Republicans Face Setbacks in Push to Tighten Voting Laws on College Campuses
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/29/us/politics/republicans-young-voters-college.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/29/us/politics/republicans-young-voters-college.html
Party officials across the country have sought to erect more barriers for young voters, who tilt heavily Democratic, after several cycles in which their turnout surged.
Wed, 29 Mar 2023 21:50:33 +0000
What We Know About the Nashville School Shooting
https://www.nytimes.com/article/nashville-school-shooting.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/article/nashville-school-shooting.html
Investigators were still searching for a motive in the killing of six people at the Covenant School. The police said the assailant was being treated for an emotional disorder.
Wed, 29 Mar 2023 18:34:31 +0000
Nashville School Shooting Victims Remembered by Community in Anguish
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/28/us/nashville-shooting-victims.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/28/us/nashville-shooting-victims.html
As investigators searched for a motive in the killing of six people at the Covenant School in Nashville, the close-knit community there was struggling with the enormity of its loss.
Wed, 29 Mar 2023 00:46:48 +0000
House Republicans Pass ‘Parents Bill of Rights’ Act
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/24/us/politics/parents-bill-of-rights-act.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/24/us/politics/parents-bill-of-rights-act.html
The legislation would require schools to obtain parental consent to honor a student’s request to change gender-identifying pronouns. Democrats said it would bring the conflicts over social issues to the classroom.
Fri, 24 Mar 2023 16:30:42 +0000
Chicago’s Mayoral Race Pits the Teachers Union Against the Police Union
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/27/us/politics/chicago-mayor-race.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/27/us/politics/chicago-mayor-race.html
In a city known for its unions, two loom over the Paul Vallas-Brandon Johnson race, and no labor leader is as significant as the incendiary president of the Fraternal Order of Police.
Mon, 27 Mar 2023 14:58:37 +0000
Los Angeles Schools and 30,000 Workers Reach Tentative Deal After Strike
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/24/us/los-angeles-schools-strike-deal.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/24/us/los-angeles-schools-strike-deal.html
The three-day walkout included Los Angeles Unified School District teachers, gardeners, bus drivers, cafeteria workers and special education assistants.
Sat, 25 Mar 2023 04:11:49 +0000
Florida Will Review Social Studies Textbooks for ‘Prohibited Topics’
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/16/us/florida-textbooks-african-american-history.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/16/us/florida-textbooks-african-american-history.html
Behind the scenes, one publisher went to great lengths to avoid mentions of race, even in the story of Rosa Parks.
Mon, 20 Mar 2023 16:07:48 +0000
At Wellesley College, Students Vote to Admit Trans Men
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/14/us/wellesley-college-trans-nonbinary.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/14/us/wellesley-college-trans-nonbinary.html
Students supported a nonbinding referendum on Tuesday that calls for opening admission to all nonbinary and transgender applicants. Opponents say the school’s mission is to educate women.
Thu, 16 Mar 2023 17:00:53 +0000
Fulbright-Hays Fellowship Rule Penalizes Native Language Speakers
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/15/us/politics/fulbright-fellowship-language-education-department.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/15/us/politics/fulbright-fellowship-language-education-department.html
An Education Department regulation penalizes Fulbright-Hays applicants if they grew up speaking the language of their proposed country for research. Lawsuits have followed.
Thu, 16 Mar 2023 02:58:54 +0000
Parents of L.S.U. Student Who Died After Hazing Awarded $6.1 Million
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/13/us/max-gruver-lsu-hazing-death-lawsuit.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/13/us/max-gruver-lsu-hazing-death-lawsuit.html
Maxwell Gruver, 18, died in 2017 after a fraternity event in which pledges were forced to chug alcohol. His parents said the jury’s verdict was a significant step in their goal to end hazing.
Mon, 13 Mar 2023 11:31:47 +0000
UPenn Accuses a Professor of Racist Statements. Should She Be Fired?
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/13/us/upenn-law-professor-racism-freedom-speech.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/13/us/upenn-law-professor-racism-freedom-speech.html
Amy Wax and free speech groups say the university is trampling on her academic freedom. Students ask whether her speech deserves to be protected.
Fri, 24 Mar 2023 12:32:37 +0000
Parents of L.S.U. Student Who Died After Hazing Awarded $6.1 Million
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/13/us/max-gruver-lsu-hazing-death-lawsuit.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/13/us/max-gruver-lsu-hazing-death-lawsuit.html
Maxwell Gruver, 18, died in 2017 after a fraternity event in which pledges were forced to chug alcohol. His parents said the jury’s verdict was a significant step in their goal to end hazing.
Mon, 13 Mar 2023 11:31:47 +0000
School District Sued Over Handling of Student’s Pledge of Allegiance Protest
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/11/us/pledge-allegiance-teacher-shove-south-carolina.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/11/us/pledge-allegiance-teacher-shove-south-carolina.html
A South Carolina high school teacher shoved a student against a wall after the teenager refused to stop for the pledge on her way to class, according to a federal lawsuit.
Sat, 11 Mar 2023 22:13:23 +0000
What to Know About Tenure and Free Speech Protections
https://www.nytimes.com/article/tenure-protection-free-speech.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/article/tenure-protection-free-speech.html
A conflict over a law professor at the University of Pennsylvania has stirred questions about what tenure means.
Mon, 13 Mar 2023 16:02:53 +0000
Colleges Have Been a Small-Town Lifeline. What Happens as They Shrink?
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/13/business/economy/college-towns-economy.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/13/business/economy/college-towns-economy.html
Declining student enrollment is hitting the rural areas that rely on universities. They’re trying to adapt to survive.
Wed, 15 Mar 2023 22:04:32 +0000
College in Idaho Removes Abortion Artwork, Citing State Law
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/13/arts/design/idaho-abortion-lewis-clark-college.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/13/arts/design/idaho-abortion-lewis-clark-college.html
Six works in a Lewis-Clark exhibition about health care were perceived to run afoul of a law that prohibits the use of state funds to “promote abortion” or “counsel in favor of abortion.”
Mon, 20 Mar 2023 15:03:46 +0000
Valparaiso Plans to Sell Georgia O’Keeffe Painting to Fix Dorms
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/10/arts/design/valparaiso-museum-paintings-sale-okeeffe.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/10/arts/design/valparaiso-museum-paintings-sale-okeeffe.html
In the face of declining enrollment, Valparaiso University in Indiana wants to raise money to renovate two dormitories by selling treasures from its art museum. Not everyone is on board.
Fri, 10 Mar 2023 19:26:35 +0000
How Public Money Goes to Support a Hasidic Village’s Private Schools
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/20/nyregion/kiryas-joel-hasidic-school-district.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/20/nyregion/kiryas-joel-hasidic-school-district.html
Created for a New York Hasidic group in 1989, the Kiryas Joel Village Union Free School District has directed millions of dollars to the community’s network of private schools.
Mon, 20 Feb 2023 19:16:09 +0000
The Rise of the Active Shooter Defense Industry
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/17/business/active-shooter-industry-us.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/17/business/active-shooter-industry-us.html
More companies are promising to protect children or employees against gun violence. But the industry is largely unregulated and unproven.
Fri, 17 Feb 2023 21:51:19 +0000
Who’s Afraid of Black History?
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/17/opinion/desantis-florida-african-american-studies-black-history.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/17/opinion/desantis-florida-african-american-studies-black-history.html
Ron DeSantis should be careful of the company he keeps.
Tue, 21 Feb 2023 01:38:32 +0000
Do Law Schools Need the LSAT? Here’s How to Understand the Debate.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/17/us/law-schools-lsat-requirement.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/17/us/law-schools-lsat-requirement.html
One part of the American Bar Association is trying to drop the test requirement for law schools, while another has voted to retain it — and both sides say diversity is the reason.
Fri, 17 Feb 2023 21:06:24 +0000
DeSantis May Have Been Right
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/opinion/desantis-may-have-been-right.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/opinion/desantis-may-have-been-right.html
The College Board amended its original plan for an A.P. African American studies course. It was probably for the best.
Sat, 18 Feb 2023 03:02:34 +0000
Michigan State Professor Was Teaching Class When Gunman Started Shooting
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/us/michigan-state-shooting-professor-berkey-hall.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/us/michigan-state-shooting-professor-berkey-hall.html
A professor recalls: “It looked like a robot, not someone human, covered with a mask and a cap.”
Fri, 17 Feb 2023 02:41:27 +0000
The College Board’s Rocky Path, Through Florida, to the A.P. Black Studies Course
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/13/us/ap-black-studies-course-college-board-desantis.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/13/us/ap-black-studies-course-college-board-desantis.html
The nonprofit met with Governor DeSantis’s state officials, who asked whether the course was “trying to advance Black Panther thinking.”
Mon, 13 Feb 2023 20:20:23 +0000
Before Michigan State Shooting, Some Students Survived Sandy Hook and Oxford
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/14/us/michigan-state-shooting-students-gun-violence.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/14/us/michigan-state-shooting-students-gun-violence.html
The gunfire on Monday night left three dead and five critically injured. For some students, the familiar rituals of sorrow, anger and disbelief were playing out again.
Wed, 15 Feb 2023 17:17:50 +0000
DeSantis’s Latest Target: A Small College of ‘Free Thinkers’
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/14/us/ron-desantis-new-college-florida.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/14/us/ron-desantis-new-college-florida.html
Gov. Ron DeSantis’s plan to transform New College of Florida into a beacon of conservatism has left students and faculty members at the tight-knit, progressive school reeling.
Tue, 14 Feb 2023 16:24:05 +0000
After Adriana Kuch’s Suicide, a New Jersey Community Grapples With Bullying
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/13/nyregion/nj-teen-suicide-bullying-school.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/13/nyregion/nj-teen-suicide-bullying-school.html
Amid grief and outrage over the death of Adriana Kuch, 14, students have mounted protests, and a schools superintendent has resigned.
Tue, 14 Feb 2023 01:18:08 +0000
In Post-Roe World, These Conservatives Embrace New Benefits for Parents
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/10/us/conservatives-child-care-benefits-roe-wade.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/10/us/conservatives-child-care-benefits-roe-wade.html
Some conservative thinkers are pushing Republicans to move on from Reagan-era family policy and send cash to families. A few lawmakers are listening.
Tue, 14 Feb 2023 20:06:24 +0000
The Road to a Supreme Court Clerkship Starts at Three Ivy League Colleges
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/06/us/supreme-court-ivy-league-harvard-yale.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/06/us/supreme-court-ivy-league-harvard-yale.html
The chances of obtaining a coveted clerkship, a new study found, increase sharply with undergraduate degrees from Harvard, Yale or Princeton.
Mon, 06 Feb 2023 22:28:07 +0000
The Liberal Maverick Fighting Race-Based Affirmative Action
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/29/us/richard-kahlenberg-affirmative-action.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/29/us/richard-kahlenberg-affirmative-action.html
For decades, Richard Kahlenberg has pushed for a class-conscious approach to college admissions. He may finally get his wish, but it comes at a personal cost.
Wed, 29 Mar 2023 21:22:07 +0000