If there were an affirmative action program for the descendants of enslaved people, would you consider that to be race-based?
Tag: Colleges and Universities
‘If I Stop Now I’ll Have Nothing’: The African Students Who Fled Ukraine
One student, accepted at a Georgian school, had her visa application rejected. Another, 18 months from his medical degree, received a deportation order from Germany. “It just makes you want to stop in the street and scream,” he said.
French Anger at Macron Seeps Into Bordeaux
Even Bordeaux, known for its surrounding vineyards and conservative politics, has become a flashpoint. The City Hall’s charred doors attest to that.
Free Speech (or Not) at Stanford
A federal judge spoke at Stanford Law School. Chaos ensued.
March Madness Is Here
A preview for fans and non-fans alike.
Why Is TikTok Being Banned?
Governments have expressed concerns that TikTok, which is owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, may endanger sensitive user data.
C.S. Lewis’s Oxford: Where the Lion and the Witch Met the Hobbit
Discovering the sites in Oxford where C.S. Lewis, the writer of over 30 books, including the “Chronicles of Narnia” series, found faith, inspiration and a life-changing friendship with J.R.R. Tolkien.
Ron DeSantis Wants to Make Colleges More Conservative
Conservatives are trying to do to higher education what they did to the news media and think tanks.
A Yale Professor Suggested Mass Suicide for Old People in Japan. What Did He Mean?
Yusuke Narita says he is mainly addressing a growing effort to revamp Japan’s age-based hierarchies. Still, he has pushed the country’s hottest button.
At Cooper Union, a Russian Design Show Caught in a Political Crossfire
After indefinitely postponing a modest student exhibit about the Russian equivalent to the Bauhaus, the school received protests from 750 academics. On Monday, it reinstated the show.