Students

Filmmaker Byron Hurt discusses the research, family tragedies and personal experience that compelled him to make the new documentary Hazing.

The Philadelphia university is creating a database to rank rental properties near campus based on safety features. The effort, launching next month, is part of a response to crime near campus.

After partnering with a Roman Catholic health-care system that said it wouldn’t provide students with birth control for contraception, Oberlin College abruptly changed course.

If universities sign on to principles to “protect and promote” free and open debate, those principles should apply to all members of the university community, Thomas Day writes.

Consider whether your college is putting too heavy a burden on first-generation students with its expectations, write Rashné Jehangir and Tai Do.

COVID-19 masking policies for fall are all over the place. Disability advocates worry about what it all means for diversity and inclusion, though U of Pittsburgh has negotiated a new way to accommodate high-risk faculty members.

College marching bands are ditching sheet music for smartphone apps in an effort to save time, money and the environment.

A survey of how students feel doing business with nonacademic departments across campus reveals eight actions for clarifying expectations and improving service.