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Georgetown U. students miffed pre-orientation program no longer ‘identity-focused’

College Fix Staff — Sun, 06 Sep 2026 20:34:32 +0000

No more presentations on ‘what it means to be a woman on campus [and] person of color in a predominantly white institution’ A Georgetown University student paper investigation has revealed the school’s Center for Multicultural Equity & Access “sunsetted an identity-driven pre-orientation program” over a year ago “amid” Trump administration “attacks” on DEI measures. According to The Hoya…

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Cornell student communists invite you to their winning platform: Palestine and smashing ICE

Dave Huber - Associate Editor — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 22:08:39 +0000

OPINION: A better definition for the performative DSA is ‘Daddy’s Savings Account‘ How far have we come (or, more accurately, fallen) since the Cold War where now well-to-do college students openly express pride in being “red” — aka communist. “The leaves are not the reds in Ithaca,” Cornell’s chapter of the Young Democratic Socialists of America writes in a recent student paper op-ed.

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Pro-Palestinian UC Berkeley law group banned from setting up table at event; does it anyway

Dave Huber - Associate Editor — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 14:45:10 +0000

‘This act of repression is nothing new on campus. And we will not be cowed.’ The group Law Students for Justice in Palestine at Berkeley Law claimed it was forbidden from setting up a table at the law school’s Student Activities Fair because it still has a bylaw forbidding “Zionist speakers.” According to the student paper The Daily Californian, a UC Berkeley spokesman noted “only…

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Anti-Israel Haverford College faculty refuse letters of recommendation for Israeli schools

Dave Huber - Associate Editor — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 13:07:15 +0000

ANALYSIS: In seeming violation of agreement, profs won’t write letters for ‘specific institutions and/or opportunities that are out of ethical alignment with [their] own political principles‘ Anti-Israel faculty at Haverford College appear to be defying a recent settlement with a pro-Israel organization by publicly stating they will not write letters of recommendation for students wanting to…

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Student’s trans sports league idea draws Jim Crow comparison from professor

Dave Huber - Associate Editor — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 12:18:42 +0000

ANALYSIS: ‘Clear parallels between [the student’s] suggestion and how white Southerners handled ‘the negro problem” Four years ago a Purdue University women’s, gender and sexuality studies professor hilariously tried to compare the University of Pennsylvania’s “Lia” Thomas, a male participating on the women’s swim team … to Jackie Robinson. Robinson, whose story was most recently…

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‘We will not stand for this’: Leftwing groups to protest Kirk memorial at UVU

Jennifer Kabbany - Fix Editor — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 03:05:15 +0000

Several leftwing groups plan to protest a memorial in honor of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University, where he was fatally shot last year. The “Freedom Built to Last, Honoring Charlie Kirk” memorial is set for Sept. 10 — the day Kirk was assassinated on the Orem, Utah, campus. TPUSA said in a news release the event will “honor Charlie as a faith-filled husband, father…

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Florida bans illegal immigrants from enrolling in public universities

Micaiah Bilger - Assistant Editor — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 17:40:10 +0000

The Florida Board of Governors approved an admissions policy change Thursday that bans illegal immigrants from enrolling in the state’s public universities, starting next year. WESH reports the measure only applies to new applicants and “does not appear to affect undocumented students who are currently enrolled.” “Beginning with the 2027-28 academic year, a person who is present in the…

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Trump moves to revoke tax-exempt status for private colleges that continue race-based preferences

Jennifer Kabbany - Fix Editor — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 05:15:15 +0000

The Trump administration is continuing its crackdown on race-based preferences in higher education, with the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service on Thursday announcing proposed regulations to end federal tax-exempt status for private colleges that engage in discrimination. “Schools rebranding race-based preferences as equitable, inclusive, or diversity-enhancing does not change…

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Christian students ask Supreme Court to overturn 2004 ruling blocking state grants for religious majors

Megan Rosevear - Brigham Young University — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 04:24:00 +0000

Four Christian students in Virginia have asked the Supreme Court to overturn a 22-year-old decision they say was wrongly decided because it unconstitutionally cuts off state aid to students who major in religious ministry or devotional theology. The two sibling appeals, filed in mid-August, target the 2004 decision Locke v. Davey, in which the court held that the free exercise clause allows…

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WATCH: Is college still worth it in 2026?

Brady Larkin - Grove City College — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 04:15:00 +0000

ANALYSIS/OPINION The College Fix’s Brady Larkin asks students if college is still worth it.

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