Education
North Carolina House, Senate override governor’s veto on school voucher bill
The legislation would increase funding for the state’s Opportunity Scholarship program by $463.5 million.
“It’s such a shame that college students at Columbia are immature and unable to confront ideas that they may disagree with,” Elisha Baker, a junior at the school, told JNS.
Although this year has been “less catastrophic” than the last on campus, “we continue to see extraordinary ugliness around the country,” Kenneth Marcus, of the Brandeis Center, told JNS.
“I’ve worked with dozens of dozens of Jewish parents, students and teachers, and very few are willing to take the step of going to court for redress,” said Lori Lowenthal Marcus.
The “Daily Wire” reported that Ketanji Brown Jackson was slated to give a keynote on Thursday at the National Council of Teachers of English event.
“Our paramount concern is the safety and well-being of all our students and employees,” said Leanne Bennett, academic dean at Dawson College, in an announcement to students.
Taher Herzallah of American Muslims for Palestine has called Jews “enemy No. 1.”
“Higher education institutions have utterly failed to protect its Jewish students, allowing violent antisemitism to thrive,” says Liora Rez, the executive director of StopAntisemitism.
They featured the faces of professors and staff using the look of FBI-style “Most Wanted” fliers, including text such as “Misuse of Power and Racism.”
One of the investigations that the U.S. Education Department opened is based on an accusation that Case Western Reserve University discriminated against Students for Justice in Palestine.
Faculty at the state school’s San Francisco medical school told the “Washington Free Beacon” that advocacy workshops for students “betrayed a breathtaking lack of professionalism.”
“I tried for months to get the school officials to respond like professionals,” said the lead plaintiff, Sam Kasle. “Instead, they allowed my daughter to be harmed.”
