Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke about encampments set up at several universities set up by pro-Palestine student protesters. He said universities must be trusted to manage their campuses as such demonstrations crop up. (May 3, 2024)
"I am no longer just a teacher. I am now a social worker, therapist, guidance counselor, parent, etc. all while trying to get kids to care about whatever topic we're covering."
Pro-Palestinian protesters occupying a building at the University of Melbourne have been told to leave by university officials, who say they’ve “crossed a line” by entering the building and disrupting thousands of students’ classes.
Pro-Palestinian encampments have been cleared from more US college campuses as school officials have called in law enforcement in recent weeks to quell mounting demonstrations over the institutions’ ties to Israel amid its military action in Gaza. Here are the latest developments:
VANCOUVER — The president of the University of British Columbia has told pro-Palestinian protesters that the school must remain neutral on the Gaza conflict. Benoit-Antoine Bacon says in response to demands by the organizers of a protest encampment on the Vancouver campus that professors and students hold a broad range of opinions and the university can't "presume to speak for everyone." Bacon says if the university took a position, it would undermine the rights of people who hold different view
A week after an encampment protest in support of Palestinians was set up at the University of Windsor campus, the group has met with university officials about their demands.But protesters say they are disappointed with the outcome.Jana Jandal Alrifai , co-organizer of the encampment, said they wanted to see senior administration in attendance. University president Robert Gordon was not part of the meeting."This meeting was not, we believe, in good faith," said Jandal Alrifai, who called the mee
Morehouse College President David A. Thomas said Thursday he would shut down commencement ceremonies “on the spot” rather than allow police to remove student protesters in zip ties during President Joe Biden’s graduation speech.
Her students and principal explain why they agree with the Muscogee Educational Excellence Foundation’s selection.
VICTORIA — The president of the University of Victoria says a pro-Palestinian protest encampment on its campus is drawing an increasing number of complaints about harassment and intimidation, but also illegal and "dangerous" activities. Kevin Hall outlined the university's concerns in a statement on Wednesday, saying they included what he described as rising acts of vandalism, spreading misinformation and the unauthorized use of buildings at after-hours times. Police in Saanich say they arrested
UCLA Academic Senate voted against censuring Chancellor Gene Block or saying it had 'no confidence' in his leadership
At Princeton High School, students are trying to combat the rapid decline of indigenous languages with some unlikely help: a furry, wide-eyed stuffed animal named Che’w.
A Lakota student's traditional feather plume was cut off her graduation cap during her high school commencement ceremony this week in northwestern New Mexico. It was during the national anthem Monday night when Farmington High School faculty members approached the student, Genesis White Bull, and confiscated her cap, the Tri-City Record reported. The top of it had been decorated with traditional beadwork and an aópazan — Lakota for plume.
“In Florida, we will not tolerate calls for genocide,” a Florida education official said in response to the Muslim prayer leader’s comment about Jewish people.
Details about possible effects of the Board of Governors’ proposed policy remain sparse, but there are some clues about the programs that might be impacted.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A measure to repeal a now-defunct law passed last year that would use public money to fund private school tuition has been pulled from Nebraska’s November ballot, the secretary of state announced Thursday. Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen said he's pulling from the ballot a measure to repeal the law that would have allowed corporations and individuals to divert millions of dollars in state income taxes they owed to nonprofit organizations that would award private school t
Despite UC Berkeley striking a deal with pro-Palestinian protesters this week, a group later took over an campus building. Twelve were arrested when police moved in to clear the building.
A congressional education committee is calling on the school to turn over documents regarding an 'inadequate response to antisemitism' amid violent clashes on campus.
The tumult on college campuses is abating. Could it return in the summer or fall?
Thousands of UAW student workers at the University of California voted to authorize a strike that could start Friday.
Columbia University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences approved a vote of no confidence Thursday against university President Minouche Shafik over her handling of the recent pro-Palestinian protests on campus. The vote, organized by the school’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), won with a 65 percent majority, though it has no…
Gaza cease-fire graduation demonstrations prove less eventful than campus protests. Will the trend continue at Sacramento State?
