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Students File Legal Complaints to Force Divestment
Students have long called on colleges to divest their endowments from fossil fuels. Now organizers at MIT, Princeton, Stanford, Vanderbilt and Yale are deploying the law to end such investments.
A Data Collection Project at GW Leads to Privacy Questions
As more colleges and universities use data analytics to understand student behaviors and how they move around campuses, privacy advocates and faculty members are pushing back on the intrusion.
What is… the ‘Jeopardy!’ College Championship?
In tonight’s final episode, three students compete for $250,000 and the title of Jeopardy! College Champion. Meet some of the contestants who participated in the tournament this year.
Opinion
Eliminate Private Schools
Farhan Mahin received a great education at a private school, but he argues for the elimination of all of them.
Opinion
More Police on Campus Won’t Prevent Gun Violence
Instead, urban universities should reckon with long-standing failures to prioritize the well-being of their communities and make meaningful, unconditional investments, Charles H. F. Davis III writes.
Perceived Stress During the Pandemic: Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute, part of Franklin and Marshall College Week: Harriet Okatch, assistant professor in the department of...
The Week in Admissions News
Parent sentenced; governor seeks to help Berkeley; NCAA warms to test optional; report on what families don’t know; Purdue’s gender gaps.
UT Austin President Defends Tenure
Jay Hartzell, president of the University of Texas at Austin, issued a strong defense of tenure Monday. Texas lieutenant governor...