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Culture
Americans are turning away from higher education

(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Freshman enrollment at four-year colleges has dropped by 8.5% at public universities and 6.5% at private universities in 2024 compared to 2023. Overall freshman enrollment… Read More

October 24, 2024
Opinion
Universities have vital partnerships with military, but more security needed

(The Daily Signal) – Higher education drives some conservatives and even some leftists crazy, but conservatives should support universities’ historic role in advancing national security interests. Republican leadership’s… Read More

August 27, 2024
Public Education
More universities are finding key loophole to skirt state diversity, equity and inclusion bans

(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Universities are turning to rebranding to preserve diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs despite laws barring them, according to The New York Times. A dozen… Read More

April 15, 2024
Opinion
Kobach: Here’s what universities should do to students and staff who try to silence free speech

(Daily Caller News Foundation) – There was a time when college campuses were bastions of free speech and open discourse. Unfortunately, on many campuses that golden age is long gone. Read More

April 2, 2024
Free Speech
Here’s how Missouri universities rate on free speech, expression

(The Center Square) – Several of Missouri’s public and private universities have vague regulations or restrictive policies on free speech and expression, according to a group that advocates for individual… Read More

February 1, 2024
Opinion
The root cause of the insanity on college campuses is older than you may think

(The Daily Signal) – Americans are finally catching on that the oppressor-oppressed narrative being taught in our schools and universities is not a conspiracy theory disseminated by conservatives. It’s… Read More

November 23, 2023
Education, Kansas
Many Kansas universities still don’t teach the science of reading

A new report from the  National Council on Teacher Quality  (NCTQ) shows that if the  science of reading  was being taught properly in universities, the U.S. would not have a serious… Read More

June 14, 2023
Culture
University will fund students’ abortions after petition from socialist group

(Daily Caller) – Wesleyan University will cover abortion-related costs for students beginning in the fall 2023 semester, according to WTNH. The Connecticut school will pay the cost of an abortion… Read More

May 10, 2023
Biden administration
Biden’s student loan deferment will cost taxpayers $40 billion, group says

(The Center Square) – The Biden administration is again defering repayment of student loans until President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness executive action makes its way through the courts, but… Read More

November 29, 2022
Courts
Supreme Court may strike down race-based admissions policies in universities

Two cases before the Supreme Court have the potential to end affirmative action in university admissions. Such admission policies have been challenged on the grounds that they might disqualify students… Read More

November 3, 2022
Courts
Supreme Court considers legality of race-based admission in colleges

(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in potentially landmark cases that question whether colleges and universities’ race-based admissions policies can remain in place. The… Read More

November 1, 2022
Education
Taxpayer-funded cancel culture? Lawmakers ask Education Secretary to push for tolerant campuses

(The Center Square) – Republican lawmakers are questioning the Biden administration about cancel culture on college campuses and asking the question: why are federal taxpayer dollars funding it? House Committee… Read More

September 29, 2022
Biden administration
‘Systemically crazy’: Biden is letting colleges feed on taxpayers and letting suspected Chinese spies off easy, Hawley says

Universities should be at least partly “on the hook” for unpaid student loans, says Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley, who’s filed a bill to do that and more. Read More

September 22, 2022
Economy, Education
Survey shows college students impacted by inflation

(The Center Square) – A new survey shows that 1 in 4 college students have to drop classes due to high tuition rates and rising inflation. The … Read More

August 4, 2022
National, State Government
Even in beet-red Missouri, university professors overwhelmingly support Democrat candidates and causes. Why?

University of Missouri students couldn’t get a more Democrat-leaning group of faculty and administrators if they were being schooled directly by the Democratic National Committee. That’s not an exaggeration, according… Read More

April 5, 2022
National
College liberty organization celebrating the end of mandates on campuses

(The Center Square) – A youth liberty organization, with a chapter in Illinois, is celebrating the end of what they call “COVID-19 tyranny” on campus. Young Americans for Liberty (YAL)… Read More

March 28, 2022
State Government
A look into the Coordinating Board for Higher Education and its members

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Coordinating Board for Higher Education (CBHE) oversees the Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development and approves budget and policy recommendations to… Read More

December 21, 2021