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DHS agents detain Tufts University student for alleged participation in pro-Hamas activities
Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, was leaving her home in Somerville Tuesday evening where she was stopped by authorities for no reason, according to her lawyer.
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Columbia student who participated in protests sues Trump administration over efforts to deport her
Columbia University student Yunseo Chung filed the lawsuit as the Trump administration allegedly works to deport her, after it revoked her lawful permanent resident status. Chung has been in the U.S. since she was 7 years old.
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DEI on Campus: Schools still assessing Trump executive order
The University of Wisconsin–Madison continues “to assess the implications” of recent activity on the federal level and “respond across multiple levels,” according to a school message.
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Johns Hopkins University announces it will fire nearly 2,000 workers over cut to federal funding
"We can confirm that the elimination of foreign aid funding has led to the loss of 1,975 positions in 44 countries internationally and 247 in the United States," a spokesperson for the school said.
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Columbia U announces punishments of students who occupied Hamilton Hall, including expulsion
The punishments were based on an “evaluation of the severity of behaviors," the school said.
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Harvard University freezes hiring process amid renewed antisemitic scrutiny
Harvard leaders said the freeze is taking place because of “substantial financial uncertainties" caused by the new administration's crackdown. The university has the largest endowment, $53.2 billion, of any university in the world.
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UCLA prof apologizes for suggesting military coup to stop Trump from further aligning with Putin
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) professor has a history of anti-Trump comments.
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Teacher Freedom Alliance touts free-market alternative to teachers’ unions
The organization reiterated it sees teachers’ unions as the problem – and good teachers as the solution.
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DEI on Campus: Michigan St., UPenn system respond to Trump DEI order
Michigan’s Office for Institutional Diversity and Inclusion is still in operation as observed on its website.
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Washington state school boards push back against Trump EO banning trans women from women’s sports
Thirteen school districts and one private school proposed Amendment 7 to the WIAA Handbook, and seven school districts submitted Amendment 8
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Education Secretary McMahon says about 300 employees took $25,000 buyout before layoffs occur
Last week, the agency sent out an email to staffers that said they had three days to decide whether to accept a buyout.
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WH press secretary Leavitt says Trump won't sign executive order Thursday to close Education Dept.
President Donald Trump previously stated that he wanted to abolish the Department of Education.
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Pro-Palestinian protesters arrested at Barnard College-Columbia University after sit-in, bomb threat
Police warned protesters that those who refusing to leave during the bomb-threat evacuation would be subject to arrest.