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COVID COPS? The most extreme campus coronavirus policies in 2020
Many universities took coronavirus response to an extreme level this year.
By Tanner Richards  
Jan 3, 2021
Boycotts, bans, and burn books: 8 outrageous incidents of Ivy League leftism in 2020
The Ivy League is a group of the United States' eight most prestigious universities. The schools produce many of th…
By Ben Zeisloft  
Dec 30, 2020
She said something she shouldn't have at age 15. Years later, classmate taught her 'a lesson'
A high school student held onto a video of a classmate saying a racial slur when she was just 15-years-old, using i…
By Ben Zeisloft  
Dec 29, 2020
Ivy League uses Obama-era immigration tweak to broaden work visa eligibility
The University of Pennsylvania reclassified its economics department as a STEM field, which will help international…
By Ben Zeisloft  
Dec 22, 2020
Temple Univ. settles with Dept. of Ed. over accusations of falsifying school ranking
The U.S. Department of Education and Temple University reached a settlement amid allegations of the school falsifyi…
By Haley Worth  
Dec 21, 2020
UT lets students decide if they want to keep their final grade, despite 'unintended consequences'
The University of Texas will allow pass/fail grading for the fall semester.
By Mckenna Dallmeyer  
Dec 17, 2020
Fmr Obama official, higher ed advocacy group president calls to overturn Trump policies
The American Council on Education wrote a letter, addressed to "President-Elect Joe Biden" and "Vice President-Elec…
By Ashley Carnahan 
Dec 16, 2020
List: Top 50 conservative colleges
Researchers from two conservative organizations compiled a list of the top 50 most conservative colleges across th…
By Haley Worth  
Dec 14, 2020
Harvard’s former fencing coach arrested in alleged bribery admission scheme
The former fencing coach at Harvard has been accused of taking at least $1.5 million from a Maryland businessman to…
By Alex Corey 
Dec 7, 2020
UNC faces a lawsuit alleging discriminatory admissions based on race
The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (UNC) was in court on November 9 to defend its admission practices.
By Ashley Carnahan 
Dec 3, 2020
Department of Ed. investigates UPitt for possible violation of professor's 'academic freedom'
The Department of Education opened an investigation into the University of Pittsburgh after the University of Pitts…
By Haley Worth  
Nov 30, 2020
Berkeley prof: ‘Law and order’ is a racist dog whistle
A University of California-Berkeley professor created a 12-part video series about racist dog whistles.
By Ben Zeisloft  
Nov 30, 2020
University of California cannot accept or consider SAT/ACT scores in admissions, court says
An appeals court has ruled that the University of California cannot use standardized testing scores in its admissio…
By Haley Worth  
Nov 30, 2020
Conservatives react after nearly half of attorneys general denounce new DHS student visa rules
State attorneys general sent a letter to Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf, saying a newly-announced policy regarding …
By Arik Schneider 
Nov 21, 2020
Appeals Court rules Harvard doesn't discriminate against Asian-Americans
A federal appeals court has ruled that Harvard University does not discriminate against Asian-Americans in its admi…
By Haley Worth  
Nov 18, 2020
University of California expresses 'disappointment' that voters rejected affirmative action
University of California leaders decried the failure of Proposition 16, vowing to continue efforts to advance diver…
By Arik Schneider 
Nov 17, 2020
UC-Davis pauses teacher education program to incorporate social justice
UC Davis wanted to pause its teacher education program to reconstruct the curriculum around social justice.
By Ben Zeisloft  
Nov 5, 2020
California fails to overturn ban on affirmative action in college admissions
As of November 4, the effort to overturn the ban appears to have failed.
By Ben Zeisloft  
Nov 4, 2020
Nearly 99% of College Board employees' political donations go to Democrats
Nearly 99 percent of College Board individual political donations went toward Democrats, according to data compiled…
By Ben Zeisloft  
Nov 2, 2020
Nearly half a million illegal immigrants are enrolled in US colleges
A report from earlier this year found that 454,000 illegal immigrants are enrolled in American higher education.
By Ben Zeisloft  
Oct 26, 2020