Dartmouth’s Leader Called in Police Quickly. The Fallout Was Just as Swift.
Local law enforcement went in just a couple of hours after a protest encampment went up.
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Local law enforcement went in just a couple of hours after a protest encampment went up.
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Columbia University has faced enormous public pressure over protests. But emails and interviews also show some of the private demands on the Ivy League school.
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The New York Times used videos filmed by journalists, witnesses and protesters to analyze hours of clashes — and a delayed police response — at a pro-Palestinian encampment on Tuesday.
By Neil Bedi, Bora Erden, Marco Hernandez, Ishaan Jhaveri, Arijeta Lajka, Natalie Reneau, Helmuth Rosales and
A Netflix star will not speak at a ceremony. Security is high. And some professors are pushing for the valedictorian, whose speech was canceled, to give an address.
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Frustrated by Gaza Coverage, Student Protesters Turn to Al Jazeera
Students active in campus protests value Al Jazeera’s on-the-ground coverage and its perspective on the Israel-Hamas war. They draw distinctions between it and major American outlets.
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Two Universities Cancel Speeches by U.N. Ambassador
Invitations to Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield were withdrawn by Xavier University and the University of Vermont because of student objections to American support for Israel.
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It’s Not Just Gaza: Student Protesters See Links to a Global Struggle
In many students’ eyes, the war in Gaza is linked to other issues, such as policing, mistreatment of Indigenous people, racism and the impact of climate change.
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What the First Amendment Means for Campus Protests
Encampments? Occupying buildings? Demonstrators cite their right to free expression, but the issues are thorny.
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The House Republican Going After Universities on Antisemitism
Representative Virginia Foxx is a blunt partisan. But her life in rural North Carolina informs her attacks against these schools, starting with whether Harvard is truly “elite.”
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With State Bans on D.E.I., Some Universities Find a Workaround: Rebranding
Welcome to the new “Office of Access and Engagement.” Schools are renaming departments and job titles to try to preserve diversity programs.
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U.S.C. Cancels Valedictorian’s Speech After Pro-Israel Groups Object
The university cited security concerns at the graduation. But the student, who is Muslim, said the school was “succumbing to a campaign of hate meant to silence my voice.”
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At Berkeley, a Protest at a Dean’s Home Tests the Limits of Free Speech
Pro-Palestinian supporters disrupted a dinner for law students. There was a tussle over the microphone and conflicting claims of harm.
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Harvard and Caltech Will Require Test Scores for Admission
The universities are the latest highly selective schools to end their policies that made submitting SAT or ACT scores optional.
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Why School Absences Have ‘Exploded’ Almost Everywhere
The pandemic changed families’ lives and the culture of education: “Our relationship with school became optional.”
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Back to School and Back to Normal. Or at Least Close Enough.
As school began this year, we sent reporters to find out how much — or how little — has changed since the pandemic changed everything.
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At the Edge of a Cliff, Some Colleges Are Teaming Up to Survive
Faced with declining enrollment, smaller schools are harnessing innovative ideas — like course sharing — to attract otherwise reluctant students.
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Community Schools Offer More Than Just Teaching
The concept has been around for a while, but the pandemic reinforced the importance of providing support to families and students to enhance learning.
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Could Tutoring Be the Best Tool for Fighting Learning Loss?
In-school tutoring is not a silver bullet. But it may help students and schools reduce some pandemic-related slides in achievement.
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Meeting the Mental Health Challenge in School and at Home
From kindergarten through college, educators are experimenting with ways to ease the stress students are facing — not only from the pandemic, but from life itself.
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The votes came weeks after students at a pro-Palestinian encampment were attacked for hours by a large group of counterprotesters without police intervention.
By Jill Cowan
They confronted the institute’s director, the former senator Heidi Heitkamp. At the University of Pennsylvania, demonstrators also tried to occupy a building.
By Monica Davey and Julie Bosman
Dozens of alumni of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts had sued in 2021, accusing faculty members of widespread misconduct.
By Matt Stevens
Several universities struck agreements with pro-Palestinian demonstrators to end disruptive encampments on their campuses. But some of those agreements are already under fire.
By Vimal Patel
Older folks’ objections to protests and encampments may not be as reasoned as they claim.
By Elizabeth Spiers
In a report, the committee listed what it said were Harvard’s failures to crack down on antisemitism. Harvard said the report gives an “incomplete and inaccurate view” of its efforts.
By Anemona Hartocollis
The university said 47 people were arrested in the operation, which the chancellor said was prompted by the protesters’ takeover of a lecture hall.
By Jonathan Wolfe
An arrest warrant was issued for Ian Thomas Cleary in 2021 after Shannon Keeler discovered online messages about a sexual assault in Pennsylvania in 2013.
By Johnny Diaz and Aurelien Breeden
A union representing about 48,000 academic workers said that campus leaders mishandled pro-Palestinian demonstrations. The vote gives the union’s executive board the ability to call a strike at any time.
By Jonathan Wolfe
D’Youville University in Buffalo had an A.I. robot speak at its commencement on Saturday. Not everyone was happy about it.
By Jesus Jiménez
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