As the dust settles and the number of pro-Palestinian student encampments dwindle, claims of “outside agitators” among the protesters are being put under the microscope as colleges say those unaffiliated with them caused most of the trouble, an accusation dismissed by critics as a fig leaf to ignore the demands of students. Some universities have…
Columbia University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences approved a vote of no confidence Thursday against university President Minouche Shafik over her handling of the recent pro-Palestinian protests on campus. The vote, organized by the school’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), won with a 65 percent majority, though it has no…
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is calling out House Republicans over their request for the Treasury Department to investigate the finances of the pro-Palestinian student protesters who have set up encampments at scores of U.S. colleges in recent weeks. On Tuesday, Committee on Education and the Workforce Chair Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) and Oversight and…
As online learning becomes more popular, eLearning developers seek ways to incorporate emotion into their practices. Discover 10 ways instructors use to cultivate empathy to increase learner engagement and learning outcomes. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.
Thousands of academic student employees at the University of Washington (UW) went on strike on Tuesday, after union representatives and university officials failed to reach an agreement on wages Monday night. The union, United Auto Workers Local 4121, has held bargaining sessions with university officials since February, and all but one provision in the contract…
The Department of Education announced Tuesday that federal student loan interest rates for the 2024-2025 school year hit 6.53 percent, up from 5.5 percent the previous year. Higher education expert Mark Kantrowitz told CNBC the new undergraduate interest rate is the highest it has been in a decade. Graduate student loans hit 8.08…
The pro-Palestinian encampment at Harvard University announced Tuesday it would end after reaching an agreement with the nation’s oldest university. Harvard Out of Occupied Palestine (HOOP) said in a post on the social platform X the school agreed to begin the process of reinstating students who had been suspended and offered meetings with Harvard…
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The University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill Board of Trustees voted Monday to cut the school’s diversity funding and move the money over to public safety and policing, a decision that comes in the wake of the highly publicized pro-Palestinian demonstrations on its and dozens of other campuses. The decision takes $2.3 million…
Most students at the top 25 universities in the U.S. say antisemitism is a problem on their campus, according to a U.S. News & World Report survey. The survey found 67 percent of students in the top schools ranked by the organization said they believe antisemitism is a problem at their institution, while only 33…
