Tragedy: Why Now Even Ivy League Youths Can't Read

Ivy League Majors in Anti-Americanism

Ivy League Majors in Anti-Americanism

Massachusetts Colleges to Try Three-Year Degree Programs as Schools Struggle With Enrollment

“There’s a whole generation that has listened to their parents complain about their student debt, and they’re about to go off to college, and they’re not really interested in taking on a lifetime of student debt” The post Massachusetts Colleges to Try Three-Year Degree Programs as Schools Struggle With Enrollment first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.

College students are no longer smarter than a fourth grader [Sad]

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Increasing Number Of Ivy League Students Can’t Even Read, So Let’s Stop Calling Them ‘Elite’

The literacy crisis has certainly made its way to elite universities, but it does not begin there.

McMahon warns Harvard she will drop the ‘hammer’ if DEI violations go uncorrected

Education Secretary Linda McMahon, in the latest “Pod Force One” episode, warned Harvard administrators that she could drop the “hammer” on the Ivy League university should it continue quietly pursuing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives that run afoul of federal law. President Trump issued executive actions seeking to eliminate DEI at Harvard and other []...Click to read more

La universidad que viene habla chino

Durante décadas, la universidad norteamericana fue el equivalente académico de una aspiradora global de talento: si eras bueno, ambicioso, curioso o simplemente querías estar cerca de donde pasaban las cosas, intentabas ir a Estados Unidos. El sistema funcionaba porque mezclaba dinero, libertad intelectual, reputación, meritocracia y una promesa razonablemente creíble: ven aquí, trabaja duro, y

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Thousands of Ohio students are M.I.A. from school and losing the opportunity to reach their potential. Nearly 385,000 students—about one in every four—were “chronically absent” in 2024–25, meaning they missed more than 10 percent of the school year. Of these students, 125,000 were absent more than 20 percent of the year, or about two months’ worth of school. In districts such as Cleveland, Lorain, and Youngstown, more than half of students were chronically absent. Based on preliminary data, Read More

Report Finds Ivy League Boards Lean Heavily Democratic

I heard someone say in conversation something like, I’ve talked to the members of the Harvard Board of Overseers. They’re on the left, they don’t really know how radical the campuses have become—or they approve of the transformation. They don’t ever talk to anyone outside of their bubble to tell them that there’s a problem [] The post Report Finds Ivy League Boards Lean Heavily Democratic appeared first on Minding The Campus.

The Ivy League’s Testing Turnaround Proves the SAT Is Still an Engine for Upward Mobility

Colleges are coming around to a hard truth: Test-optional policies harm the very students they were designed to help.

Loan Forgiveness Made Students Worse Off, Then and Now

Loan Forgiveness Made Students Worse Off, Then and Now

Chabria: UC could go back to using the SAT and ACT for admissions. Here's why that doesn't add up

UC is not Harvard, and was never meant to embody that type of self-perpetuating exclusivity disguised as a meritocracy.

The Right of Revolution

Students report feeling unable to express their views for fear of reprisal. It's one more symptom of a university system that has knowingly discarded legitimacy

Nursing gains ‘professional’ label for student loans after judge’s ruling, but theology now dropped

WASHINGTON (AP) — Students pursuing graduate degrees in nursing, physical therapy and several other fields will be eligible to take out higher federal student loan amounts — at least for now — after a federal judge blocked part of a Trump administration rule that held them to lower limits. The U.S. Education Department issued a [] The post Nursing gains ‘professional’ label for student loans after judge’s ruling, but theology now dropped appeared first on Loonie Politics.

Iowa Declared War on Chronic Absenteeism. Now It’s Gaining Some Ground

Davenport, Iowa, superintendent TJ Schneckloth has an easy way of describing the impact of student absenteeism. “Take your favorite book,” he said. “Let me rip one page out and it’s no longer your favorite book.” The loss of knowledge and continuity mirrors what students face when they miss even a single day of school, he []

Colleges and Universities Should Take Their Civic and Social Purposes Seriously

Austin Sarat On July 6, the New York Times published an editorial entitled “A Great University Undermines Its Mission.” I turned to it eagerly, expecting to see a stirring defense of what I call the civic and purposes of higher education. Instead, the editorial highlighted the uproar among faculty at the University of California over []

UBA Foundation Partners Slum2School To Boost Financial Literacy

UBA Foundation and Slum2School equip underserved pupils with practical financial literacy and money management skills.

Faculty Unions Slam 3-Year Degrees

Faculty Unions Slam 3-Year Degrees Sara Weissman Tue, 06/30/2026 - 03:00 AM The American Association of University Professors and American Federation of Teachers came out against three-year degrees after Massachusetts announced plans to adopt them. Byline(s) Sara Weissman

Elite Students Are Turning Away From Cushy Jobs in Finance, Tech and Consulting. Here’s the Unexpected Route They’re Taking Instead.

Instead of accepting summer internships at tech or finance companies, students at Princeton and Yale are pursuing different dreams.

युवाले खोजेको विश्वविद्यालय

नेपाली समाज यतिबेला विश्वासको संकटबाट गुज्रिरहेको छ। युवाको ठूलो हिस्सा भविष्यप्रति अनिश्चित छ। शिक्षा, रोजगारी, राजनीति, सार्वजनिक संस्था र सामाजिक नेतृत्वप्रति उनीहरूको भरोसा कमजोर हुँदै गएको छ। यस्तो समयमा विश्वविद्यालयको भूमिका घट्दैन, बरु अझ महत्त्वपूर्ण हुन्छ। विश्वविद्यालय डिग्री दिने संस्था मात्र होइन; समाजले आफ्नो भविष्यबारे सोच्ने, प्रश्न गर्ने, गल्तीबाट सिक्ने र नयाँ सम्भावना निर्माण गर्ने []

The Reason Behind The Rise Of Activist Teachers — And Our Classrooms

This piece is part of MI x DW, a collaboration that brings Daily Wire readers exclusive commentary and research from the Manhattan Institute’s world-class team of scholars. *** The United States has entered a “learning recession,” according to a new Education Scorecard report. Nationally, eighth-grade reading scores now stand at their lowest point since 1990, and fourth-grade ...

Trump endowment tax pays off for poorer students: NY Times op-ed

Incentivizes universities to spend more on students instead of stockpiling investments.

Teacher accused of sex with students was allegedly blackmailed for better grades: warrants

Students allegedly blackmailed Georgia teacher Maris Nichols for better grades after discovering her OnlyFans account, leading to a 27-count indictment.

I hated how my kids were forced to go to uni – I’m devastated to be proven right

The news about huge mis-selling of student loans must make more people wake up to the truth about modern university

Shattering the Irony Meter: Ellen Page Rants Against 'Vile Losers' Who Can't Accept Themselves

Shattering the Irony Meter: Ellen Page Rants Against 'Vile Losers' Who Can't Accept Themselves

Did class prejudice doom Ruth Ellis to hang? The social divide David Blakely was happy to ignore in bed was insurmountable when it came to introducing Ruth to his family... and this is how it led to their bloody fates

Did class prejudice doom Ruth Ellis to hang? The social divide David Blakely was happy to ignore in bed was insurmountable when it came to introducing Ruth to his family... and this is how it led to their bloody fates

College debt

College debt

College Student Says Parents Keep Asking for Money, Leaving Her Feeling Responsible for the Household

This is a lot of pressure to put on a college student... The post College Student Says Parents Keep Asking for Money, Leaving Her Feeling Responsible for the Household appeared first on TwistedSifter.

Fed Showdown: 15 States Sue To Block Feds From Killing School Mental Health Funds Over DEI

A coalition of 15 states has taken the U.S. Department of Education back to court, filing a protective lawsuit to prevent federal officials from pulling millions of dollars in school-based youth mental health grants. The complaint, filed July 10, 2026, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, targets the Department of [] Fed Showdown: 15 States Sue To Block Feds From Killing School Mental Health Funds Over DEI

Uni students copping it with financial ‘double squeeze’

University students are being hit by a double squeeze with the rising cost of living and some of the highest fees on record in Australia.

Florida Tried to Stop Woke. The First Amendment Stopped Florida.

A public university classroom is not a political campaign podium. A federal appeals court has just reminded Florida of that, and in doing so, reminded the country of something we should never have forgotten. This week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit struck down the higher education provisions of Florida’s “Stop WOKE” []

OPINION: The real college crisis isn’t enrollment. It’s completion, and it’s time to start asking why

Imagine a student who starts taking college courses while still in high school through a dual-enrollment program. By the time they arrive on campus as a first-year student, they already have credits completed. They are the first in their family to attend a four-year institution. Focused. Capable. Working part-time to help support things at home. [] The post OPINION: The real college crisis isn’t enrollment. It’s completion, and it’s time to start asking why appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

Rosemead High School Student Killed in Triple Stabbing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOsi8vw31Zs A 15-year-old Rosemead High School student has died following a triple stabbing in El Monte. Author...

Texas Students Can Handle the Bible

Texans, hide your kids—or else they’ll be forced to hear that “love is patient, love is kind.” Yes, the radicals on the Texas State Board of Education have decided that public school students in the Lone Star State should become just a little familiar with the work that arguably influenced American history and Western literature...

Ohio bill would broaden power of university civics center directors

The politically created academic centers have drawn fierce criticism from faculty, who say they expand state intrusion into higher education.

Local students still dominate public university enrolment in Malaysia, says IPPTN

GEORGE TOWN, July 9 — Local students remain the dominant group in public universities, with 96.56 per cent of unde...

Lessons I Have Learned from Researching School Reform

Many years ago, I had met with a group of Stanford University graduate students then working on their joint Masters in Business Administration (MBA) and education. Some had taught for a few years through Teach for America and were eager Continue reading

‘Broken and unfair’: Morrison-era policy slogging students with hundreds of millions in extra debt

'We are talking about students carrying a significant debt into their late 40s, and many will never repay it.' The post ‘Broken and unfair’: Morrison-era policy slogging students with hundreds of millions in extra debt appeared first on Crikey.

Ray Dalio was a ‘terrible student’ who got into investing by golf caddying for Wall Street traders: Now he hires talent who have experienced hardship

What I find quite often is the case is that that student who did really, really well—and in remembering all the things that they've learned and so on—hadn't gone through anything like that, [and] may not be the most inventive, may not be the most determined.

Schools Recovering from COVID Shutdowns, but Millions of Students Are Still Behind

More than six years after COVID-19 upended America's classrooms, schools are showing signs of academic recovery. New research finds students are making progress in math and reading, but many still perform below pre-pandemic levels. Researchers say the damage caused by school shutdowns is beginning to ease, yet the recovery remains uneven—and far from complete.

The College Dropoff

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