The bill Brown signed requires schools applying for exemptions from the state’s Higher Education Act and Title IX to post that information on campus and include it in communications with prospective and current students, faculty, and staff. Schools must also report those exemptions to the California Student Aid Commission, which will post a list of... Continue Reading

The new policy proposed by a membership task force includes six criteria the council will use to align institutions in one of three associational categories: governing membership, associate membership, or collaborative partnership. All three require CCCU executive and board endorsements for acceptance. Governing members, the only ones who can vote, must meet all six criteria:... Continue Reading

“As modernity pushes against tradition, Pakistan has seen an increase in the number of women and girls killed in the name of honor: last year, 1,184 people died, only 88 of them men. The year before, the figure was 1005, and in 2013 it was 869, according to the independent Human Rights Commission of Pakistan.... Continue Reading

U.S. Education Secretary John King created a flurry of frustration and fear among homeschool advocates recently with comments viewed as ignorant at best or, at worst, hostile toward alternative education. “Students who are homeschooled are not getting kind of the rapid instructional experience they would get in school,” King said in a press conference hosted... Continue Reading

Norwegians as young as 6 can now legally change their gender using an online form—without a doctor’s approval, counseling, or surgery. The law, adopted with a 79-13 vote by the Norwegian parliament in June, makes Norway the fifth country in the world to pass a similar law, and the second behind Malta to include children.... Continue Reading

“Christianity grows best under hardship. There are more Christians in China today, for instance, where free expression of faith is illegal, than the total population of the United States. Christianity is in decline in America, and Christendom is already in ruins in Europe, but in the East and in Africa, where it is new, a... Continue Reading

“According to Fortune, Facebook removed the photograph after a Norwegian newspaper editor posted it as part of a series of war-themed images. When the editor attempted to re-post the photo, his account was suspended, and an international furor followed.”   The recent skirmish over Facebook’s removal of a harrowing image—the Pulitzer Prize-winning, 1972 photograph of... Continue Reading

“For King, forgiveness has not come easy. Some parents have mourned the death of their daughters. Others have seen their daughters fully heal. His daughter survived, but he also lost her. Every day, he fights back his anger. Every day, he has to forgive again.”   A single word in black cursive font hangs above... Continue Reading

One thing is clear, however: Harrison says there has never been any evidence to support the canonical hellish vision of magma lakes and tar-colored volcanoes showered in fiery meteors. “There is absolutely not a single scrap of observational evidence that requires that scenario ever took place. We as a scientific community created an origin myth... Continue Reading

It does not fit Tesco’s ‘values’ – Ah – now we get to the real heart of the matter.  What are these Tesco values which prevent free speech and an open discussion on a subject which is important to the wider community?  Tesco post about their values – its full of corporate newspeak which is meaningless... Continue Reading