American faith in its colleges and universities has undergone a sharp decline, manifested in a spectacular fashion at the national level by an apparent war between the Trump administration and universities, especially elite private ones. The feud even ensues at…
It began with ambition, audacity, and a carefully scripted lie. On April 10, 2025, in a quiet courtroom in Missouri, Mercy Ojedeji — a 24-year-old Nigerian national — admitted orchestrating an extraordinary deception. Equipped with forged transcripts, fabricated recommendation letters,…
These days, when one ponders misogyny and antisemitism, one’s mind should almost immediately turn to Hamas’s “genocidal” and sadistic rapes, kidnappings, and murders of Israeli women on 10/7. Of Israeli men, too. But let’s be clear. Hamas is a Muslim,…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom just signed a law banning legacy and donor considerations in admissions at all private colleges and universities in the state. California is the fifth state to do so, following Colorado, Illinois, Maryland, and Virginia. Newsom praised…
A writing seminar course titled “Abolish the Family” is being offered for students at the University of Pennsylvania this semester. In its course description, the seminar portrays families as “sites of pain, trauma, and uneven distributions of labor.” In this episode of The…
Greta Thunberg was physically carried away by police due to her involvement in a protest that called for Stockholm University to sever all of its connections with Israeli universities. Known for her activism with climate change, Thunberg has also increasingly…
“For more than 50 years, Title IX has promised an equal opportunity to learn and thrive in our nation’s schools free from sex discrimination,” proclaimed U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona on April 19. “These final regulations build on the legacy of…
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden stuck close to the White House on Wednesday while House Speaker Mike Johnson ventured to Columbia University amid out-of-control protests that effectively shuttered university classrooms. In the wake of the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist massacre…
Melissa Mackenzie, host of The Spectacle podcast and publisher at The American Spectator, welcomed the magazine’s newest hire, Nate Hochman, during The American Spectator’s education symposium. They talked about Nate’s experience at a left-leaning liberal college in Colorado Springs and discussed the developing tendency of…
George Washington University has announced the establishment of a Center for Jewish Education whose priorities include “addressing the pressing issue of antisemitism on American college campuses.” The prestigious institution has good reason to be concerned about campus antisemitism, but whether this…
