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March 31, 2025

Keeping Watch

Peter Wood

Columbia's decent into chaos is by its own hand. Actions to right the university must be swift and tough.

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March 31, 2025

NAS Urges Trump Administration to Preserve the Institute of Education Sciences

National Association of Scholars

Whatever the ultimate disposition of the Education Department, we believe that much of IES ought to be preserved in some administrative home.

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March 26, 2025

Hackers Reveal Racial Discrimination at New York University

National Association of Scholars

Hackers have embarrassed New York University (NYU) by breaking into the university’s servers and posting on NYU’s home page the statistics on how NYU commits race discrimination......

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March 25, 2025

The Future of Federal Student Loans

Kali Jerrard

The Trump administration’s decision to move the federal student loan portfolio to the Small Business Administration is being met with controversy.

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March 25, 2025

Scholars Endorse Texas HB 4561, a Politics Out of Schools Act

National Association of Scholars

The Texas legislature considers a bill to curb excused absences for student protests and protect students from partisan activism.

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