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Although it is not high on the list of political priorities, the Department of Education under the Biden administration is calling for the end of corporal punishment in school. The federal agency sent a letter to governors and other education officials about their concerns. Corporal punishment may include spanking, hitting, paddling, or other forms of […]

Biden’s Education Secretary Miguel Cardona recently praised the Biden administration’s budget proposal, which will go before Congress for consideration. Although Biden’s budget will not likely pass with a Republican-majority House of Representatives, budget proposals are a formality and part of the federal budgeting process. The political reality facing the Biden administration did not deter Cardona […]

The February cable news ratings show that Fox News’ brand of conservative-oriented news is widely preferred by viewers over the liberal offerings of MSNBC and CNN. After a third-place showing in January 2021, when MSNBC and CNN hyped 2020 election denialism and the January 6th riots on Capitol Hill, Fox News quickly regained its form […]

The Center for Politics at the University of Virginia (UVA) announced last week that former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) has accepted an appointment to serve as a Professor of Practice with the Center for Politics. The appointment will run through the 2023 fall semester with an option to renew after that. “I am delighted to […]

The March 2023 issue of Campus Report covers the establishment of a new civics school at UNC, the potential 2024 presidential candidates, the University of Austin’s success, and Marymount University’s decision to eliminate several majors. The new School of Civic Life and Leadership at UNC-Chapel Hill faces criticism from faculty who view it as politically […]

The train derailment in the small eastern Ohio town of East Palestine is making life untenable for both President Joe Biden and his Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who are trying to blame Republicans and the Trump administration for the train derailment. A train, with multiple cars carrying hazardous chemicals, derailed on February 3 and spilled toxic […]

Labor unions, which saw plummeting membership trends in recent years, are seeing a resurgence on college and university campuses in the form of graduate and professional student workers. The latest university to join the unionization bandwagon is Yale University. The Yale Daily News reported on the unionization vote, which passed with 1,860 votes in favor […]

Newly-elected Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the daughter of former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and former Trump White House press secretary, announced plans to hire a Florida education official to reform education in Arkansas. Jacob Oliva, currently the senior chancellor at Florida’s Department of Education, has served in the state education agency since 2017. Sanders […]

In 2022, a lot happened and it’s hard to remember everything that went on throughout the year. There was parent-driven outrage over Critical Race Theory assignments at all education levels, even at a conservative university like BYU. We cannot forget the concerning, vitriol-filled confrontation at Arizona State University (which is a taxpayer-funded state institution, by […]

The Biden administration announced that it will subsidize students in Lebanon to attend several universities in the country. U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Samantha Power said that the U.S. government will “provide $50 million for Lebanese and refugee students living in the country to attend the American University of Beirut (AUB), Lebanese American […]

In a move decried from left-wing protesters and faculty, the University of Florida Board of Governors approved the contract to hire a former Republican U.S. senator from Nebraska, Ben Sasse. Sasse was given a $1 million annual salary by the board. His annual salary will automatically increase by four percent each year if the University […]

In an act of defiance, the Biden administration signaled that it will continue to receive and process applications for its student loan debt forgiveness program while lawsuits to stop the program are filed across the country. NBC News reported that the Department of Education will move forward with its student loan debt forgiveness program despite […]