Category: university

Florida Sues Biden Administration Over College Accreditations

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced a lawsuit against Biden’s Department of Education to stop accrediting agencies from having power over the state’s colleges and universities in his ongoing war against “woke” ideology. Attorney General Ashley Moody joined DeSantis during a news conference on June 22, announcing a lawsuit challenging a federal requirement that public postsecondary schools must…


PREMIERING June 13, 3 PM ET (8 PM UK): Sam Dunning: The West Needs to Uphold its Own Ethical Standards when Dealing with a More Authoritarian China | British Thought Leaders

NTD’s Lee Hall sits down with Sam Dunning, a former investigative journalist who runs the charity UK-China Transparency. Sam talks about the Chinese Communist Party’s influence in UK universities through Confucius Institutes and investment by Chinese tech companies. He also talks about China’s continually decreasing transparency and the difficulties this poses for Western companies, policymakers…


Virginia GOP Asks State to Investigate University Costs, Including DEI Departments

Virginia Assembly’s top Republicans asked the state’s governmental watchdog group to study the cost efficiency of public universities and, more specifically, the increasing cost of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) departments on college campuses. Republicans, Speaker of the House Del. Todd Gilbert, and House Majority Del. Terry Kilgore sent a letter to the executive director…


British University Received Over £20 Million From China

A British university has accepted over £20 million in funding and donations from China in just four years. The Epoch Times can reveal that London’s Imperial College is one of a staggering number of UK universities receiving millions of pounds from the Beijing regime, as well as Chinese companies accused of crime and human rights…


West Virginia University Adopts ‘Test-Optional’ Admission Policy Amid Mounting Student ‘Stress’

West Virginia University (WVU) has become the first higher education institution in the state to adopt a “test-optional” admission policy in an effort to reduce the “stress” of the college application process for students. Test scores as part of the admissions process for WVU were temporarily made optional ahead of the fall 2020 semester during…


18-Year-Old Arrested in Slaying of Temple University Police Officer

PHILADELPHIA—An man is facing murder and other charges in the death of a Temple University police officer shot and killed near campus Saturday night, authorities said. The Philadelphia district attorney’s office said 18-year-old Miles Pfeffer will face charges of murder, murder of a law enforcement officer, robbery, carjacking, and weapons crimes in the death of…


At 93, Australia’s Oldest University Student Is Creating Awareness of Ageism and Dementia

At 93, Australia’s oldest university student is a force to be reckoned with. With no desire to retire, she’s so busy advocating for the elderly that she has to study part-time. Val Fell was born in Sydney, Australia, on Feb. 14, 1929. A great-grandmother of three, today she lives in Wollongong, New South Wales, and…


LIVE at 11AM ET: When the Ruling Class Makes War on the Middle Class

This is what it looks like when U.S. elites set fire to their own country: First, violence in the streets, opens borders exposing families to terror, crime, and drugs. Then they target the younger generation and destroy their ingenuity, ambition, and success. And if you speak out to defend your family, community, and country, you’re…


LIVE NOW: When the Ruling Class Makes War on the Middle Class

This is what it looks like when U.S. elites set fire to their own country: First, violence in the streets, opens borders exposing families to terror, crime, and drugs. Then they target the younger generation and destroy their ingenuity, ambition, and success. And if you speak out to defend your family, community, and country, you’re…


When the Ruling Class Makes War on the Middle Class

This is what it looks like when U.S. elites set fire to their own country: First, violence in the streets, opens borders exposing families to terror, crime, and drugs. Then they target the younger generation and destroy their ingenuity, ambition, and success. And if you speak out to defend your family, community, and country, you’re…