Yale ditches test-optional policy, saying it hurts lower-income applicants
Yale University announced Thursday it will reinstate standardized testing requirements for freshmen, joining a handful of elite schools that have scrapped controversial test-optional policies introduced during the pandemic. The Ivy League school said the current policy “disadvantages low-income, first-generation, and rural students.” For students in well-resourced high schools, there are many alternatives to standardized tests, […]
Yale apologizes for ‘formative ties to slavery’
Yale University has formally apologized for its past ties to slavery, saying slavery helped build the oldest building on campus. For a long time document Following an apology from the school’s President Peter Salovey, the school specifically apologized for Yale’s “formative relationship” with slavery and the slave trade. “We acknowledge and apologize for our university’s […]
More than 100 Yale professors sign up to protect free speech
Elite higher education is in great turmoil. But at least someone in the belly of the beast is trying to change that. Amid an explosion of bigotry and illiberalism on campus, Yale professors are uniting to form the Coalition to Defend Academic Freedom and Free Speech. They are the latest members to join a growing […]
Yale issues formal apology over its past connections to slavery
Yale University formally apologized Friday for its past ties to slavery. The Ivy League school has become the latest institution to apologize for its ties to slavery after years of investigation. “Today, on behalf of Yale University, we recognize our university’s historical role in and connection to slavery, as well as the labor, experiences, and […]
Embattled Biden official who encouraged engagement with Hamas slated to teach Israel-Palestine course at Yale
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Suspended Biden Official, Once Ousted For Talking With Hamas, Hired By Yale To Teach Israel-Palestine Course
Robert Malley, the Biden administration's special envoy to Iran, will teach a course on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at Yale University while he is on leave and under investigation by the FBI, according to the university's newspaper. This semester, a course called “The Struggle with Israel and Palestine” is being offered. according to Yale Daily News. […]
Yale University construction workers hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning
A blood test of a construction worker who collapsed outside a building owned by Yale University on Wednesday revealed that emergency workers detected potentially lethal amounts of carbon monoxide inside. Thirteen more people were hospitalized, but officials said the discovery could have prevented an even bigger catastrophe. “Disaster was averted here,” said Rick Fontana, New […]
Yale professor calls Bill Ackman a ‘odious’ over his crusade against Harvard
A Yale University professor has accused billionaire Bill Ackman of acting like a “bully” over his violent campaign against Harvard University and its ousted president Claudine Gay. “Bill Ackman has a detrimental effect on American education. He thinks his money equates to wisdom, and even if it doesn't, money gives him the right to bully […]