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Sophie Alcorn Contributor Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” She connects people with the businesses and opportunities that expand their lives. More posts by this contributor Here’s another edition of “Dear Sophie,”…

Update: Jerry Falwell Jr. is officially out at Liberty University.]The leadership of Jerry Falwell Jr., one of the most prominent evangelical supporters of President Trump, appeared to be nearing an end at Liberty University after a report emerged on Monday of sexual indiscretions involving Mr. Falwell, his wife and a pool attendant.Top officials at Liberty,…

Its no secret that graduates from Oxford University can be found everywhere in the higher echelons of British public life. The universitys success in placing its graduates in jobs has seen it unseat …

FILE PHOTO: Students stand at the windows of the University of Theatre and Film Arts during their blockade, in Budapest, Hungary, September 2, 2020. The banner reads “We stand for the freedom of our University”. REUTERS/Bernadett SzaboBUDAPEST (Reuters) – Several thousand people protested on Sunday for the independence of Hungary’s University of Theatre and Film…

Image copyright PA Media Image caption Thousands of students are preparing to return to university after the coronavirus lockdown A leading epidemiologist has warned the country is at a “critical moment” in the coronavirus pandemic, as students prepare to return to universities.Dame Anne Johnson, of University College London, told the BBC data showed the highest…

Oxford University has vaulted into top place in the Guardians annual universities guide for the first time in a decade, thanks to new employment data showing that more Oxford students are moving into…

Aug. 31, 2020, 3:33 p.m. ETAs the University of New Mexico football team endured another losing season last fall, Nahje Flowers, a defensive lineman, began complaining to friends and counselors about his coaches forcing him to play, even though he had injuries, severe headaches and depression.On Nov. 5, he sent an early-morning text message “like…

Opinion|What Jerry Falwell Jr. Taught Me at Liberty Universityend those Muslims”; this spring, several Black students and faculty members wrote an open letter in response to Mr. Falwell tweeting a racist photo. But the scandals culminated this week in a particularly tawdry story of a yearslong sexual relationship between his wife and Giancarlo Granda, who…

he explained on Twitter last year. He liked to tell reporters that Jesus did not tell Caesar how to run Rome.That was always an unusual stance for the head of a distinctly evangelical institution. But Mr. Falwell pulled it off until recently, coasting by on a combination of success — Liberty’s endowment grew to $1.6…

We’re in the throes of a deadly pandemic, and there’s not much time before everyone’s expected to get back to school. That’s why it’s fortunate that home-learning startup Outlier.org is adding two more classes to its burgeoning roster of college courses. Today, you’ll be able to sign up for Introduction to Astronomy and Introduction to…