Biden cancels $7.7bn more in student debt for 160,000 borrowers | Education News

Biden cancels $7.7bn more in student debt for 160,000 borrowers | Education News

The move brings the total number of students benefitting from the president’s debt relief push to 4.75 million. United States President Joe Biden has announced his administration is cancelling a total of $7.7bn in student debt for another 160,000 borrowers. The latest action on Wednesday brings the total number of…

International students risk immigration status to engage in Gaza protests | Israel War on Gaza News

International students risk immigration status to engage in Gaza protests | Israel War on Gaza News

New York, New York – Israel’s war in Gaza is personal for Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil. A 29-year-old Palestinian refugee raised in Syria, Khalil wanted to get involved in the on-campus activism against the war, but he was nervous. Khalil faced a dilemma common to international students: He was…

California university will heed student call to boycott Israel institutions | Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions News

California university will heed student call to boycott Israel institutions | Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions News

Sonoma State University, a public school in northern California, has said that it will not enter partnerships with Israeli universities, heeding a call from pro-Palestine student groups pushing to boycott Israeli companies and institutions amid the war in Gaza. The decision, announced on Tuesday, comes after a recent wave of campus…

US university ties to weapons contractors under scrutiny amid war in Gaza | Israel War on Gaza News

US university ties to weapons contractors under scrutiny amid war in Gaza | Israel War on Gaza News

Los Angeles, California – As the war in Gaza enters its eighth month, Israel’s military campaign, one of the most destructive in modern history, has killed nearly 35,000 Palestinians, most of them women and children. The death toll, as well as the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza, has many progressive…

Berkeley chancellor speaks out about ‘Gaza brutality’ at graduation | Gaza

Berkeley chancellor speaks out about ‘Gaza brutality’ at graduation | Gaza

NewsFeed The chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley addressed the ‘brutality of the violence in Gaza’ in her graduation ceremony speech, as dozens of students wearing keffiyehs waved Palestinians flags and demanded the college divest from Israel. At least one graduate was filmed waving an Israeli flag. Published On…

Are US graduation ceremonies the latest battleground for Gaza protests? | Israel War on Gaza News

Are US graduation ceremonies the latest battleground for Gaza protests? | Israel War on Gaza News

EXPLAINER Here’s how pro-Palestine campus protests and encampments are affecting graduation ceremonies at US universities. College graduates all over the United States this year are walking on stage to collect their degrees after donning Palestinian flags and keffiyehs with their caps and gowns. Graduation ceremonies are taking place in May…

US police break up Gaza protest encampment at George Washington University | Protests News

US police break up Gaza protest encampment at George Washington University | Protests News

Police say arrests made in Washington, DC, as US-wide crackdown continues on student-led demonstrations in support of Palestinians in Gaza. Police in the United States capital have broken up a student protest encampment at George Washington University, one of dozens of tent camps set up on campuses across the country…

Activists say UCLA Palestine encampment assault followed days of harassment | Israel War on Gaza News

Activists say UCLA Palestine encampment assault followed days of harassment | Israel War on Gaza News

Los Angeles, California – At the entrance of the pro-Palestine encampment at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) on Wednesday, events proceed in an orderly and quiet fashion, save for the constant buzz of a police helicopter hovering overhead. Those wishing to enter formed a queue, and organisers…

New York City police enter Columbia campus as Gaza protest escalates | Protests News

New York City police enter Columbia campus as Gaza protest escalates | Protests News

Officers seen heading towards Hamilton Hall, which students began occupying on Tuesday morning. Large numbers of New York City police officers have entered the campus of Columbia University in the latest escalation in the Gaza protests that have swept dozens of universities, mostly in the United States. The New York…