Diversity

This year featured high-profile scandals, resignations and protests but also showed the enduring value of colleges and universities.

An Instagram Me Too account and student newspaper have shared allegations against a faculty member at Washington University in St. Louis. He denies the claims and says he’s “already been judged guilty in the court of social media.”

Backed by lawmakers and university leaders but opposed by hundreds of faculty, the initiative has hired professors with similar backgrounds—including a few who’ve expressed sharp political opinions.

Ezra Levinson writes that college leaders do not seem prepared to protect students like her during a second Trump administration.

The president-elect has made strong statements against pro-Palestinian campus protests.

In August, administrators banned the volunteer student guide service from giving university-sanctioned historic tours. Now, the club has decided to go out on its own.