‘Safe Enough Spaces’
Court Approves Purchase of Law School by For-Profit
Trans Student Suspended From Christian College
UVA Adds Measures for Recruited Athletes
3 More Colleges Go Test Optional
2 Colleges Expand Religious Services
The University of San Francisco, a Roman Catholic institution, has named Rabbi Camille Shira Angel, who has taught at the university since 2017, the university’s first rabbi in residence.
Shenandoah University, a Methodist institution, has hired Hanaa Unus, a Muslim, who is the first non-Christian to serve in the university's spiritual office. More...
Judge Orders Neo-Nazis to Pay American U Student $700,000
By Scott Jaschik. A federal judge has ordered the founder of a neo-Nazi website, and his aides, to pay the first black student body president at American University more than $700,000, The Washington Post reported. She sued him after he started a racist “troll storm” against her in 2017. The neo-Nazi did not appear in court, and it is unclear whether he will pay. More...
‘The Assault on American Excellence’
By Scott Jaschik. Author discusses his new book, which is highly critical of American colleges. More...
Labor Department Proposes Exemption for Religious Entities
By Scott Jaschik. The U.S. Labor Department has proposed an exemption for religious educational institutions and other organizations to allow them to discriminate in ways consistent with their religious views when they are serving as federal contractors. Civil liberties groups have vowed to oppose the change. More...