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Mizzou Renames a Long-Standing Black Student Group Event

University of Missouri at Columbia officials have asked Black students to change the name of a long-standing start-of-term tradition to...
A student wearing a kippah and tzitzit, traditional Jewish fringes, walks in front of a brick academic building at Yeshiva University.

Yeshiva University Enrollment Rises Amid Ongoing War in Gaza

Leaders of the Jewish higher ed institution say their student body is growing as some Jewish students leave other campuses amid protests over the Israel-Hamas war.

Harvard Students Agree to Drop Suit Over Comaroff’s Alleged Harassment

Three women who accused now-former Harvard University professor John Comaroff of sexual harassment, and of retaliating against them for reporting...

Johns Hopkins Announces ‘Posture of Restraint‘ on Statements

Academic leaders at Johns Hopkins University announced Thursday that from now on they will exercise a “posture of restraint” when...
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AAUP Faces Criticism for Reversal on Academic Boycotts

The American Association of University Professors announced Monday it had dropped its categorical opposition to the tactic. Critics say the organization has changed for the worse, but its new president isn’t backing down.

Judge Tosses Professors’ Suit Against Indiana’s ‘Intellectual Diversity’ Law

On Wednesday, a judge dismissed a lawsuit that had sought to invalidate the parts of a new Indiana law requiring...
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Bursting the Idea of the ‘Campus Bubble’

A new book says the diverse experiences of Harvard undergrads during the COVID-19 pandemic carry larger lessons for higher ed—namely that the off-campus lives of low-income students deeply affect their lives on campus.

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Indiana Argues Professors Lack First Amendment Rights in Public Classrooms

Defending a new law requiring “intellectual diversity” from professors, the Indiana attorney general echoes Florida and asserts that “curriculum of a public university is government speech.”