The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) withdrew its international student policy after a little over a week, when several higher education institutions filed lawsuits against the rule. According to Inside Higher Ed, the rule required…
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Bernie Sanders strong-arms Biden over higher education proposals
Presumptive Democratic Party presidential nominee Joe Biden has been strong-armed by self-proclaimed socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to jointly propose a series of left-wing policies. Biden, long seen as a political moderate in the Senate,…
Obamacare religious exemption upheld by the Supreme Court
Ever since its inception and eventual passage in 2010, Obamacare has been at the center of many lawsuits and counter-lawsuits over its many provisions and regulations. This past week, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld its…
Supreme Court affirms religious schools’ right to hire, fire employees
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled this week that religious schools have the right to hire and fire teachers based on the doctrine of ministerial exception. Ministerial exception is a legal doctrine that dictates anti-discrimination laws…
College football season shortened to conference-only games
College football, an annual sports tradition that kicks off the fall season, will be much different than in past years due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. At least two college conferences, the Big Ten and…
‘Behind the Police’ podcast links police to slavery, white supremacists
A new podcast, launched this past June, criticizes law enforcement for its alleged systemic racist past. The podcast, called the “Behind the Police,” featured an offensive image of police officers. In its podcast image, a…
Soros’s Open Society Foundations gives Bard College $100 Million
Six months later after announcing its launch of the Open Society University Network, the George Soros-backed Open Society Foundations publicized a gift to Bard College of $100 million over a ten-year period. The foundation claimed…
The Future of Higher Education under Coronavirus Pandemic
Accuracy in Academia Chairman Don Irvine interviews Ed Carter, Director of the School of Communications at Brigham Young University on the future of higher education under a global pandemic. You can watch the interview below:
Arizona State University revokes job for dean over microaggression complaints
Arizona State University revoked a job offer for an incoming dean after former students claimed she used racist microaggressions against them.
Montgomery County Public Schools holds LGBTQ town hall
One of the largest Maryland public school systems held a virtual LGBTQ town hall to discuss LGBTQ activism in high schools.