#First generation Florida teen gets into every Ivy League college

#First generation Florida teen gets into every Ivy League college

“First generation Florida teen gets into every Ivy League college” A Florida teenager, who is a first-generation Nigerian-American, has quite the variety of Ivy League schools to choose from — every one of them. Ashley Adirika, a debate champ who hopes to help alleviate income inequality, got into Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Princeton…

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#Princeton president recommends firing professor who was under sexual misconduct probe

#Princeton president recommends firing professor who was under sexual misconduct probe

“Princeton president recommends firing professor who was under sexual misconduct probe” An Ivy League professor who was under investigation for sexual misconduct is facing possible termination at Princeton University in what critics call a politically motivated maneuver. The president of the university last week recommended that the board of trustees fire tenured classics professor Dr….

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#Harvard sets up 0M endowment fund for slavery reparations

#Harvard sets up $100M endowment fund for slavery reparations

“Harvard sets up $100M endowment fund for slavery reparations” April 26 – Harvard University is setting aside $100 million for an endowment fund and other measures to close the educational, social and economic gaps that are legacies of slavery and racism, according to an email the university’s president sent to all students, faculty and staff on Tuesday. The email from Harvard President Lawrence Bacow included a…

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#Letting Lia Thomas swim isn’t fair

#Letting Lia Thomas swim isn’t fair

“Letting Lia Thomas swim isn’t fair” A large group of parents from across five Ivy League schools wrote to The Post about the experiences of their children competing against transgender swimmer Lia Thomas, who won the 500-yard freestyle in the collegiate national championships Thursday night. They say that Thomas, who has lived and competed primarily…

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#Cornell defends BIPOC-only rock-climbing class after online uproar

#Cornell defends BIPOC-only rock-climbing class after online uproar

“#Cornell defends BIPOC-only rock-climbing class after online uproar” Cornell University is defending a new rock-climbing class offered to minority groups. Among the Ivy League school’s Outdoor Education offerings for the spring 2021 semester was a course called “BIPOC Rock Climbing”. The course description, according to The Cornell Daily Sun, specified that the class was “for…

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