3 d. ago AP PHOTOS: Columbia University president notes Mahmoud Khalil's absence at graduation

The head of Columbia University alluded to the detention of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil during a commencement speech Wednesday that drew loud boos and chants of “free Palestine” from graduating students.

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4 d. ago Over boos, Columbia University president notes Mahmoud Khalil's absence at graduation

The head of Columbia University alluded to the detention of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil during a commencement speech Wednesday that drew loud boos and chants of “free Palestine” from graduating students

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1 week ago More than 1,000 US students punished over speech since 2020, report finds

Study paints picture of universities increasingly willing to penalize students over expression of their viewsParker Hovis was four courses away from getting his computer science degree from the University of Florida when he was arrested along with several other students at a pro-Palestine protest on campus last spring. While the charges against him were dismissed and a school conduct committee recommended only minor punishment – a form of probation – the university president suspended him for three years. He’ll be required to reapply if he wants to come back after that.Hovis, who has since left Florida and is working to pay off his student loans despite never graduating, is one of more than 1,000 students or student groups that were targeted by their universities for punishment between 2020 and 2024 over their speech, according to a report published today by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (Fire). Some 63% of them were ultimately punished. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Trump administration terminates a further $450mn in grants to Harvard

Government has already cut $2.2bn in funding to university and US president threatened to scrap its tax-exempt status

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2 w. ago Columbia University lays off nearly 180 after Trump pulled $400M over his antisemitism concerns

Columbia University is laying off nearly 180 staffers in response to President Donald Trump’s decision to cancel $400 million in funding over the Manhattan college’s handling of student protests against the war in Gaza

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2 w. ago Jewish faculty decry Republican panel members ahead of antisemitism hearing

Lawmakers on key committee have quoted Hitler and are associated with calls for Jews to convert to ChristianityA number of Republican legislators set to grill university presidents in a congressional hearing on antisemitism this week are associated with calls for Jews to convert to Christianity, have quoted Adolf Hitler, or have reportedly threatened to burn a synagogue to the ground.A group of Haverford professors, most of them Jewish, has raised concerns about the legislators, pointing to statements they have made in the past and antisemitic incidents in their districts that the professors say they have not forcefully condemned. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago University of Texas chancellor is named president of University of California

The University of California has announced that James B

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3 w. ago Trump live: President evokes campaign days, telling stories to University of Alabama grads as his polls slump

The president addressed nearly 3,000 students at a University of Alabama commencement event

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