Subscribe
Students
Faculty & Staff
Leadership & Policy
Podcasts
Top 100
Advertise
Jobs
Shop
Tag: Religion: Page 3
Students
Christian Groups Challenge N.C. University’s Speech Permits
RALEIGH, N.C. ― A federal judge on Thursday quizzed attorneys for North Carolina’s largest public university why constitutional free-speech protections allow the school to require students who want to engage others in extended debate or proselytizing to secure a permit. Lawyers for North Carolina State University argued in court that the rules are in place […]
June 2, 2016
Students
Jewish Group Faults Missouri School’s Anti-Semitism Response
KANSAS CITY, Mo. ― The University of Missouri downplayed incidents of anti-Semitism while publicly condemning bigotry against racial minorities during protests last year, a Jewish human rights group told the university system’s top administrator. In a letter this week to interim system president Mike Middleton, officials with the Simon Wiesenthal Center said the university vocally […]
May 5, 2016
Students
U.S. Government Cuts Grants to Jewish College, Citing Fraud
WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. ― The federal government has barred a Jewish college in suburban Detroit from participating in a popular grant program after finding that thousands of students lived full-time in Israel and weren’t taking classes through the school. The Michigan Jewish Institute broke its fiduciary duty to the U.S. Education Department, which supplies Pell […]
March 23, 2016
Students
University of California Approves Anti-Semitism Statement
SAN FRANCISCO ― A University of California committee agreed Wednesday to single out anti-Semitism as a form of intolerance that campus leaders should challenge but rejected a more far-reaching denouncement of arguments against Israel’s right to exist. A year in the making, the formal position opposing anti-Semitic behavior comes amid a wave of impassioned campus […]
March 23, 2016
Community Colleges
Kansas House OKs Campus Faith Groups Restricting Membership
TOPEKA, Kan. ― Kansas lawmakers on Wednesday approved a long-delayed proposal allowing faith-based groups on college campuses to restrict their membership to like-minded people. Nearly a year after the Senate approved the bill, the Republican-controlled House voted 81-41 to send the bill to Gov. Sam Brownback, a strong supporter of religious rights. Supporters have said […]
March 16, 2016
Women
Bishop Opposes Notre Dame’s Decision to Give Medal to Biden
SOUTH BEND, Ind. ― The University of Notre Dame should not award Vice President Joe Biden its top award because it sends a message that a politician can support abortion rights and gay marriage and still be a good Catholic, the bishop of the Fort Wayne-South Bend Diocese said. Notre Dame announced March 5 it […]
March 15, 2016
Students
Kansas May Allow Campus Religious Groups to Restrict Members
TOPEKA, Kan. ― Kansas is close to enacting a measure that would allow university religious groups to restrict membership based on beliefs and retain public funding. The bill got first-round approval in the Kansas House 80-39 Tuesday after it was passed by the Senate last year. If the bill wins final approval in the House […]
March 15, 2016
News Roundup
Ex-Wheaton College Prof Who Wore Hijab Resurfaces at University of Virginia
A professor who sparked a controversy by wearing a hijab at the Christian college where she worked and ended up leaving after the school moved to fire her has resurfaced at University of Virginia, where she will do research on Islam. Larycia Hawkins, who left Wheaton College in Illinois earlier this year after refusing to […]
March 5, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Wheaton College to Name Scholarship After Ex-professor Larycia Hawkins
CHICAGO ― A suburban Chicago Christian college will create a scholarship named for a former political science professor who asserted Christians and Muslims worship the same God. The Daily Herald reports that Wheaton College officials made the announcement Wednesday in Chicago with Larycia Hawkins. The school was moving to fire her until it announced Saturday […]
February 10, 2016
African-American
Walker Aims to Shed Light on Depression, Suicide
In the African-American community, there is a great deal of shame and stigma associated with suicide.
February 26, 2015
Opinion
Majority of Americans Still Lean on Religion
A recent Gallup poll reveled that 57% of Americans believe that religion can answer all or most of today’s problems, while 30% say that religion is out of date.
December 17, 2014
Previous Page
Page 3 of 3