University of California says it embraces peaceful protest. Students and faculty say new rules at Riverside suggest otherwise.
Allie Grasgreen
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December 13, 2011
Colleges might have to be more careful in answering that question from now on, thanks to federal suit against university that denied student's request for a dog in her apartment.
December 13, 2011
When the time comes for a freshman to move on to sophomore year, the odds that the college retains him might hinge on whether it retained his friends. Relationships are more important than a student’s academic ability, financial aid, ethnicity or socioeconomic status in determining whether he will complete the transition to a second year, according to a new study published in Social Psychology of Education.
December 7, 2011
After video surfaces online, Dean College officials expel students who attacked a peer on campus in broad daylight, along with those who witnessed the altercation and did nothing.
December 6, 2011
Occupy movement's orchestrated disruption of lecture resembles controversial 'Irvine 11' case, but ends in no arrests.
December 6, 2011
College officials are confused and anxious about a federal shift that seems to prohibit them from removing students who might harm themselves.
December 2, 2011
At the New School, not all activists felt welcome in the movement or appreciated its taking over study center. Still, administration gave protesters lots of room, and managed to regain spaces without police force.
December 2, 2011
New book argues that black students at elite colleges still cluster in low-paying fields such as education and social work -- and that universities are partly to blame.
November 23, 2011
Scandal of the last three weeks may have influenced public opinion of big-time athletics.
November 22, 2011
A number of factors led U. of Maryland to eliminate eight varsity teams, but analysts say other institutions might soon have their own choices to make.
