Campus war protests domino from East to West Coast drawing arrests and violence politi.co/4a3X7W2 w/ Bianca Quilantan & Jeff Coltin

Police descended on Columbia University late Tuesday and arrested protesters in a dramatic move against a demonstration that has become a flashpoint of opposition to the Israel-Gaza war, w/Irie Sentner politico.com/news/2024/04/3…

DEVELOPING: Mayor Eric Adams & NYPD deliver foreboding msg to Columbia protesters tonight, as they urge ppl to leave campus and blame the situation on 'outside agitators' w/ little discernible evidence presented. Joe Anuta Irie Sentner Madina Touré's first take:

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More college presidents are expected to testify before House Committee on Education & the Workforce next month: UCLA, Yale and U. Michigan

Protest in front of gates of Columbia University, which has been closed to everyone except students living in residence halls on campus and essential personnel. Student protesters occupied Hamilton Hall.

NY Playbook is out...

Remarkable work by our own Irie Sentner who has been on scene at Columbia all day and night.

His latest dispatch...

Columbia protesters occupy academic building
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Student Gaza solidarity protests are engulfing top colleges as university presidents, U.S. lawmakers and even President Joe Biden struggle to quell growing unrest amid fierce partisan blowback, w/Irie Sentner Bianca Quilantan Kelly Garrity kierra frazier politico.com/news/2024/04/2…

Pro-Palestine protests, mass arrests roil college campuses ow.ly/BvFF105qsyB

House, Senate members call on Columbia University president to resign, via Bianca Quilantan

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Chairwoman Virginia Foxx is calling for the expulsion of students & termination of faculty at Columbia who are involved in the violent, antisemitic protests on campus.

Foxx slams President Shafik & Columbia's admin for not doing enough.

Full letter:
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Education Department boosts legal defenses for transgender students ow.ly/3fNt105pZE1

5 takeaways from the Columbia University antisemitism hearing ow.ly/NhPa105pPBV

House lawmakers grill Columbia University president over discipline policies for antisemitism ow.ly/1zqg105pMP3

Biden unveils draft rule for his latest student debt relief plan ow.ly/vViJ105pElX

Today, OCR resolved an investigation of Hinds Community College (MS) determining the college violated Title IX after failing to provide a pregnant student with academic adjustments or necessary services during and after her pregnancy.

The youth mental health crisis is at a turning point.

Leaders are accepting that 'we can't treat our way out of this,' now targeting the root causes of the crisis.

One problem: those causes — and effective, scalable solutions — aren't clear.

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'The new data tell a story of a bad situation being worse than it actually looks.'

Seniors' FAFSA *completions* are down 40% through 3/29; it's a 19 percentage point gap to close for the c/o 2024.

(Submissions are down 27%).

National College Attainment Network (NCAN)'s newest: ncan.org/news/669477/Ne…