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UNC Faculty Member Killed, Allegedly by Grad Student

Students spent three terrifying hours on lockdown while police investigated a fatal shooting at a science building on the Chapel Hill campus. At Edward Waters University, a near miss.

California Drops Effort to Bar Professor as Expert Witness

the California Department of Education is no longer threatening to fine a Stanford University K-12 researcher $50,000 and cut off...
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Book on Princeton Syllabus Sparks Conflict

University leaders are fielding demands to remove a book, deemed antisemitic by some and a legitimate criticism of Israel by others, from a course syllabus.

A split screen of remote learning and in-person learning

Majority of Faculty Prefers In-Person Teaching, but Just Barely

An Educause survey finds that faculty members also want more help and time when it comes to working with technology and remote learning.

Duke Grad Student Workers Vote Overwhelmingly to Unionize

Duke University graduate student workers have voted 1,000 to 131 to unionize, a huge reversal from a 2016–17 defeat. The...
A photograph of striking University of Michigan graduate student workers, holding purple and white strike signs.

Days Before Classes Resume, Michigan Reaches Deal With Grad Student Union

Many graduate student instructors and staff assistants walked off the job March 29, ceasing their teaching and causing grading havoc in some departments. A proposed deal may prevent the strike’s resumption this fall.

West Virginia University students, many wearing red, protesting outside the Mountainlair.

Hundreds of Students Protest WVU’s Proposed Program and Faculty Cuts

West Virginia University students staged a walkout Monday to oppose the university’s significant proposed employee layoffs and program cuts.

A hand with a paintbrush works on a colorful abstract painting on a wooden table.

AI Raises Complicated Questions About Authorship

As the public awaits clarity on the legality of generative AI outputs, academics parse differences between how machines and humans borrow in creative pursuits.