Micaiah Bilger

United States

Assistant editor @CollegeFix Human rights are for all humans. Pro-life, pro-woman, adoption, foster care, foodie, bookworm

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Feds warn Harvard may lose ability to enroll international students

1 week ago | thecollegefix.com | Micaiah Bilger

Homeland Security says institution must turn over records on ‘foreign student visa holders’ illegal and violent activities’ Amid mounting tensions, the Department of Homeland Security issued a harsh warning to Harvard University on Wednesday that threatened its ability to enroll international students due to its alleged inactions on “antisemitism.” In a letter, Department Secretary Kristi Noem said Harvard must provide the federal government with “detailed records” about international...
DOJ sues Maine alleging discrimination against female athletes

1 week ago | thecollegefix.com | Micaiah Bilger

‘This is about sports. This is also about these young women’s personal safety,’ Attorney General Pam Bondi saysThe U.S. Department of Justice is accusing Maine of failing to protect young women and girls by allowing male athletes to compete with them in a lawsuit announced Wednesday. The Maine Department of Education is “discriminating against women” in violation of Title IX, Attorney General Pam Bondi (pictured) said at a news conference.
Harvard canceled ‘anti-Zionist’ Passover seder. Pro-Palestinian students met anyway.

1 week ago | thecollegefix.com | Micaiah Bilger

Organizers say Passover event is part of ‘call for the total liberation of all people, from every river to every sea’Pro-Palestinian students went through with an “anti-Zionist Passover seder for liberation” on Saturday at Harvard University despite having their room reservation and event funding revoked, according to the student newspaper.
Scholars at Harvard conference warn ‘biased’ AI could define ‘woman’

1 week ago | thecollegefix.com | Micaiah Bilger

Scholars at Harvard conference warn ‘biased’ AI could define ‘woman’ MIT scholar says she is working to create ‘feminist AI’Scholars raised concerns about how artificial intelligence may define the word “woman” or be used to perpetuate “colonialism” during a “Gender and AI: Promise and Perils” conference Friday at Harvard University.
GOP lawmakers launch investigation into high Ivy League tuition prices

1 week ago | thecollegefix.com | Micaiah Bilger

Republicans suspect institutions have ‘collusion to raise tuition prices’Top Republican lawmakers launched an investigation into Ivy League universities’ tuition costs this week, alleging potential violations of antitrust laws. Led by Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley and House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan, the probe asks the eight universities to produce documents “regarding their apparent collusion to raise tuition prices,” a news release states.
San Francisco State U. opens family study room for parenting students and kids

2 weeks ago | thecollegefix.com | Micaiah Bilger

OPINION: It’s a refreshing example of pro-family values that other institutions should replicate. A new room at San Francisco State University filled with toys and games for young children and a studying space for their parents is a refreshing example of pro-family values that are too often lacking in academia. The Family Study Room, which opened this spring in the J.
Trump admin freezing $1 billion to Cornell and $790 million to Northwestern

2 weeks ago | thecollegefix.com | Micaiah Bilger

Trump admin freezing $1 billion to Cornell and $790 million to Northwestern News follows similar funding pauses at Brown, Harvard, Columbia, Princeton, and University of Pennsylvania Two more prestigious universities, Northwestern and Cornell, are being temporarily cut off from federal funding as the Trump administration continues to investigate possible civil rights violations in higher education institutions. Federal officials confirmed the funding freeze to the New York Times on Tuesday,...
Remote employee alleges Penn State U. fired him after refusing COVID testing

2 weeks ago | thecollegefix.com | Micaiah Bilger

Zachary Rackovan also claims the university discriminated against him for his evangelical Christian beliefsA former Penn State University employee filed a religious discrimination lawsuit Friday alleging the institution fired him for refusing COVID-19 testing – three days before it dropped the requirement. Zachary Rackovan, an evangelical Christian, worked remotely as a multimedia specialist for the university when he was fired in 2022, the Centre Daily Times reports.
Texas State U. buses spotted at anti-Trump rally. University says it didn’t approve them.

2 weeks ago | thecollegefix.com | Micaiah Bilger

Administrators say they are reviewing bus company contract after third party used vehicles with university logoTexas State University buses spotted at an anti-Trump protest Saturday were not commissioned or paid for by the public institution, its leaders said Sunday in response to criticism. “The buses are not owned by TXST. No state/federal funds were used to purchase them. Our contractor has been allowed to lease their buses to others,” university President Kelly Damphousse wrote on X.
Two colleges still allow male athletes on women’s teams despite Trump order

2 weeks ago | thecollegefix.com | Micaiah Bilger

Two colleges still allow male athletes on women’s teams despite Trump order ANALYSIS: One college backtracks, saying transgender athlete competed due to ‘misunderstanding’Two private New York colleges still appear to be allowing male athletes to compete on their women’s teams despite policy changes and an executive order from President Donald Trump.