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A photo illustration containing four photographs of academic workers on strike.

Higher Ed Unionization Has Surged Since 2012, Bucking U.S. Labor Trends

The number of unionized grad-student workers more than doubled in just over a decade, according to a new report on higher education labor. Most of the growth came at private institutions, where faculty unionization has also spiked.

President Biden walks on a stage flanked by two signs that say "Canceling Student Debt" in white text.

Supreme Court Keeps Debt-Relief Plan Blocked for Now

Nearly eight million borrowers remain in limbo following the court’s decision Wednesday.

Pro-Palestinian Protesters Disrupt Pomona College Convocation

Roughly two dozen pro-Palestinian protesters, many wearing masks and keffiyehs, blocked access to a convocation ceremony at Pomona College Tuesday...
A photo illustration that highlights a quote from a recent American Association of University Professors statement on academic boycotts. The quote reads, "Individual faculty members and students should be free to weigh, assess, and debate the specific circumstances giving rise to calls for systematic academic boycotts and to make their own choices regarding their participation in them."
Opinion

In Defense of the AAUP’s Statement on Boycotts

John K. Wilson opposes academic boycotts but supports the AAUP’s controversial new statement nevertheless.

New Presidents or Provosts: Coastal Alabama, Columbia, Minnesota-Morris, UC Merced, Wilkes CC

Jordan Cofer, currently associate provost and professor of English at Georgia College and State University, has been selected as vice...

Cornell, UAW Reach Tentative Agreement

Cornell University and the United Auto Workers have reached a tentative agreement on a new labor contract for the institution’s...

4 Arrested at U of Michigan Demonstration

Police arrested four pro-Palestinian protesters at the University of Michigan Wednesday after demonstrators sought to disrupt a student activity fair...
Photo on the left of Lori McDonald, a white woman with glasses. Photo on the right of the University of Utah campus.

Utah VP on DEI Closures: ‘It’s Been a Grieving Process’

Lori McDonald, the University of Utah’s vice president of student affairs, reflects on the expedited process officials took to comply with the state’s new anti-DEI law.