Student enrollment is up for most of Mississippi’s public universities

Most Mississippi public universities saw an increase in student enrollment for the fall semester compared to last year, according to an annual data report the Institutions of Higher Learning board ...
Spectrum News NY1

MGM's Empire City Casino in Yonkers withdraws application for state casino license

MGM Empire City in Yonkers has withdrawn its application for one of three state gaming licenses up for grabs in the downstate region, saying the economic conditions have changed. In a letter to the ...
Wall Street Journal

A Backlash Is Growing Against Another Elite College Practice: ‘Legacy’ Admissions

Secretary of Education Linda McMahon is leading the administration’s fight against elite universities. She sat down with WSJ to discuss her thinking and if there is room for compromise. Photo: Greg ...
The Raw Story

Trump's 'main priority' revealed as Karoline Leavitt makes stunning admission

David Edwards has spent over a decade reporting on social justice, human rights and politics for Raw Story. He also writes Crooks and Liars. He has a background in enterprise resource planning and ...
Civil Beat

Kamehameha Schools Sued Over Native Hawaiian Admissions Policy

Students for Fair Admissions founder Ed Blum said he has received death threats over his attempt to strike down the policy. Weeks after launching a website seeking plaintiffs, an anti-affirmative ...
Inside Higher Ed

Harvard Slashes Admissions for Ph.D. Candidates

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Harvard University plans to drastically reduce the number of Ph.D. students it admits in the next two ...
Larry Brown Sports

Michael Jordan makes brutally honest admission during his new NBC segment

Michael Jordan got emotional for a moment during his new segment on the revived “NBA on NBC” on Tuesday night. NBC aired the first segment of its debut series, called “MJ: Insights to Excellence,” ...
The New York Times

University of Virginia Makes Deal With White House to Halt Investigations

The Justice Department had been scrutinizing one of the nation’s premier public universities over accusations of civil rights violations. By Michael C. Bender and Michael S. Schmidt Michael C. Bender ...
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Health board denies Jackson County, West Virginia, cannabis dispensary application

JACKSON COUNTY, W.Va. (WOWK) – The Jackson County Health Board has shot down a proposal for a cannabis dispensary in one West Virginia neighborhood. The board met Tuesday night to make a decision on ...
Hawaii Public Radio

Federal lawsuit challenges Kamehameha Schools' admission policy

A lawsuit filed Monday in U.S. court in Honolulu challenges an admissions policy of Kamehameha Schools, the Hawaiʻi private school that gives preference to applicants who are Native Hawaiian. A ...
The Harvard Crimson

Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for ...