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Boosting Student Success: SUNY Oneonta Receives $1.8M Funding Increase
With all the college chaos that we keep hearing about throughout the country, it's nice to hear positive news coming from one of our universities in the Empire State. he State University of New York Board of Trustees just gave SUNY Oneonta an extra 12.7% in funding which might not sound like a whole lot but it really is! That nearly 13% increase comes to $1.8 million.
Boosting Student Success: SUNY Oneonta Receives $1.8M Funding Increase
With all the college chaos that we keep hearing about throughout the country, it's nice to hear positive news coming from one of our universities in the Empire State. he State University of New York Board of Trustees just gave SUNY Oneonta an extra 12.7% in funding which might not sound like a whole lot but it really is! That nearly 13% increase comes to $1.8 million.
Columbia cancels commencement amid campus protests
Columbia University announced Monday it is canceling its two main commencement ceremonies after the school began suspending protesters who refused to leave their encampment in protest of the war in Gaza. The big picture: Colleges across the country have become flashpoints for student protests over Gaza, with Columbia serving as...
Education Dept. probes Columbia over alleged anti-Palestinian discrimination
The Department of Education opened an investigation into Columbia University on Thursday following allegations of anti-Palestinian discrimination. The big picture: There is a growing list of colleges and K-12 school districts being investigated by the department for alleged "discrimination involving shared ancestry," including incidents of antisemitism and Islamophobia. There has...
Sharon Springs School Updates: Extra Holidays, Budget Voting, and Community Blood Drive
The latest Weekly Bulletin for May 2, 2024, includes updates for the Sharon Springs Central School (SSCS) community. As the 2023-2024 school year ends, the school has announced extra holidays due to unused snow days. Students and staff will have May 17 off and an extended Memorial Day weekend starting May 24. Parents are encouraged to discuss schoolwork with their children and use Schoology to monitor academic progress.
After protest chaos, universities need to teach kids about real free speech — not about misgendering
Wondering why Columbia protests devolved into chaos? Because the students have no idea what free speech is. Hint: Tents are not it. It’s time for Columbia, and every school around the country, to roll out a free-speech orientation. The lesson plan is simple. Posters, chanting, protesting? Good. Heckling, damaging property, camping on the quad? Bad. And those tactics can result in suspension, expulsion, or even arrest. Considering Columbia’s new-student orientation harps on how not to misgender your classmates or accidentally offend them with jokes, a session on free expression is surely overdue. For the past few weeks, pro-Palestinian student activists have seemed completely oblivious to...
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