Education
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University of Maryland to offer 'Intro to Fat Studies' course focusing on link to being black
Curriculum looks at “fatness as intersectional,” particularly highlighting “the relationship between fatness and blackness,” according to the course description.
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Texas Education Board allows Bible-based curriculum in elementary schools
The rule, which was approved in a 8-7 vote, follows the efforts of Texas's neighboring states of Louisiana and Oklahoma to incorporate more religion in public school settings. The new rule does not require that Texas elementary schools use Bible-based curriculum, but the schools will receive additional state funding if they do.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology expected to waive tuition for families that make under $200K
MIT said that this decision was able to happen due to generous donors to the school.
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Columbia Law rejects student group fighting antisemitism under State Department-adopted definition
Of the nine groups that have asked the Columbia Law School Student Senate for recognition this year, Law Students Against Antisemitism is the only one that has been denied, a senator said.
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Rhode Island threatens parents objecting to 'inadvertent' rules for resuming school mask mandate
Department of Health lawyer blames "clerical mistake" for proposed regulations that violate settlement with parents who sued.
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Campus Reform Editor-in-Chief predicts end of DEI in schools due to 'blatant antisemitism'
"I do think we're finally seeing DEI and the unaccountable left finally start to lose their power in higher ed," Zachary Marschall said.
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Texas teacher provides students with secret bookshelf of banned literature
The now-former student who helped build the secret bookshelf said he picked out "a lot of gay books" to include.
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Elite universities agree to pay total $104.5M to settle suit alleging plot to limit financial aid
The lawsuit against these elite universities and 12 others colluded as "a price-fixing cartel" in order to "fix" price competition when it came to financial aid.
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American University faces federal antisemitism complaint for alleged 'hostile environment'
An American Israeli student whose family and friends were murdered by Hamas on Oct. 7 said he was spat on and targeted with obscenities.
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Anti-white Whac-A-Mole? Law school training prompts legal threat amid med school, journal walkback
"Jarring" to see law school tell students character not more important than color right after MLK Day. Anti-woke medical advocacy group dismisses lawsuit after academic journal changes wording on "health equity fellowship" application.
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Key GOP lawmaker mulls funding cuts for medical schools pushing DEI
"[W]e are supposed to be absolutely colorblind to the greatest extent into the broadest definition of the meaning when we take care of patients," he said.
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North Carolina middle school removes bathroom mirrors over TikTok distractions
"We strive to limit distractions so students can focus on learning," the school told parents in a letter.
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Biden administration approves $5 billion in debt cancelation for thousands of borrowers
"I won’t back down from using every tool at our disposal to get student loan borrowers the relief they need to reach their dreams," Biden said.