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Nonilex

#Harvard University sued #Trump's administration on Monday in an effort to halt the govt's pause of >$2B in funding for the #US #educational institution.

"Over the course of the past week, the federal government has taken several actions following Harvard’s refusal to comply with its illegal demands," Harvard President Alan Garber said in a statement.

"Moments ago, we filed a lawsuit to halt the funding freeze because it is unlawful & beyond the government's authority," Garber said.

#law
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Nonilex

#TaxExempt status is available to charitable, religious & #educational orgs, as well as social welfare groups. But the organizations must strictly adhere to tax laws that prohibit them from engaging in certain political activity. There is NO proof that #Harvard violated any of those guardrails.

“The #IRS is supposed to administer the tax rules impartially, not pursue political #vendettas against exempt organizations,”said Steve Rosenthal, who served as snr fellow at the #TaxPolicy Center.

#law
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Nonilex

Most private, nonprofit #colleges & #universities are exempt from paying federal income taxes because they are classified as a 501(c)(3) organization with an #educational mission. Universities do pay other taxes, such as payroll taxes for employees.

“No government—regardless of which party is in power—should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit & hire, & which areas of study & inquiry they can pursue,” #Harvard President Alan Garber said in his message.

#law
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Nonilex

🤬 #SCOTUS allows #Trump officials to freeze #teacher training grants over *#DEI*

A divided #SupremeCourt on Fri cleared the way for the admin to at least temporarily freeze up to $65M in #educational grants designed to address #TeacherShortages, which the govt says fund programs that promote #diversity, #equity & #inclusion [as they should, though the Trump admin’s definition of DEI is humanity].

#law #ActivistCourt #PartisanCourt #indoctrination #education #idiocracy
washingtonpost.com/politics/20

The Washington Post · Supreme Court allows Trump officials to freeze teacher training grants over DEIBy Ann E. Marimow
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Ms. Que Banh

"Chinese and Indigenous communities have shared histories. We faced hardships together while mining for gold in the British Columbia gold rush and experiencing the rugged Canadian weather and terrain.

There are many graves on First Nations territories when Chinese people died from the flu and from the building of the railway, crushed by landslides, collapsing tunnels and premature blastings (Mittelstedt, 2014). The First Nations communities took in the Chinese railroad workers and care for their grave sites to this day (Mittelstedt, 2014). We enjoyed economic success and partnerships that were respectful and mutually beneficial (Ma, 2012). Chinese people leased lands (on First Nations) to farm and then hired Indigenous people to help farm the land (Mathur et al., 2011, p. 74). The Chinese built elaborate gold-mining operations among First Nations communities and perhaps most importantly our communities intermingled and there were many marriages between Chinese men and Indigenous women. In 1891, 98% of Chinese people in Canada lived in British Columbia (Barman, 2013, p. 1), which explains why there are such intimate ties between Chinese people and our First Nations communities in British Columbia. Unsurprisingly, one in six Chinese men created a family with a local Indigenous woman (Barman, 2013, p. 1)."

fccrwc.com/chinese-and-indigen

FCCRWC The Foundation to Commemorate the Chinese Railroad Workers in Canada · Chinese And Indigenous History & Relationships In Canada | FCCRWCChinese and Indigenous communities have shared histories.
#BCHistory#CanadianHistory#ChineseCanadians
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Impish4249

@Nonilex

Slight diversion from the main topic but I want to call out the book Neurotribes. Great #educational piece that might help you talk sense to and #educate your persuadeable friends,neighbors & colleagues on #neurodiversity

#authorians hate educated #voters. #Study #teach #vote & take back the #USA from the #idiocracy

EDIT: I failed to add the link on the first post, now corrected.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NeuroT

en.m.wikipedia.orgNeuroTribes - Wikipedia
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GamingOnLinux

Here's a really clever idea. The Museum of All Things is a free to download experience made in Godot that allows you to explore various subjects pulled from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons data.
gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/bore

GamingOnLinux · Bored? Check out the Museum of All Things and dive into Wikipedia in 3DBy Liam Dawe
#FreeGame#Educational#GodotEngine
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Nonilex

The [#Trump] Dept of #Education issued a threatening letter this month addressed to all #educational institutions that receive federal funds. The letter offers an extreme & implausible interpretation of the #law governing #diversity, #equity & #inclusion policy. It demands that #schools abandon not just affirmative-action-like programs…but also policies that are blind to individuals’ race if those policies were adopted, even in part, to promote racial diversity.

#USpol
nytimes.com/2025/02/26/opinion

The New York Times · Opinion | The Department of Education’s D.E.I. Letter Just Threatened the Existence of Many CollegesBy Sonja B. Starr
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I'm-the-problem

Virginia Tech rant:

Did you know that Virginia Tech has one of the highest average annual salaries per management position? President Tim Sands makes a whopping $840,546 annually, which is an increase from his original $600,000 annual income.

Did you also know that the president of the United States of America is paid $400,000.

Why does Tim Sands make more than 2 times the US president's salary?

#education#educational#EducationForAll
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