UC Berkeley academic offered her students extra credit for going to pro-Palestinian protests and lobbying Congress about Gaza

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A student protest about the war in Israel/Gaza takes place at the University of California, Berkeley's Sather Gate
A student protest about the war in Israel/Gaza takes place at the University of California, Berkeley's Sather Gate on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023.

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I'm a college admissions expert. Here's my advice on what you should and shouldn't do on your applications.

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Read the new letter from Mitt Romney and billionaire Seth Klarman slamming Harvard's 'silence' over 'antisemitism on campus' as 'astounding'

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A group of Harvard alumni, including Senator Mitt Romney, have criticized the school leadership's response to purported antisemitism on campus: "Your silence as the situation intensifies is both astounding and frightening."

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Harvard takes another blow over Israel as ex-Maryland governor withdraws from a pair of fellowships citing 'dangerous antisemitism'

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Supporters of Palestine gather at Harvard University to show their support for Palestinians in Gaza at a rally in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on October 14, 2023; Maryland Governor Larry Hogan holds a news conference on the state's Covid-19 situation, at the Maryland State Capitol on August 5, 2021 in Annapolis, Maryland;
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is giving schools supplemental material to combat 'misinformation and prejudice' about the Israel-Hamas war

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott

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I encouraged my son to apply to only 3 colleges even though his friends were applying to 12 to 15. He still got into his dream school.

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The author and her son.

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I was drowning in student-loan debt, so I bought a house and flipped it. I used the profit to pay off my loans.

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Billionaire donors are loudly boycotting Ivy Leagues. It may not hurt the schools as much as you think.

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Billionaire donors have pulled their money from the University of Pennsylvania.

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'Law & Order' creator Dick Wolf threatens to pull funding from UPenn unless president resigns amid Israel-Hamas response backlash, CNN reports

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Dick Wolf speaks at the TCA WINTER PRESS TOUR 2020 on Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020 at the Langham Huntington Hotel in Pasadena, CA.

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A Cornell history professor apologized for calling Hamas' attacks 'exhilarating' and 'energizing.' His actions are under review by the school.

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Cornell University Professor Russell Rickford.
Cornell University Professor Russell Rickford.

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