Category: Universities

How Higher Education Was Brought Low

Riots, censorship, harassment, the squelching of free speech—these and more have been occurring on the campuses of colleges and universities across the country. John M. Ellis discusses how in many, if not all, instances the blame should not be placed on the students, but rather the faculties and administrations of the institutions of higher learning….


UK Universities Minister Says Unsatisfied Students Should Apply for Refunds

The UK’s Universities Minister Michelle Donelan has encouraged students to apply for refunds on courses if they are unsatisfied. Donelan said students should “absolutely” apply for refunds, adding: “They are consumers, at the end of the day. They’re paying a substantial amount of money that’s an investment in their own lives. They deserve that appeal…


Our Shared Humanity Already Makes Us Equal, No Need for Odious Perplexities

Commentary I have just read an article by an illustrious academic fellow stating that, when it comes to guest speakers at our colonial-sodden universities, the university should ask permission if that man or woman may speak. In his view, a university should be required to seek permission from the local indigenous communities. If permission is…


Colleges in LA County Extend Remote Instruction Amid Omicron Surges

With the recent rise in COVID-19 cases in Los Angeles County, colleges and universities have started their school year online. Schools are expecting a significant number of students testing positive for COVID-19 and require isolation. To give students more time to get tested or recover from COVID-19, many schools have either postponed the date for…


Why California University Students Are Facing a Housing Crisis | Robin Unander

Students in California universities are experiencing a housing crisis, with a number of them living in hotels. Some are even living in their cars. UC Santa Barbara is among one of these universities. Some people blame this university for enrolling too many students. But the university says that is not the case. My guest is…


Police Say Bomb Threats at 3 Elite US Universities Not Credible

Police at three elite Ivy League universities in New York and Rhode Island gave the all clear and said activities could resume normally at the schools on Sunday after each received separate bomb threats. Several buildings were evacuated on the campuses of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, and…


New Hong Kong University Classes Set Out Dangers of Breaking Security Law

HONG KONG—Last month, several thousand Hong Kong university students, some under the watch of a CCTV camera, were the first to attend compulsory courses on the territory’s national security law. The content of the courses, some of which Reuters has seen exclusively, sets out the dangers of breaking the law, in one case demonstrating how…


Australian State Plans to Welcome International Students Again

The Australian state of Queensland has outlined a plan to welcome fully vaccinated international students for the first semester next year, with priority given to medical students. The plan would see up to 250 international students allowed to fly into Queensland initially each week, according to state Tourism Minister Stirling Hinchliffe. The students would quarantine at…


Colleges Learning Costly Woke Math in the Courtroom School of Hard Knocks

As they reel from revenue losses connected to the pandemic, many colleges and universities are racking up other costs not likely to turn up in their glossy brochures or as line items on staggering tuition bills: untold millions of dollars in legal fees and settlements for allegedly violating the rights of students, professors, and applicants…


Taliban: Women Can Study in Gender-Segregated Universities

KABUL, Afghanistan—Women in Afghanistan can continue to study in universities, including at post-graduate levels, but classrooms will be gender-segregated and Islamic dress is compulsory, the higher education minister for the ruling Taliban terrorist group said Sunday. The minister, Abdul Baqi Haqqani, laid out the new policies at a news conference, several days after Afghanistan’s new…