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The months since Charlie Kirk’s murder on Utah Valley University’s campus in September have seen a deluge of firings and suspensions of teachers, faculty, and staff across the country for celebrating the assassination, or just for being insufficiently mournful. As the dust settles and court cases proceed, more details are emerging about the political pressures universities faced to punish protected political expression.In Iowa, lawmakers were so incensed by one Iowa State University staff member’s speech about the shooting that they outright dismissed the possibility of a lawsuit. Public records obtained by FIRE through a Freedom of Information Act request show state…

Patrick T. Brown, Civitas Outlook When it comes to daily life, states can – and should – experiment with different approaches to centering families’ needs in public policy.

Attorney General Pam Bondi reportedly sent a memo two weeks ago indicating how the federal government intends to target “domestic terrorist organizations.” That memo outlines how the Justice Department plans to implement President Trump’s National Security Presidential Memo 7. To explain what’s wrong with Bondi’s memo, we need to bounce back and forth between it and NSPM-7. Think of it this way: NSPM-7 is an idea, and Bondi’s memo is a checklist in furtherance of that idea. At the same time, the memo isn’t quite a blueprint, because it still omits key details about what the Justice Department intends to do. But what…

Schmidt & Arsenault, NY Times The students face discipline for recording Mr. Summers, the former Harvard president, discussing his ties to Jeffrey Epstein in a Harvard class.

Early Decision and Early Action notifications hit families fast—often between mid-December and mid-January—and they don’t just deliver an admissions verdict. They frequently come with a financial aid offer (or lack of one), too. That combination can trigger everything at once: excitement, relief, confusion, disappointment, and sometimes heartbreak. In a recent episode of Old College Try, Matt Carpenter and Peggy Keough (aka the “Fair Godmother of Financial Aid”) unpacked what families should do when early admissions decisions arrive—especially when the answer isn’t what your student hoped for. Below is a practical, mindset-forward guide to handling acceptances, deferrals, waitlists, and rejections with…

You are here: Home / Scholarships / Rev. Herman A. Martin Memorial Scholarship 2026 (Deadline: April 19, 2026) December 19, 2025 By The FinancialAidFinder Scholarship Team Who Can Apply: Rev. Herman A. Martin was a man with a vision. He was a loving husband, father, a devoted leader in the community and a businessman. Rev. Martin was not only a Baptist Clergyman but an entrepreneur in catering and painting. Rev. Martin possessed a passion for educating youth. In an effort to assist high school seniors in Arkansas, in the furtherance of their education, the family of the late Rev. Herman A. Martin…

Kemi Jona & Dana Stephenson, RealClearEducation The labor market’s long unbroken streak of resilience is running out.

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You are here: Home / Scholarships / 2026 William Smith Scholarship (Deadline: May 24, 2026) December 19, 2025 By The FinancialAidFinder Scholarship Team Who Can Apply: William “Billy” Smith was a beloved husband who sadly passed away in June in a tragic car accident. Billy was a huge music lover and a very talented musician who was a staple in the music community in Greenville. Music is a great hobby and calling that allows people to express their creativity and emotions. Unfortunately, as students grow older, many leave behind their musical ambitions and struggle to remain engaged in their craft.…

The suspect wanted in connection to a mass shooting at Brown University that killed two students and injured nine was found dead in a storage unit in Salem, N.H., authorities said at a news conference Thursday night. They identified Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, 48, a former Brown student and Portuguese national, as the man they say barged into an engineering classroom at Brown last Saturday and opened fire on students attending a review session. Valente died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. “We are 100 percent confident that this is our target and that this case is closed from a perspective of…