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University issues public apology after student behind antisemitic abuse pleads guilty: Report
Nedivi had alleged verbal and physical abuse by another student
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Trump admin. suspends $500M in funding to Brown University over antisemitism issues
After the war began multiple anti-Israel protests broke out on college campuses with some students getting arrested.
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Cornell University student protester self-deports after visa gets revoked
Momodou Taal, 31, said he left the U.S. voluntarily after a judge didn't block the U.S. government from going through the process to deport him.
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Trump administration suspends multiple Princeton research grants amid antisemitism investigation
The Ivy League school's president did not specify how much money had been impacted, but the administration has pulled $400 million in federal funding for Columbia University.
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Columbia University's interim president resigns a week after federal funding deal
Claire Shipman, the co-chair of the board of trustees, will immediately assume the role of acting president. Armstrong will return to the school's Irving Medical Center.
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House passes legislation to keep foreign influence out of higher education
The DETERRENT Act passed in a 241 to 169 vote.
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DHS agents detain Tufts University student for alleged participation in pro-Hamas activities
Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, was leaving her home in Somerville Tuesday evening where she was stopped by authorities for no reason, according to her lawyer.
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Columbia student who participated in protests sues Trump administration over efforts to deport her
Columbia University student Yunseo Chung filed the lawsuit as the Trump administration allegedly works to deport her, after it revoked her lawful permanent resident status. Chung has been in the U.S. since she was 7 years old.
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DEI on Campus: Schools still assessing Trump executive order
The University of Wisconsin–Madison continues “to assess the implications” of recent activity on the federal level and “respond across multiple levels,” according to a school message.
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Columbia University cedes to Trump administration in battle over federal funding due to antisemitism
The agreement also comes after the administration pulled $400 million in grants which amounts to approximately 8% of the university’s US-taxpayer funding.
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Social workers get millions to push DEI in schools
Now that President Donald Trump has banned that kind of funding, schools will have to find workarounds or drop the programs altogether.
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House Republican to introduce legislation so Trump can shutter Education Dept through Congress
Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that directed Education Secretary Linda McMahon to begin taking steps to close the department.
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Trump moved to abolish the Education Department: What comes next
“People have wanted to do this for many, many years, for many, many decades, and I don't know, no president ever got around to doing it, but I'm getting around to doing it,” Trump said.