A University of Tehran professor said in an interview that Iran likes seeing protests on US college campuses, adding those are their supporters if there is ever a conflict between the two countries. Professor Foad Izadi, who, according to the University of Southern California Center on Public Diplomacy, earned his master’s degree from the University of Houston, … Read more
One New Yorker learned the hard way that waving an American flag on a college campus is the fastest way to make enemies these days. Ami Horowitz, a self-described “guerrilla journalist,” said he was beaten, headbutted and punched by an angry mob of anti-Israel protesters on the uptown campus of CUNY’s City College of New … Read more
A college student was found dead in a parking lot Sunday near the Frank J. Woods Bridge in Topsham, Maine, according to officials. Topsham Police said the victim was a 20-year-old woman from California who was attending Bowdoin College. Police did not release the woman’s name, but Bowdoin College President Safa Zaki released a statement … Read more
Ute Grabowsky | Photothek | Getty Images Computer science is not a new major at top schools, but with AI jobs in high-demand, there’s a growing list of colleges and universities offering a four-year “AI” degree specifically. These programs generally move beyond the foundations of computer science to home in on topics such as machine … Read more
Watch out, Ivies, there’s a new endowment performer in town. Baylor University’s $2 billion endowment â a fraction of those in the Ivy League â generated a 6.4% return for the fiscal year that ended June 30, outperforming the entire conference. Harvard’s endowment, the largest at $50.7 billion, returned 2.9%. What’s more, Baylor’s annualized return … Read more
NEW YORK — A New York City medical school will be tuition-free for all students from now on thanks to a $1 billion donation from a former professor, the widow of a Wall Street investor. Ruth Gottesman announced the gift and its purpose to students and faculty at Albert Einstein College of Medicine Monday, bringing … Read more
The U.S. Department of Education announced Monday it is introducing a “FAFSA College Support Strategy” with additional personnel, funding, resources and technology to help colleges process the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid forms after the rollout was repeatedly complicated by a number of setbacks. “We are determined to get this right,” U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel … Read more
Ousted University of Pennsylvania chairman Scott Bok is now arguing that donors should not get a say in school functions after several wealthy businessmen withdrew their donations to the college over its handling of antisemitic incidents on campus. “I think donors are absolutely free to give to whatever organizations they want or not to, and … Read more
Viewers blasted “Saturday Night Live’s” cold opener after the show mocked this week’s congressional hearings on antisemitism on college campuses — hours after University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill resigned amid a flurry of backlash over her testimony. The opening sketch, set up as a C-SPAN broadcast, tried to poke fun at the presidents of … Read more
The third victim of the University of Nevada Las Vegas shooting was identified by officials Friday as an associate professor of Japanese Studies. Dr. Naoko Takemaru, 69, succumbed to “multiple gunshot wounds” after gunman Anthony Polito stormed the college shortly before noon Wednesday, the Clark County Medical Examiner announced. Takemaru was a decorated scholar who … Read more
