As commencement season continues, Youssef Hasweh, a college senior in Chicago, is one of many student protesters around the country who face disciplinary action. With less than two weeks until graduation, his academic future remains in limbo.
Several universities struck agreements with pro-Palestinian demonstrators to end disruptive encampments on their campuses. But some of those agreements are already under fire.
The U.S. Education Department was already a year behind in rolling out the new Fafsa application for financial aid for college—and then someone realized the new formula didn’t account for inflation.
New grads from top schools can still get jobs. They’re just not all going to Facebook or Google. In fact, many are finding it harder than they ever thought it would be to even land a job.
For teaching positions across the country, candidates must increasingly submit diversity statements as a condition for hiring. Too often, this has led to self-censorship and ideological policing.
After the Supreme Court barred affirmative action, many selective colleges added essay prompts focused on identity and diversity. Will they hold up under legal scrutiny? When the U.S. Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in two lawsuits against Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill last summer, the justices seemed to leave room for colleges to consider race through applicants’ essay responses.