Day: May 8, 2025

Pro-Palestinian Protesters Storm Columbia’s Butler Library, Clash with NYPD Amid Anti-Semitism Crackdown

In a development highlighting the continued aggression of the pro-Palestinian movement at Columbia, over 100 pro-Palestinian protesters wearing kaffiyahs and hiding their identities with masks stormed Columbia University’s Butler Library yesterday, remaining until the evening before being forced out by the NYPD. The incident came despite efforts on the part of the Columbia administration to […]

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Uncovering Chinese Academic Espionage at Stanford

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by the Stanford Review on May 07, 2025. With edits to match MTC’s style guidelines, it is cross-posted here with permission. This summer, a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) agent impersonated a Stanford student. Under the alias Charles Chen, he approached several students through social media. Anna*, a Stanford student […]

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Ohio Is a Microcosm of Our Nation’s Educational Tug-of-War

Author’s Note: This article is from my weekly “Top of Mind” email, sent to subscribers every Thursday. For more content like this and to receive the full newsletter each week, enter your name and email under “SIGN UP FOR OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER, ‘TOP OF MIND,’” located on the right-hand side of the site. Ohio has become […]

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Trump’s Accreditation Crackdown Begins

Editor’s Note: The following excerpt is from an article originally published by Diogenes In Exile on May 5, 2025. With edits to match MTC’s style guidelines, it is cross-posted here with permission. It is high noon, and the dust is swirling between higher education accreditors and the executive branch of the U.S. government. The president has […]

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