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Teach math! That's hate speech, Dad
Investigating threats against school officials didn't violate parents' freedom of speech, say courts.
Joanne Jacobs
Oct 13, 20241 min read
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Who's burning Berkeley?
A self-declared "scholar activist" who campaigned for prison abolition may get firsthand experience with the prison system. Casey Goonan,...
Joanne Jacobs
Jun 18, 20242 min read
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Bobo: Don't talk about Harvard's faults, no, no, no
A Harvard dean wants to punish professors who criticize Harvard.
Joanne Jacobs
Jun 17, 20241 min read
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How to lose friends and influence nobody
Stanford students who occupied the president's office were arrested within a few hours and will be suspended.
Joanne Jacobs
Jun 6, 20241 min read
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Off with the keffiyeh, on with the job search: Employers 'resist' hiring activists
Ivy League graduates who've been resisting "late-stage capitalism" want jobs, but employers are resisting hiring them.
Joanne Jacobs
Jun 3, 20242 min read
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Berkeley middle-schoolers march on Jewish preschool
My granddaughter will start day care in a few months at a Jewish community center. It was my daughter's first choice, but she also...
Joanne Jacobs
May 14, 20242 min read
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Columbia faces suit for not protecting custodians from 'bratty' agitators
When pro-Palestine protesters broke into a building at Columbia University, they told custodians they couldn't leave, charged the...
Joanne Jacobs
May 12, 20242 min read
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Disrupted graduations create a feel-bad moment for higher ed
College commencement ceremonies are supposed to be joyful, writes Hechinger's Liz Willen. This year, some students will graduate on...
Joanne Jacobs
May 12, 20241 min read
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Gaza war is not top issue for college students
Only 8 percent of college students have protested the war in Gaza -- on either side -- according to a new Generation Lab survey, reports...
Joanne Jacobs
May 9, 20241 min read
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Include Jews -- or dismantle DEI?
The proposed Antisemitism Awareness Act is "profoundly misguided,"argue Christopher F. Rufo and Jenin Younes. The bill would allow...
Joanne Jacobs
May 8, 20241 min read
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Don't trust the speech police
Jews must defend free speech, including hate speech against Jews, argues an editorial in Tablet, a Jewish publication. Jews "have an...
Joanne Jacobs
May 8, 20242 min read
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Go State U! Why pay a premium for a 'polarizing' degree?
Borrow a bundle to go to a prestigious private college? Or go to your state's flagship state university for slightly less status and a...
Joanne Jacobs
Apr 29, 20243 min read
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'Safe school' has a new meaning for Jewish students and parents
Brandeis has extended its application deadline for transfers and promised to make room for students seeking an environment “free of...
Joanne Jacobs
Apr 28, 20242 min read
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Virtue signaling turns nasty at Stanford, silly at Vanderbilt
"Aggression and abuse" are now "an accepted part of campus activism," writes Theo Baker, a Stanford sophomore, in The Atlantic. When...
Joanne Jacobs
Mar 28, 20242 min read
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