Decades Ago, Columbia Refused to Pay Trump $400…

[ad_1] Donald Trump was demanding $400 million from Columbia University.When he did not get his way, he stormed out of a meeting with university trustees and later publicly castigated the university president as “a dummy”…

ICE Tells a Cornell Student Activist to Turn…

[ad_1] The Trump administration moved early Friday to detain an international student at Cornell University who has led protests on its Ithaca, N.Y., campus, in what appeared to be the latest effort to kick pro-Palestinian…

Who’s Against Banning Cellphones in Schools?

[ad_1] Well before political leaders were taking action against cellphones in the classroom, the superintendent of schools in Schoharie, N.Y., a rural district about 40 miles west of Albany, was well along on his crusade…

Can Trump End the Department of Education?

[ad_1] President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday that directs the federal Department of Education to come up with a plan for its own demise.Only Congress can abolish a Cabinet-level agency, and it is…

How the G.O.P. Went From Championing Campus Free…

[ad_1] As conservatives fought against cancel culture on college campuses, they developed a particular fondness for the First Amendment. It was un-American, they argued, to punish someone for exercising their right to speak freely.Today, however,…