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Saudi Arabia Approves Branch Campus for Longtime Partner U of New Haven
The institution says it started educating Saudi royal family members in the ’90s and later developed curricula for a Saudi “security college,” despite criticism. Now it could be the first university approved to open a branch campus in the kingdom.
With Compact, Universities Weigh Whether to Give Up Freedoms for Unknown Payout
Higher ed organizations have raised alarm over a federal government document that asks universities to agree to significant restrictions without specifying what they’ll gain—or what they’ll lose for refusing.
Charlie Kirk: Hero of ‘Civil Discourse’ or Fount of Division?
Pointing to the slain activist’s inflammatory statements about minority groups, some are pushing back—at their own peril—against the right’s framing of him as an emblem of quality discourse.
The Other Office for Civil Rights
A decades-old arm of the Health and Human Services Department is now helping to wage Trump’s crusade against alleged antisemitism, special benefits for minorities and transgender women participating in women’s sports.
Texas Governor Targets Students Who Allegedly Mocked Kirk’s Death
Republican Greg Abbott called online for Texas State to expel a student. He says it did, raising further alarm from higher ed observers about the conservative crackdown on people denigrating the slain activist.
After Kirk’s Death, Some Conservatives Blame Higher Ed for Political Violence
The president and his allies are accusing the “radical left” of “terrorism,” blaming unnamed organizations. Some conservatives are condemning universities.
Charlie Kirk Killing Feeds Fears for Higher Ed’s Future
The provocateur supercharged the right’s depiction of campuses as intolerant, leftist spaces. Then he was killed on one while exercising free speech and debating students.