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
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
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
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
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
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
Education, Kansas
Many Kansas universities still don’t teach the science of readingA 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
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
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
Courts
Supreme Court may strike down race-based admissions policies in universitiesTwo 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
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
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
Biden administration
‘Systemically crazy’: Biden is letting colleges feed on taxpayers and letting suspected Chinese spies off easy, Hawley saysUniversities 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
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
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
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
State Government
A look into the Coordinating Board for Higher Education and its membersJEFFERSON 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
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