Private Nonprofit Colleges

Higher ed leaders and experts say the Trump administration’s harsh list of demands of Harvard gave it no choice but to fight back. Will other institutions do the same?

We spoke with Nicole Stanton about her unlikely path from choreographer to administrator, protecting arts education and how she helped defuse encampment protests.

The Office for Civil Rights said it didn’t ask for the firing as part of a probe into how Muhlenberg College handled complaints related to a professor who allegedly made “pro-Hamas statements."

Pennsylvania’s Muhlenberg College may have become the first institution since Oct. 7 to oust a tenured faculty member for such statements, though the professor is appealing the decision and still receiving a salary.

Faculty members accused Liebowitz of “damaging errors of judgment and poor leadership,” citing his handling of pro-Palestinian protests and recent layoffs.