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3 weeks ago | 
theepochtimes.com | Aaron Gifford
Santa Ono championed a DEI agenda at the University of Michigan before complying with a Trump order and publicly declaring a change of heart. 6/3/2025Updated: 6/3/2025Former University of Michigan President Santa Ono is not coming to Gainesville, the Sunshine State’s university system Board of Governors decided Tuesday in a 6–10 vote.
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3 weeks ago | 
theepochtimes.com | Aaron Gifford
Leaders from more than 600 colleges and universities so far proclaim support for Harvard’s lawsuit against the Trump administration. 6/3/2025Updated: 6/3/2025The fight between the Trump administration and Harvard University has now expanded to two legal disputes. The university first sued over the administration’s cancellation of more than $2 billion in grants over Harvard’s alleged failure to accede to various demands concerning anti-Semitism and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).
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3 weeks ago | 
theepochtimes.com | Aaron Gifford
Legislation and a viral video follow Texas’s new school choice law, adding momentum to a national movement for promoting options. 6/2/2025Updated: 6/2/2025School choice in the Silver State, and potentially the rest of the nation, recently got a huge boost from a 9-year-old art prodigy with a 170 IQ.
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4 weeks ago | 
theepochtimes.com | Aaron Gifford
Spellcheck and AI were happily shoved aside on the 100th anniversary of a proud American tradition. 5/30/2025Updated: 5/30/2025This is not your grandparents’ Scripps National Spelling Bee. In 1976, the nation’s bicentennial year, Tim Kneale of Syracuse correctly recited the letters of the word “narcolepsy” to become the 49th national champion and the first from New York state.
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1 month ago | 
theepochtimes.com | Aaron Gifford |Byron Donalds
Ono told trustees he embraced DEI upon his appointment at Michigan, but during a review of programs in the summer of 2023, he had a change of heart. 5/27/2025Updated: 5/27/2025Former University of Michigan President Santa Ono is one step closer to leading Florida’s flagship university. The University of Florida Board of Trustees on Monday voted unanimously in favor of Ono’s appointment.
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1 month ago | 
theepochtimes.com | Aaron Gifford
Signing day ceremonies are always a big deal across the football-crazy Sooner State. In the Stillwater High School gym adorned with an Under Armour sports apparel backdrop, several graduating seniors recruited to take their skills to the next level recently affirmed their commitments for the next four years. But the familiar favorites—Oklahoma State, University of Oklahoma, Texas A&M, LSU—were absent from the April 23 events. No coaches from any collegiate sport were there.
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1 month ago | 
epochtimes.fr | Aaron Gifford
Le Département américain de la Sécurité Intérieure (DHS) a révoqué la certification du programme d’admission des étudiants étrangers de l’Université de Harvard, a annoncé la secrétaire Kristi Noem sur la plateforme de médias sociaux X le 22 mai. La décision interdit à Harvard d’inscrire des étudiants internationaux via son programme d’étudiants et de participants d’échanges (Student and Exchange Visitor Program).
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1 month ago | 
theepochtimes.com | Aaron Gifford
ADThe DHS secretary posted the announcement on X. 5/22/2025Updated: 5/22/2025The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has revoked certification of Harvard’s Student and Exchange Visitor Program, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem announced on social media platform X today. The decision prohibits Harvard from enrolling international students.
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1 month ago | 
theepochtimes.com | Aaron Gifford
The House of Representatives on May 7 passed a bill that would ban the Department of Homeland Security from providing grants to colleges and universities that partner with the entities of China’s ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP). By a vote of 266–153, the chamber passed HR 881, “DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern.” Every Republican present voted for the bipartisan legislation, along with 55 Democrats.
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1 month ago | 
theepochtimes.com | Aaron Gifford
A university president who once led one of the most extensive diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in higher education before ending it in compliance with President Donald Trump’s executive order is headed to Florida, where such initiatives are prohibited by state law. University of Michigan President Santa J. Ono is the “sole finalist” to take the helm at the University of Florida, both institutions announced this week.
