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Sinclair Broadcast Group
Trump promises order on campus free speech ‘very soon,’ offers few details
President Donald Trump’s promise Saturday to sign an executive order requiring colleges and universities that receive federal research grants to protect free speech delighted his supporters, but it left many educators and organizations that represent colleges puzzled regarding how it would work and what problem it is intended to solve.
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Washington Post
Questions abound after Trump threatens to strip funding from colleges that don’t support free speech
Conservative activists cheered loudly and applauded when President Trump announced Saturday that he would make federal funding for universities contingent on support for free speech. But some First Amendment experts and university officials greeted the announcement that Trump would impose an executive order with questions: Was this political rhetoric, or an imminent policy change?
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Boston Herald
Trump says executive order coming to protect free speech on campuses
President Trump says he’s going to push back against limits of free speech at colleges, a move that’s cheered by a founder of a major organization that focuses on campus civil rights. Trump, speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference this weekend, said, “Today, I am proud to announce that I will be very soon…
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Inside Higher Ed
Trump Vows Executive Order on Campus Free Speech
President Trump vowed Saturday to “soon” issue an executive order that would deny federal research funds to colleges and universities that do not support free speech. “If they want our dollars and we give them by the billions, they’ve got to allow people to speak,” said Trump in a speech at the Conservative Political Action…
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Associated Press
Donald Trump Trump says he’ll issue order protecting campus free speech
President Donald Trump announced Saturday he would soon sign an executive order requiring colleges and universities to support free speech if they want federal resources. Trump is highlighting concerns from some conservatives that their voices were being censored, whether on social media or at the nation’s universities.
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EdScoop
New national education network to share adaptive learning resources
A root cause of college dropouts is the high failure rate in foundational courses, prompting a new initiative, announced Wednesday, aimed at creating a national network for education groups to collaborate on adaptive learning solutions.
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Inside Higher Ed
Next on College Completion Agenda: Equity
Colleges have been focused for more than a decade on accelerating the completion movement to increase graduation rates and improve student outcomes. Community colleges especially have worked on improving career opportunities for their students, reforming remedial education, encouraging students to attend full-time and offering tuition-free programs.
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Tallahassee Democrat
Florida State tapped for national research effort to develop diverse, inclusive STEM faculty
While emerging technologies are creating wide open and lucrative careers for STEM graduates, a growing concern among those hiring is landing a diverse and inclusive workforce. According to the website for Benetech, a nonprofit tech company, the U.S. Department of Labor estimates 1.1 million computing-related job openings in the U.S. by 2024. But more than…
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Chemistry World
Effects of US government shutdown reverberate through science community
The longest government shutdown in US history might be over, at least for now, but agencies like the National Science Foundation (NSF) are scrambling to catch up from the 35-day closure, and research universities are speaking out about the damage caused. Before Christmas, the partial shutdown went into effect because of a standoff between Congress…
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Campus Technology
Government Shutdown Puts Pressure on University Research
The longest-ever federal government shutdown is huge concern to universities that get funding from the National Science Foundation, the U.S Department of Agriculture and NASA. After Congress passed a continuing resolution to reopen these agencies and others on Jan. 25, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities expressed its disappointment that all federal government agencies…
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