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Calls for Unity and Civility
After a tense summer nationally, and fearing a return of campus protests, college officials call for a peaceful start to the academic year.
Opinion
Yes, It Was Plagiarism
Sections of Melania Trump's speech were, in fact plagiarized, and the scandal shouldn't be trivialized, writes R. Scott Rasnic.
Grateful but Undeterred
Columbia U announces major pay increases for graduate student workers ahead of a major NLRB decision on their union eligibility. The would-be union is happy but says collective bargaining is still the way forward.
Opinion
The Politics Beyond the Plagiarism
Calling Melania Trump a plagiarist gives her a kind of agency the Trump campaign probably didn't intend for her to have, argues Jonathan Beecher Field, and the incident involves far larger issues.
A Costly Debate
Presidential election events become riskier proposition for colleges amid rising security concerns and financial costs.
The Right to Ban Arms
With lawsuit seeking the right to keep guns out of their classrooms, three UT Austin professors try to reshape the debate over campus carry.
Newspaper Adviser Ousted
After the student newspaper published a string of articles critical of the administration, Wayne State College removed the adviser, setting off concerns about freedom of the press.
You Can Build It. They May Not Come
Starting -- or reviving -- a Division I football team is an expensive and complicated process, with little obvious return on the investment. So why do colleges keep doing it?