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Pitzer College President Rejects Resolution for Expansive Israel Boycott

Pitzer College president Strom Thacker rejected an amended resolution recently adopted by students, faculty and staff that called on the...

New Presidents and Provosts: Davidson-Davie, North Carolina-Asheville, Notre Dame, Vermont State, Western Governors, Woodland CC, Youngstown State

The Reverend Robert A. Dowd, vice president and associate provost at the University of Notre Dame, in Indiana, has been...
Image of Columbia president Minouche Shafik in front of a silhouette of the Capitol building

Columbia’s President Heads to Capitol Hill

Minouche Shafik’s peers faced a Congressional grilling in December over antisemitism on campus, with disastrous results. Now it’s her turn. Is she ready?

Duke Ends Scholarship for Black Students

Duke University has ended its Reginaldo Howard Scholars program, which granted full-ride merit scholarships to a small cohort of students...

Queer-ish: Academic Minute

Today on the Academic Minute, part of Scripps College Week: Ken Gonzales-Day, professor and Fletcher Jones Endowed Chair in Art...
Pro-Palestinian student protesters at Pomona College

Punishments Rise as Student Protests Escalate

Exasperated and under intense scrutiny, some college administrators are increasingly punishing student activists with suspensions, expulsions and arrests.

Richard Cordray speaks into a microphone at a hearing in May 2023.

Republicans Find a Scapegoat for the FAFSA Mess

Calls for the ouster of Richard Cordray, head of the agency that developed and launched the troubled student-aid application, are growing louder. How did he become the conservatives’ culprit of choice?

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Opinion

In Return to Tests, Don’t Forgo Disability Equity

As colleges reinstate standardized testing requirements, they must consider students with learning disabilities, Dwight Richardson Kelly writes.