Columbia University suspends outspoken pro-Israel professor for harassment | Protests News

Columbia University suspends outspoken pro-Israel professor for harassment | Protests News

A divisive and outspoken pro-Israel professor at Columbia University in New York City was temporarily suspended after the prestigious school said he “repeatedly harassed and intimidated University employees in violation of University policy”. Shai Davidai, an assistant professor in the business school, has become a fixture on campus and on…

Argentina’s Congress fails to overturn Milei’s university funding veto | Business and Economy News

Argentina’s Congress fails to overturn Milei’s university funding veto | Business and Economy News

Lower house of Congress fails to achieve a two-thirds majority needed to overrule president’s veto despite mass protests. Argentina’s lower house of Congress has failed to reverse a presidential veto of legislation that would have shored up public university funding – a win for the country’s libertarian leader after mass…

NY State Ed’s pathetic response to rising chronic absenteeism in schools: We’ll stop tracking it
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NY State Ed’s pathetic response to rising chronic absenteeism in schools: We’ll stop tracking it

For years now, we’ve been slamming the State Education Department and its rulers, the state Board of Regents, as having turned against anything resembling excellence, but we’re still shocked at SED’s latest move. State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli just issued a blaring alarm about how truancy soared in New York schools…

Defying protesters, Argentina’s Milei shoots down university funding plan | Business and Economy News

Defying protesters, Argentina’s Milei shoots down university funding plan | Business and Economy News

Milei vetoed a law that would guarantee funding for free public universities, angering students and educators. Argentina’s President Javier Milei has followed through on his threat to slash university funding, despite an uproar by students and educators. Millei officially vetoed a law that would guarantee more funding to Argentina’s university…

Six common mistakes to avoid in the college application process and on the Common App
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Six common mistakes to avoid in the college application process and on the Common App

This branded content article is sponsored by IvyWise When applying to college, many students and their families wish there was a magic solution to make things easier. The application process is far from straightforward — there are many pitfalls that students might face, and potentially fall into, along the way. Students…

Nigerian school funded with plastic waste proceeds on the brink of collapse | Education

Nigerian school funded with plastic waste proceeds on the brink of collapse | Education

Lagos, Nigeria – Mujanatu Musa’s one-roomed apartment – built mainly of rusty iron sheets – cuts a sorry sight in Ajegunle, a sprawling slum in Nigeria’s economic hub of Lagos. Flanked by old, decrepit buildings, the makeshift structure shelters the 40-year-old mother and her three children, Abdulrahman, 12, and 9-year-old…

Fire breaks out at Kenya girls’ school days after inferno killed 21 | Education News

Fire breaks out at Kenya girls’ school days after inferno killed 21 | Education News

A fire has broken out at a girls’ school in central Kenya just two days after a boarding school inferno killed 21 boys at another school. Firefighters were battling a blaze at a girls’ school in central Kenya, just two days after an inferno killed 21 boys at another school….