Education
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States consider drones to stop school shootings
Florida’s legislature has appropriated $557,000 to have drones in the Broward, Leon, and Volusia school districts.
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ISU strike enters third week; union sues over alleged strikebreaking
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 1110 union called for a strike April 8 after contract negotiations with Illinois State fell through
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Baylor makes TPUSA event students only due to counter programming on campus
The Turning Point USA event was scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. Eastern and featured Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and border czar Tom Homan.
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MIT faces civil rights complaint over program for women of color
The Equal Protection Project (EPP) this week filed the challenge to the school's Creative Regal Women of Knowledge program, contending that it runs afoul of Title VI and Title IX of the Civil Rights Act and "engages in invidious discrimination on the basis of race, color and sex."
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Sonoma State University president retires amid backlash over concessions to anti-Israel protesters
President Mike Lee sent a memo on Tuesday that revealed he made concessions with the demonstrators in order to end the occupation, which included a promise to initiate an academic boycott of Israel.
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Harvard hasn't implemented recommendations from its antisemitism task force, House committee finds
Harvard’s Antisemitism Advisory Group (AAG) was established following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel.
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Columbia University faculty approve resolution declaring no confidence in President Shafik
The resolution accused Shafik of treading upon academic freedom and took exception to her use of police to disperse pro-Palestinian protesters.
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Gay professor assaulted for recording anti-Israel encampment helps students in 'the new closet'
University of Washington rehired Stuart Reges, whose head injury is healing, to three-year contract amid lawsuit over "land acknowledgment" parody punishment, but only lets him teach small electives. "They have to give me something to do."
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Oklahoma university sued over alleged racial discrimination that benefitted black students
One student claimed that she was told financial aid was not typically available to "students like her" but would have been available if she was black.
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Texas university officials say hundreds of jobs have been cut or changed after DEI office ban
University of Texas Systems Chancellor James Milliken says that the institution's campuses had cut about 300 full- and part-time positions and roughly 600 programs
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Harvard anti-Israel encampment ends as interim president agrees to concessions
The announcement comes days after Harvard suspended some of the student protesters.
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Push to restore VA schools' Confederate names was because public did not have a voice, activist says
Scheibe said his organization's effort to restore the names was because of the manner in which the schools were renamed, rather than objections to the new names themselves.
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University of North Carolina defunds DEI, redirects money to public safety in unanimous board vote
"It’s important to consider the needs of all 30,000 students, not just 100 or so that may want to disrupt the university’s operations," trustee says.