Students

Student health professionals report high need for services now that students are back on campus and seeking physical and mental health care, even as COVID-19-related demands remain strong.

The Chapel Hill chancellor declared Tuesday a “wellness day” following the deaths of two students. But some say the administration must do more to improve mental health on campus.

Columbia College Chicago says children can’t be in the classroom and otherwise need advance permission to be on campus -- for no more than an hour. Faculty, staff and student leaders are united in their opposition to the policy.

Star athletes at Division I schools are earning big payouts from the NCAA’s interim name, image and likeness policy, while athletes playing minor sports at smaller schools struggle to make sense of it.

Report on speech policies for students studying abroad speaks to tensions in balancing student rights and student safety overseas.

Emerson suspends right-wing student group that distributed stickers saying “CHINA KINDA SUS” and denounces “anti-China” and “anti-Chinese” message. A free speech group cries foul.

Some West Liberty faculty members have called on W. Franklin Evans to resign, while others seek a vote of no confidence. Students and faculty are looking to the board to act on the issue.

The Education Department refused to heed a petition by students and sexual assault survivors demanding an immediate rollback of the Title IX changes instituted by the Trump administration.