Safety

Public safety concerns are paramount for Temple University parents since a student was murdered near campus. Now some parents have hired private security firms to protect their children.

Russian forces shelled and destroyed the building that housed the Hillel chapter in Kharkiv, Ukraine. The international Jewish student organization is helping students and employees fleeing the country.

Instead, urban universities should reckon with long-standing failures to prioritize the well-being of their communities and make meaningful, unconditional investments, Charles H. F. Davis III writes.

By Charles H.F. Davis III

Harvard University allegedly obtained a Title IX complainant’s outside mental health records, absent her permission. How could that be possible?

​The bomb threats against historically Black colleges and universities last week are yet another instance of white supremacy and terrorism, David G. Embrick and Johnny E. Williams write.

By David G. Embrick and Johnny E. Williams

Repeated bomb threats at historically Black universities and colleges over the past month are raising concerns and prompting conversations about historical violence fueled by racism.

The University of Michigan has reached a settlement agreement with attorneys for more than 1,050 claimants alleging sexual abuse by now-deceased university doctor Robert Anderson.

Some colleges say cloth masks will no longer meet their masking requirements, and they are requiring medical-grade masks instead.