Rise to the Moment of Truth Saturday, April 1, 2023

Tag: higher education

Higher education
Report: Alabama 14th in higher education appropriations — $2.12 billion to public universities, some of which promote DEI, woke ideology

Only 13 states have promised more taxpayer money for public higher education than Alabama so far for this fiscal year. 

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Outgoing UA professor — Universities ‘no longer places that embrace the freedom of exchanging ideas’

Speaking up about issues like climate and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion policies was “career suicide,” according to University of Alabama assistant Professor Dr. Matthew Wielicki.

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'Delete Dixie': University of Alabama faculty, students petition to censor fight song

A small group of people at the University of Alabama is petitioning the school to remove “Dixie” from its “Yea, Alabama!” fight song in favor of a “more appropriate term."

Auburn University
Auburn approves 3% tuition increase for 2023-2024

Auburn University Board of Trustees approved a 3% tuition and fees increase beginning in the fall 2023 semester on Friday.

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Alabama Commission on Higher Education director pushes back against Biden's student loan forgiveness plan — ‘Bad policy’

Alabama colleges and universities should not increase tuition "for a long time" and President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness makes people think “Santa Claus will come along often,” according to Dr. James Purcell, executive director of the Alabama Commission on Higher Education (ACHE).