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Representative Virginia Foxx, who is leading a House investigation of campus antisemitism, blasted Harvard University on Tuesday for handing over “useless” documents in response to subpoenas. “I don’t know if it’s arrogance, ineptness, or indifference that’s guiding Harvard,” Representative Foxx, a North Carolina Republican, said in a statement. “Regardless, its actions to date are shameful.” Many of the 2,500 pages were duplicates of already submitted documents, she said, and heavy redactions made some documents worthless.

Brown University will again require that applicants submit standardized-test scores, university officials announced Tuesday, making it the third Ivy League school to reinstate that pre-pandemic admission norm in recent weeks. The school will continue to give an advantage to applicants whose parents attended or work at Brown, and will still allow students to apply early, if they choose.

Liberty University (VA) has agreed to pay an unprecedented $14 million fine for the Christian school’s failure to disclose information about crimes on its campus and for its treatment of sexual assault survivors, the U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday. The fine is by far the largest ever levied under the Clery Act, a law that requires colleges and universities that receive federal funding to collect data on campus crime and notify students of threats. Schools must disseminate an annual security report that includes crime reports and information on efforts to improve campus safety.

The Dartmouth men’s basketball team voted in favor of forming a union on Tuesday, in a seismic move for college sports and its century-old insistence that athletes are playing, not working when they compete for their schools. The National Labor Relations Board announced that 13 of the team’s 15 players had voted in favor of joining the Service International Employees Union, and two had cast ballots against it. 

Bethel University’s (TN) Board of Trustees has selected Perry Moulds, Ph.D., to serve as the university’s president, effective July 1, 2024. An experienced higher education professional, Moulds currently serves as senior assistant to the president for philanthropic initiatives at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn. He previously served as Belmont’s vice president for advancement from 2014 until 2023. Moulds succeeds Walter Butler, who retired in December after leading the university for 10 years. Alumnus and former trustee Bob Watkins has served the university as interim president since Butler’s retirement.