergraduate college at Yeshiva University after the “toxic culture” […]
By Sara Smart, Dianne Gallagher, Sarah Dewberry and Denise Royal, CNN (CNN) — The University of Mississippi has opened a student conduct investigation after actions of “hostility and racist overtones” were portrayed during a demonstration on campus. The incident unfolded Thursday on the school’s campus during a heated exchange between a group of pro-Palestinian protesters
By Sara Smart, Dianne Gallagher, Sarah Dewberry and Denise Royal, CNN (CNN) — The University of Mississippi has opened a student conduct investigation after actions of “hostility and racist overtones” were portrayed during a demonstration on campus. The incident unfolded Thursday on the school’s campus during a heated exchange between a group of pro-Palestinian protesters
By Sara Smart, Dianne Gallagher, Sarah Dewberry and Denise Royal, CNN (CNN) — The University of Mississippi has opened a student conduct investigation after actions of “hostility and racist overtones” were portrayed during a demonstration on campus. The incident unfolded Thursday on the school’s campus during a heated exchange between a group of pro-Palestinian protesters