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Small private colleges brace for financial crisis in wake of COVID-19 pandemic
The San Francisco Art Institute, founded in 1871, is no longer enrolling new students due to financial pressures in part related to the novel coronavirus pandemic. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters Nikolas Schumann was a community college student and aspiring painter when he heard about the San Francisco Art Institute from a mentor. He …

Public Colleges Violate 1st Amendment Using Facebook Filters
from the-1st-modification-applies department We have discussed in the past the various court rulings that state that public officials (such as the President) cannot block users on social media because it violates the 1st Amendment. There has been vigorous debate about this (as well as a great deal of confusion), but the basic concept is that …