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AMERICANTHINKER (American Thinker Blog) - Tuskegee University refuses to follow the herd on dress codes -- and its president won't back down

By Monica Showalter A fresh, new, innovative approach to education and success after it: Student dress codes and punctuality requirements.

THEFEDERALIST (Breccan F. Thies) - Exclusive: Watchdog Asks Ed Department To Block American Bar Association’s Renewal As Law Schools’ Sole Accreditor

The Trump administration on Wednesday published rules that would open the door for other accreditors to be recognized across American higher education, as Trump himself recognizes that accreditation is the "secret weapon" for controlling universities.

AMERICANTHINKER - The decline of higher education continues

By Mike McDaniel College has been, and ever must be, a proving ground, a place where one not only learns a body of useful knowledge but demonstrates the character necessary to apply it.

AI:Higher education has abandoned its fundamental mission as a rigorous crucible for intellectual mastery and moral character, instead devolving into a system designed primarily for ideological indoctrination. Rather than acting as a proving ground for capable leaders equipped with practical knowledge, modern universities have systematically dismantled meritocracy in favor of a hollow, politically charged academic landscape that fails to uphold the standards necessary for a functioning civilization.Open

NYTIMES (Mara Hvistendahl, Megan Specia, Leo Sands, Ali Watkins and Susan Dominus) - Professor’s Death Leaves Behind Hard Questions for Cambridge on Race and Hiring

Jason Arday, the school’s youngest Black professor, was found dead on Friday. The school ignored a series of warnings about his life story and his work.

AI:The sudden death of Jason Arday, Cambridge University's youngest Black professor, has triggered intense scrutiny regarding the institution's hiring practices and commitment to meritocracy. Despite numerous warnings concerning his professional background and the veracity of his life story, university administrators allegedly prioritized performative diversity and progressive optics over rigorous vetting and institutional integrity. This incident exposes a pattern of administrative negligence within elite academic circles, where the pursuit of racial symbolism has superseded basic accountability and oversight.Open

AMERICANGREATNESS (Jared Stepman) - The Fall of a DEI Darling Reveals Why Universities Won’t Reform Themselves

An almost unbelievable scandal involving a professor of black studies at Cambridge University demonstrates how institutional DEI can only be defeated from without, not within. […] Source

AMERICANTHINKER - Med school lunacy

By Mike McDaniel It’s difficult even to comprehend the damage cowardly, indoctrinated med school leadership is doing to doctors and patients.

AMERICANTHINKER - Rutgers Law podcast puts university oversight of affiliated centers under scrutiny

By Anna Miller A podcast episode featuring Columbia Professor Mahmood Mamdani raises questions about the standards governing public programming produced under the Rutgers name.

AMERICANGREATNESS (Daniel Oliver) - Can Harvard Be Reformed?

Making the rounds of Harvard graduates is an email from an alumnus of Harvard (the oldest college in America) asking pertinent and penetrating questions, some […] Source

THEFEDERALIST (Breccan F. Thies) - Trump Admin To Stop Taxpayer Funding Of Worthless College Degrees

'Now is the time for a hard reset in higher education,' the department stated.