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A Reversal on Fossil Fuels

Nearly six years after Middlebury rejected a push to divest, the college announces that it will slowly draw down fossil fuel holdings in its $1 billion endowment. What changed?

College Closures Due to Poor Air Quality

Dozens of colleges in California have canceled classes, some through the Thanksgiving holiday.

Duke Bans the Box

University says it will stop asking job applicants to disclose their past criminal convictions and will wait to do background checks until an applicant has been approved for hire.

The Cost of Cleaning Up

March's four snowstorms have real costs for colleges in the Northeast. But colleges around the country plan to pay in case of extreme weather.

A Different Kind of Field of Dreams

Massachusetts college embeds a field for people with disabilities into its sports facilities, aiming to support its curriculum and serve local organizations.
Opinion

Lazy Rivers and Learning

Rather than investing in expensive building projects that can create financial and public-relations risks, writes Loren Rullman, institutions should focus on the educational case for facility development.

Divest Responsibly

Barnard unveils criteria it will use to evaluate whether a fossil fuel company is a good or bad actor worthy of its investment. An emphasis is on climate science.
Opinion

The Trouble With Some LGBT-Exclusive Campus Spaces

They won’t get us closer to an equal, open society, argues Richard Greggory Johnson III.