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Cornell Interim President Accused of Violating Academic Freedom After Email Leaks

A professor’s accusation that another’s course is antisemitic and dangerous spilled out into public after the interim president weighed in and his private email was shared.

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A Year After the First Antisemitism Hearing, What’s Become of the Presidents Who Testified?

Last Dec. 5, Congress held the first of three hearings on campus antisemitism. Of the seven presidents who testified, four are gone and one is on the way out.

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Survey: Majority of College Students Believe Their Vote Didn’t Matter in the Election

A mid-November Student Voice survey found over half of college students felt their vote didn’t make much of a difference in the 2024 general election.

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Higher Ed Unionization Boomed Under Biden. Will That Change Under Trump?

Graduate student labor ranks have swelled since 2020, and they joined faculty and other university workers in historic strikes. But the coming Republican federal takeover could threaten that growth.

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Louisiana Governor Calls on LSU to Punish Professor for Alleged Anti-Trump Speech

Republican governor Jeff Landry, claiming to defend free speech, is publicly targeting a specific professor for brief alleged classroom comments on Trump voters. 

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How the WWE Shaped Linda McMahon

Linda McMahon, nominated to lead the Education Department, helped turn WWE from a regional business into a multibillion-dollar global enterprise.

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Red States Back Trump’s Plan to Abolish Education Department

At least four Republican state leaders praised the president-elect’s plans to dismantle the agency, citing the need for more local control over K-12 schools. But higher ed experts say they’re overlooking consequences for colleges.

A photograph of the Penn State law school branch in Carlisle and a photograph of the one at the University Park/State College campus.

Penn State Built a Second Law School. Now, It’s Going Back to One.

The university built a $60 million law building on its flagship campus. Now it’ll serve as a branch of a law school 80 miles away.