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In a series of interviews with WSN, faculty members expressed concern over NYU’s updated conduct guidelines for the academic year, which cite “code words, like ‘Zionist,’” as examples of speech that could violate the university’s non-discrimination policy.
NYU rises 5 spots in this year’s U.S. News rankings - Washington …
Sep 24, 2024 · NYU rose five spots in the annual U.S. News & World Report’s national university rankings, placing it at No. 30 among nearly 436 four-year institutions. The increase comes after the university fell 10 spots last year — its first decline in the rankings since 2020. Since then, the organization has revised its methodology to weigh...
NYU drops 10 spots in latest US News rankings - Washington …
Sep 18, 2023 · NYU dropped in the U.S. News & World Report’s national university rankings for the first time since 2020, falling ten spots from 25th place to 35th. The downward shift comes after years of the university steadily climbing the rankings; the last time it dropped more than one position on the list was in 2016.
‘A chilling effect’: Conduct guidelines cast shadow of concern over ...
Dec 14, 2024 · Ahead of the fall 2024 semester, NYU updated its Non-Discrimination and Anti-Harrassment policy to detail expectations for student conduct and speech during protests and demonstrations on campus. The guidelines — which cite “code words, like ‘Zionist,’” as examples of potentially discriminatory speech — sparked several protests and drew criticism from national organizations, with ...
New York court reinstates NYU rezoning lawsuit - Washington …
Sep 12, 2024 · A New York state court reinstated NYU’s two-year-old lawsuit against the city over a 2021 zoning provision that limits university expansion in NoHo and SoHo. The lawsuit was initially dismissed after a court argued that the university did not demonstrate clear injuries as a result of the provision. In its motion to appeal the June...
NYU’s contract faculty union to begin bargaining this Friday ...
Oct 29, 2024 · NYU Contract Faculty United will begin negotiating with university administration this Friday to establish a contract codifying 13 demands. The demands, based on input from hundreds of faculty members over the past several months, include improved benefits and salaries, expanded academic freedom and guaranteed job security. The 11 members of CFU-UAW’s bargaining team and several...
Black and Latino enrollment at NYU drops after affirmative action …
Oct 18, 2024 · NYU saw a sharp drop in enrollment from underrepresented minorities in its first class of students admitted after the U.S. Supreme Court’s ban on affirmative action last year — a trend the university said was “concerning” in a Wednesday press release.. The data for NYU’s class of 2028 shows that “historically underrepresented minority groups” — …
How Adams’ indictment could affect NYU - Washington Square …
Oct 2, 2024 · New York City mayor Eric Adams was indicted last Wednesday on charges of fraud, bribery and conspiracy, inciting a slew of calls for his resignation from politicians and observers. At NYU, changes to the city’s mayoral administration could limit the university’s administrative and social operations, higher education experts told WSN. NYU could face “pressure” to...
2 faculty members arrested at Bobst demonstration
Dec 12, 2024 · Update, 3:48 p.m. NYU spokesperson John Beckman said the New York City Police Department “came to the scene” after demonstrators blocked Bobst library’s last open entrance at around noon, “ignoring the clear direction of Campus Safety officers and repeated attempts by university personnel to de-escalate the situation.”