Northern Arizona University plans to build a new medical school as part of a greater effort to address an ongoing shortage of health care workers in the state, the Arizona Board of Regents announced Friday. The medical school would be the first in the region and will focus on training …
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Many Americans frown upon kids who miss school, often calling it truancy or simply cutting class. But the School Avoidance Alliance believes chronic absenteeism could be part of a much larger problem where anxiety and mental health issues force students to stay home. “School avoidance is when a child has …
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A prominent TikTok influencer and recent graduate of New York University called for college administrators to speak out in defense of Jewish students and condemn the “unconscionable” antisemitic rhetoric happening on campuses across the country. “Young people need to know right from wrong. You need to give them an open …
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Former Union officers, who had led the costly battlefield effort to free 4 million Americans from bondage, chartered the National Rifle Association (NRA) in New York City on this day in history, Nov. 17, 1871. Civil War veterans Col. William C. Church and Gen. George Wingate created the organization after …
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A Maryland principal engaged in sexual misconduct and bullying and violated sexual harassment policies, according to a months-long investigation from the Montgomery County Office of the Inspector General. The investigation determined that Montgomery County Public Schools’ Joel Beidleman committed misconduct during his tenure as principal of Farquhar Middle School in …
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul warned all state colleges and universities that failing to crack down on antisemitism on their campus is a violation of the state’s Human Rights Law and will result in “aggressive enforcement action.” Hochul wrote a letter to the presidents of colleges and universities across the …
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday blocked an effort to criminalize misconduct at school board meetings, citing the move was “unnecessary.” Senate Bill 596 sought to make a misdemeanor of misconduct that affects school employees. The Portantino School Employee Protection Bill applies anywhere within the purview of a school employee’s …
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Calls are growing on the left for Harvard President Claudine Gay to step down after she was accused of dozens of instances of plagiarism in her past scholarly writings. Liberal Washington Post columnist and associate editor Ruth Marcus added to the pile up with her opinion column Saturday entitled, “Harvard’s …
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Several liberal college professors seized on the news of Harvard President Claudine Gay’s resignation by jumping on social media and defending Gay despite her comments on antisemitism and almost 50 accusations of plagiarism. After facing dozens of allegations of plagiarism, Gay released a letter to members of the Harvard community …
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A China expert warns that President Donald Trump’s Chinese student visa push amid trade talks between the United States and China could exacerbate the growing CCP “influence” in American universities. China policy expert Michael Sobolik, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, explains where things stand right now, as several …
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