Jon Huntsman, whose family has donated millions of dollars to UPenn, says the school should 'completely cut ties with current leadership'

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Jon Huntsman Jr. (left) and the University of Pennsylvania's president Liz Magill (right).
Jon Huntsman Jr. (left) has called for the removal of the University of Pennsylvania's president Liz Magill (right).

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Bill Ackman is rooting for the fall of UPenn's president: 'One down'

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Bill Ackman (left) and the University of Pennsylvania's president Liz Magill (right).
"I give this a 95% probability. It is not yet a certainty," Bill Ackman (left) on the possibility that the University of Pennsylvania's president Liz Magill (right) gets removed from her post.

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Dozens of Texans confronted a school board over a trans teen's removal from the school play. Now, he's back in the lead role.

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Max Hightower, a senior in high school.
Max Hightower, a senior in high school.

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Wall Street CEO tells Penn president: Resign or I'll pull $100 million

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Ross Stevens has threatened to pull a $100 million gift if the University of Pennsylvania's president does not step down.

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Penn could lose a $100 million donation after its president's bungled congressional hearing

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Liz Magill, President of University of Pennsylvania, testifies before the House Education and Workforce Committee.
Liz Magill.

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Elite colleges scramble to backtrack after evading questions about antisemitism

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Liz Magill, president of University of Pennsylvania, testifies before Congress
Liz Magill, president of University of Pennsylvania, testifies before the House Education and Workforce Committee in Washington, DC.

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Why you should probably learn Gen Alpha slang, according to a millennial teacher who's fluent

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Philip Lindsay teaches 11- to 14-year-olds in Arizona.

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I just graduated from Crossroads School in Los Angeles, where Elon Musk's daughter attended. Here's what it was like as a student.

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Mike Baravarian is a 19-year-old graduate of Crossroads School in Santa Monica, California.

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Harvard, MIT, and UPenn missed a very easy chance to do their most important job

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Three college presidents speaking at a cognressional hearing.
L-R) Dr. Claudine Gay, President of Harvard University, Liz Magill, President of University of Pennsylvania, and Dr. Sally Kornbluth, President of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, testify before the House Education and Workforce Committee at the Rayburn House Office Building on December 05, 2023 in Washington, DC

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Bill Ackman wants Harvard, MIT, and UPenn's presidents to 'resign in disgrace'

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Bill Ackman (left) and Claudine Gay (right).
Bill Ackman (left) called for the resignation of college presidents such as Harvard's Claudine Gay (right) on Tuesday. Gay had participated in a congressional hearing on Harvard's on-campus antisemitism on the same day.

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