Governance

Joseph Edelman resigned over a looming vote to divest from companies linked to the war in Gaza. He called the vote, spurred by student pressure, “morally reprehensible.”

Virginia attorney general Jason S. Miyares responds to a recent opinion piece about the duties of public university board members.

The university courted controversy by slashing programs and laying off both tenured and nontenured faculty members. More spooked professors are leaving in addition to those cuts, but so are key leaders who pushed them.

Colleges shouldn’t rely on third-party providers to teach students fundamental skills in civil discourse, Eli Gottlieb writes.

Multiple institutions agreed to consider divestment from weapons manufacturers and others profiting off the war in Gaza. Only a handful have moved toward doing so.