Harvard Will Make Tuition Free for More Students
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Harvard Will Make Tuition Free for More Students

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines But he referred to the value of bringing a cross-section of people together. “Putting Harvard within financial reach for more individuals widens the array of backgrounds, experiences and perspectives that all of our students encounter, fostering their intellectual and personal growth,” Dr. Garber…

More Universities Are Choosing to Stay Neutral on the Biggest Issues
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More Universities Are Choosing to Stay Neutral on the Biggest Issues

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Just a few years ago, university statements on the day’s social and political issues abounded. When Russia attacked Ukraine in 2022, Harvard’s president at the time called it “senseless” and “deplorable,” and flew the invaded country’s flag in Harvard Yard. After George Floyd…

Trump Pulled 0 million From Columbia. Other Schools Could Be Next.
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Trump Pulled $400 million From Columbia. Other Schools Could Be Next.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Trump Administration’s abrupt withdrawal of $400 million in federal funding from Columbia University cast a pall over at least nine other campuses worried they could be next. The schools, a mix that includes both public universities and Ivy League institutions, have been…

Eric Adams Case Tests an Ambitious Prosecutor’s Independence
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Eric Adams Case Tests an Ambitious Prosecutor’s Independence

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Danielle R. Sassoon shot like a laser through the Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office, with stints fighting violent crime and securities fraud as well as handling appeals before she was elevated, at age 38, to be its interim head. There, just weeks into her…

Trump Administration Cuts Put Medical Progress at Risk, Researchers Say
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Trump Administration Cuts Put Medical Progress at Risk, Researchers Say

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The nation’s universities and academic medical centers were reeling on Saturday from a directive by the Trump administration to slash funding for medical research, a decision that doctors and scientists said would have a devastating effect on studies aimed at finding treatments for…

Harvard University President Alan M. Garber told school needs to rethink messaging after Donald Trump, GOP election wins
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Harvard University President Alan M. Garber told school needs to rethink messaging after Donald Trump, GOP election wins

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Harvard University president Alan M. Garber reportedly told faculty that they need to rethink their messaging following the Republican Party’s election sweep.  Garber reportedly described the sour mood in Washington, DC regarding higher education as the single greatest threat to the university in…

Harvard president says fundraising down in wake of anti-Israel turmoil
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Harvard president says fundraising down in wake of anti-Israel turmoil

Harvard’s president is lamenting the university’s poor fundraising numbers as it continues to grapple with the fallout of a rocky year filled with campus turmoil and accusations of rampant antisemitism. University leader Alan Garber made the comments last week as Harvard prepares to release its 2024 financial report later this…

Red-Green Alliance will wreak anti-Jewish havoc — first at the Dem convention then on campuses
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Red-Green Alliance will wreak anti-Jewish havoc — first at the Dem convention then on campuses

It looks like the Democratic National Convention in Chicago next week will be hit with aggressive and violent protests by groups that hate Israel and hate America. It’s an unholy alliance of the far left and anarchists, on the one hand, and Islamists and pro-Hamas terror supporters, on the other….

Bipartisan Congress aims to defund colleges over legacy admissions
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Bipartisan Congress aims to defund colleges over legacy admissions

Time could finally be up for legacy admissions, thanks to a bipartisan bill being considered on Capitol Hill. “The fact that your parents or grandparents happened to have a sheepskin [diploma] from a particular college on the wall should in no way influence your ability to get into that college,”…