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The Student Free Press Association is a nonprofit organization run by veteran journalists to help beginning journalists. With our higher-education news website, The College Fix, we work with college-aged writers with the purpose of identifying and supporting young people who seek to improve campus journalism, explore careers in the media, and commit themselves to the principles of a free society.
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8h ago
Buildings covered in pro-Palestinian phrases, trash fills hallways: reports The cost to clean up vandalism and trash by pro-Palestinian protesters is mounting at universities all across the country this spring. Demonstrations involving the Middle Eastern conflict have flared up on campuses again over the past week, resulting in dozens of arrests, canceled classes, property damage…
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The College Fix
12h ago
College Fix Associate Editor Matt Lamb recently joined Relevant Radio to discuss small Catholic colleges producing religious vocations. Take a listen: MORE: Franciscan University continues to produce priests IMAGES: Relevant Radio…
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The College Fix
12h ago
Campus unrest continued nationwide over the weekend, including student demonstrators who completely thrashed a campus building they are “occupying” and demonstrators taking down the American flag and hoisting the Palestinian one in its place at Harvard University. At Cal Poly Humboldt, many pro-Palestinian protesters have refused to leave despite administrative warnings and police demands…
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The College Fix
23h ago
Experts responded to report finding college grads working in jobs that do not require degree Half of recent college graduates are working in jobs that do not require their degree, a report found. But several higher education experts told The College Fix there are ways for current college students to avoid being part of this number. The Burning Glass Institute and the Strada Education…
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The College Fix
23h ago
Lawyer to College Fix: NCAA ignoring female athletes’ safety, privacy concerns Female college athletes are “crying out for justice,” safety, and privacy in a lawsuit challenging the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s transgender policies, their attorney told The College Fix in an exclusive interview. Attorney William Bock III said the 16 plaintiffs, all current or former collegiate…
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The College Fix
1d ago
The city of New York will pay a settlement of over $2 million to three white female Department of Education employees over their charges of being replaced by “less-qualified people of color.” Lois Herrera, Jaye Murray and Laura Feijoo each will receive $700,000, the New York Post reports. The three have waited five years for a resolution to their complaints, which included former Chancellor…
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The College Fix
1d ago
Halfway through Sunday afternoon roughly 250 anti-Israel protesters set up an encampment on Yale’s Cross Campus green, with many “locking arms” to form a human chain in order to block access to the area. The Yale Daily News reports the activists began with a protest in downtown New Haven, then moved to campus where they pitched around 40 tents (and counting). Organized by the Connecticut…
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The College Fix
2d ago
A rainbow crosswalk at Carleton University was vandalized last weekend, “raising concerns” about homophobia on the Canadian campus. According to the student paper The Charlatan, “an individual” has been deemed culpable for the damage, and campus police are working with Ottawa law enforcement on the investigation. (At the beginning of the article is the warning “This article contains sensitive…
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The College Fix
3d ago
A white Baltimore County Public Schools principal accused earlier this year of denigrating black students and Jewish families is now in the clear. After a months-long investigation, it was revealed that Pikesville High School Athletic Director Dazhon Darien, who’s black, had used an AI-generated voice of the principal, Eric Eiswert, making the (bogus) remarks. According to WBAL-11…
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The College Fix
3d ago
You’ve had this coming for a loooooong time One of my favorite all-time films is 1982’s “The Verdict” starring Paul Newman as down-and-out attorney Frank Galvin who takes on a case against the Archdiocese of Boston. After astonishingly turning down a settlement offer from the defendant and opting to go to trial, Galvin soon loses his star witness. Desperate and not knowing what to do…
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