Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion
There seems to be no limit to the president’s odious attempts to control higher education.
WEDNESDAY, 08 OCTOBER 2025, 07:00
There seems to be no limit to the president’s odious attempts to control higher education.
Governor Gavin Newsom urges schools not to sign ‘radical agreement’ to cuts to departments, students and speech
Any California universities that sign the Trump administration’s proposed “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” will “instantly” lose their state funding, California governor Gavin Newsom said in a statement.
The Trump administration on Wednesday offered nine prominent...
The out-of-office responses from the accounts of employees on furlough cast blame for the shutdown on Democrats.
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Children’s commissioner during pandemic says government failed children and blames lockdowns for explosion in vulnerability among young
The government should apologise to children for the damaging mistakes and policy errors it committed during the pandemic, the former children’s commissioner for England has told the Covid-19 inquiry.
Giving evidence to the inquiry’s public hearing, Anne...
[Leadership] The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, has celebrated his 60th birthday with humanitarian services to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and prison inmates.
Anne Longfield says ministers at the time prioritised opening pubs and theme parks before schools.
Nine librarians are profiled in Kim A. Snyder’s gripping documentary about censorship in public schools.
Brown and MIT among nine schools told to back conservative views or risk losing federal support, sparking free speech fears
Donald Trump is offering nine top universities a deal in which they would agree to advance conservative ideas on their campuses and commit to a range of other conditions in exchange for federal funding.
The extraordinary offer, which was sent out from the White House on...
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[Daily Trust] Violence erupted at Ilugun High School, Elega, in Abeokuta, Ogun State, following students’ protests over the alleged collection of illegal fees by teachers, resulting in the death of one person and the destruction of school property.
Silas’s future seemed bright except for at least one detail. He didn’t have a car.
Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic front-runner in the mayor’s race, plans if elected to replace the selective program, which became a symbol of segregation in public schools.
Lindsay Brown, whose sister was a victim of serial killer Peter Tobin, now teaches forensics.