Virginia will end legacy admissions at public universities after Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed a bill on Friday banning the practice that gives applicants with family ties to alumni a boost. Under House Bill 48, public universities in the state will be barred from giving preferential treatment to applicants based on their connections to not only […]
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Who Will Win Control of the House in 2024? California May Hold the Key.
As Democrats look to wrest control of the U.S. House of Representatives in November, their fight will fully begin with Tuesday’s primaries in California. And their immediate trouble is not Republicans. It’s Democrats themselves. In the Republican-held Central Valley district stretching from Bakersfield to Fresno, which would have favored President Biden by 13 percentage points […]
Read MoreVirginia Moves to End Legacy Admissions at Its Public Universities
Virginia is on track to ban legacy preferences at its public universities, which give a boost to children of alumni who apply for admission. The state’s House of Delegates unanimously approved a bill on Tuesday that would eliminate the preferences; the State Senate did so last week. Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s office signaled that he would […]
Read MoreIvy League Campus Wars Aren’t About Gender … Are They?
In the first weeks of the war between Israel and Hamas, Nancy Andrews read about American college presidents under fire and something nagged at her. Why, she wondered, did it seem like so many of those presidents were women? Dr. Andrews, who was the first female dean of Duke Medical School and until last year […]
Read MoreWhat to Know About Elizabeth Magill, the Penn President Who Resigned
The president of the University of Pennsylvania, Elizabeth Magill, resigned on Saturday, four days after she came under fire for her responses at a congressional hearing on Tuesday in which she was pressed, along with the presidents of Harvard and M.I.T., on whether students calling for the genocide of Jews should be disciplined. Ms. Magill […]
Read MoreMore Bad News for Suspect Charged in UVA Shooting
A special grand jury updated the indictment for the young man accused of fatally shooting three University of Virginia football players and injuring one last year. The new charges are just one step under facing the death penalty. Jon Basíl Tequila Is Not Your Average Spirit & It’s Co-founder Adamant About That | Securing the […]
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