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On July 1, 2017, campus carry for law-abiding students at public colleges and universities goes into effect in Kansas.

Headteachers at state-funded schools may have breached purdah rules by appearing to campaign against the Conservative party before the general election. Parents and families received a series of politicized messages during the general election campaign, delivered in letters and on

A new report for the Student Exchange Visitors Program (SEVP) generated by the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shows that of the 1.18 million students from foreign countries studying at colleges and universities in the United States 77 percent are from Asia.

Professor Lisa Durden was fired from her position at Essex County College in the aftermath of an appearance on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News program in which she defended a Memorial Day party that banned anyone who isn’t black.

A spokesperson for the University of Arizona claimed that they have no ties with a visiting scholar from France who identifies as a hippopotamus.

The University of Delaware has announced that they won’t renew the contract of Professor Katherine Dettwyler, who recently claimed that the late Otto Warmbier “got exactly what he deserved.”

A prominent group of Houston pastors blasted the superintendent of the Houston Independent School District for his idea to add LGBTQ studies to existing U.S. history curriculum.

An internal memo in the Department of Education says officials will investigate schoolteachers who do not comply with children’s demands to be called by the opposite-sex pronoun, for example, ‘her’ instead of ‘him.’

In a Senate hearing that took place this week, Senator Diane Feinstein defended the right of public universities to cancel controversial speaking events when they may lead to violence on campus.

TEL AVIV – Support for Israel among Americans as a whole and among Jewish American college students in particular has dropped dramatically over the last few years, a study released by the Brand Israel Group shows.

In a hearing in front of Washington state lawmakers, Evergreen State College President George Bridges claimed that he regrets asking the school’s police chief to attend protests on campus unarmed.

June Chu, who came under fire earlier in 2017 for using disparaging terms like “white trash” in Yelp reviews, has left Yale University.

The federal government quietly helped companies and universities hire 330,000 cheap foreign graduates during 2016 in place of often-indebted American graduates.

One of the greatest problems with modern-day parents, according to Pope Francis, is that they compete with their teenage children instead of educating them, by attempting to be “eternal teenagers” themselves instead of role models.

Rowan University has published a guide for their professors instructing them how to “call out” supposed microaggressions in the classroom, with ideas such as meritocracy and wanting to be inclusive highlighted as especially negative.

The Washington State Senate will hold a session on Tuesday afternoon regarding public safety at Evergreen State College.

Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) condemned American universities for stifling free speech during a congressional hearing on Tuesday.

San Francisco State University (SFSU) was hit by a lawsuit on Monday brought by students and local community members accusing the school of “an extremely disturbing and consistent pattern of anti-Jewish animus.”

A short film produced by VICE News this week takes a fascinating look at the chaos that has unfolded at Evergreen State College over the past few weeks.

Evergreen Alumni Raise Nearly $6,000 for Professor Bret Weinstein and Free Speech

On Monday, the White House will hold a “tech summit,” playing host to leading executives from most—but not all—of the leading technology companies in America.

Gay rights advocates have condemned the Trump education department for inviting groups that advocate for one man-one woman marriage to a Father’s Day event.

The New York Times offered a revisionist history of the ongoing crisis at Evergreen State College in Washington on Saturday, ignoring left-wing violence and smearing liberal professor Bret Weinstein, who is a victim of the chaos.

The Pitzer College board of trustees announced on Friday that, following “careful consideration,” it had decided to “rescind…and declare…to be of no effect” a student government vote held during Passover to add an anti-Israel boycott into its bylaws.

The New Jersey high school that earned criticism for censoring photos and quotes favorable to President Donald Trump in the school yearbook has now promised to reprint the entire book without the censorship and at the expense of the school.

Recently published information reveals that Erik Olin Wright, a professor who teaches a course bashing capitalism at the University of Wisconsin, earns an annual salary of $170,000.

Evergreen State College suspended operations on Thursday afternoon ahead of scheduled pro-free speech and “anti-fascist” group protests.

Surveys of teachers’ voting intentions prior to the general election indicate the Left dominates the British education system.

In a column for the Seattle Times, Evergreen State College President George Bridges blamed the chaos on his campus on “misinformation” that circulated on social media and cable news.

A spokesperson for Evergreen State College falsely told a reporter that Bret Weinstein, who was forced off campus due to concerns for his safety, has returned to campus to teach in his regular classroom.

Evergreen State College President George Bridges claims that he is “deeply disappointed” by the protesters who forced professor Bret Weinstein to move his class off campus.

The Trump Department of Education’s rejection of a request by Alabama to drop the ACT Aspire test for its students in favor of different tests is spurring sentiment that the state may well be a “test case” to see how committed President Donald Trump and U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos are to “local control” of education.

Evergreen State College Professor Bret Weinstein claimed that it may be unsafe for him to return to campus in his second interview with Tucker Carlson, which aired on Monday night.

Activists from opposing ends of the continuing Evergreen State College chaos have scheduled rallies that will take place near and on campus this week.

Last week, President Donald Trump appointed a longstanding advocate of abstinence sex education to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and leftwing groups are furious.

The New Jersey teacher who censored pro-Trump quotes and photos out of a high school yearbook has now been suspended, reports reveal.