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Chinese Students vs. Dalai Lama
Some at UC San Diego object to their university's choice of commencement speaker.
Newly Tenured ... at Harvey Mudd, Macalester, Middlebury, Nazareth, Trinity Christian
Harvey Mudd College Vivien Hamilton, history of science Gordon Krauss, engineering Ben Wiedermann, computer science Macalester College Zeynep Devrim Gürsel...
Free Speech Furor … at Chicago
University faces criticism for appearance by Corey Lewandowski, former Trump campaign manager, and also for keeping journalists out of the room while he talks.
Opinion
From Psychobabble to Stoicism
A new documentary and a book from Denmark point to the dangers and dead ends of the self-transformation industry, says Scott McLemee
Will Data Error Threaten For-Profit Regulation?
For-profit-college advocates cite Obama administration data goof on loan repayment rates as justification for revisiting borrower-defense and gainful-employment rules.
Disinvitation Season Begins
Fox News contributor Juan Williams won't be speaking at Ursinus College's commencement after faculty members question his ethics.
Opinion
Christian Colleges in the Age of Trump
Christian colleges can provide a bridge between elite opinion and “red-state” America, writes Thomas Albert Howard. How might they rise to the occasion?
Talking It Out
Brown U's series on campus speech faces its first test, with a scholar using racial and religious slurs to make a point during a talk. Some students were offended, and one challenged him -- but not his right to speak.