After the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, some major donors are aiming to shape the free-speech values and top leadership on campuses.
Category: Colleges and Universities
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How Much Influence Should Universities Give Their Donors?
After the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, some major donors are aiming to shape the free-speech values and top leadership on campuses.
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Harvard Students Doxxed After Writing Anti-Israel Letter
A truck with a billboard displayed their names and photos, and critics put out do-not-hire lists. The students say it’s a campaign to shut them up.
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Davis Polk Rescinded Job Offers for Columbia and Harvard Students, but It May Reverse Itself
Davis Polk said the potential hires were members of student groups that had issued statements condemning Israel. But it also said it was reconsidering because some of the students had said they didn’t authorize the letters.
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Warning of ‘Grave’ Errors, Powerful Donors Push Universities on Hamas
Wall Street financiers are pressing elite schools to condemn criticism of Israel. Amid pressure, the University of Pennsylvania on Sunday issued a statement referring to Hamas’s attack as terrorism.
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It’s Not OK to Police Co-Workers’ Pronouns
Even if you think they’re using their identities for personal branding.
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Donors Call for University of Pennsylvania Leaders to Resign After Hamas Attacks
The attack by Hamas on Israel compounded the backlash to a Palestinian literary festival, held on campus, which Jewish groups decried as antisemitic.
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A New Effort to Make College Aid Offers Easy to Understand
After years of criticism about financial aid letters that are confusing and sometimes misleading, about 400 schools have agreed to bring “clarity” to their communication.
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Biden Cancels an Additional $9 Billion in Student Loan Debt
The move comes just three days after student loan repayments resumed following a three-year pause.
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Colleges Find Real Estate Bargains in Empty Office Spaces
As companies with hybrid work forces reduce square footage, universities see an opportunity to buy buildings at bargain prices.
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The Harvard Professor and the Bloggers
When Francesca Gino, a rising academic star, was accused of falsifying data — about how to stop dishonesty — it didn’t just torch her career. It inflamed a crisis in behavioral science.
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Hattie McDaniel’s Historic Oscar Will Return to Its Desired Home
The plaque that McDaniel, the first Black winner of an Academy Award, bequeathed to Howard University has been missing for about 50 years. Now a replacement is on its way.