Lauren Fisher

Louisiana State went all in on TikTok this fall, creating scores of posts with the help of interns.

Marketing

To Reach Gen-Z Students, Colleges Meet Them Where They Are — on TikTok

By Lauren Fisher December 11, 2019

Campus social-media teams are increasingly using the platform as a recruitment tool. But creating new content in a fast-changing, meme-heavy digital ecosystem isn’t easy.

Graduate students and activists last year protested Charles Thomas’s shooting by a U. of Chicago police officer. Thomas, who had charged the officer with a pipe, has been held without bail since he was recaptured in September after he disappeared while under house arrest.

Campus Safety

Last Year a U. of Chicago Police Officer Shot a Student Suffering a Mental-Health Crisis. Now Campus Activists Are Reigniting Calls for Change.

By Lauren Fisher December 5, 2019

Charles Thomas was nearing the end of his senior year when he was shot during a “manic and delusional” episode in the spring of 2018.

U. of Tulsa students protested the administration‘s "True Commitment" academic restructuring plan in April, a week after it was announced. Last week the university said it would proceed with its plan after rejecting a faculty counterproposal.

Leadership

How a Radical Restructuring Plan Fractured a Campus and Fueled a No-Confidence Vote

By Lauren Fisher November 14, 2019

Faculty members accuse the University of Tulsa’s top leaders of working to silence critics of a plan that will slash the liberal arts. Administrators say the restructuring move is about survival.

Administrators at the U. of Tulsa have come under heavy fire for the university’s plan to cut 40 percent of its academic programming, primarily in the liberal arts.

Curriculum

Tulsa Trustees Override Faculty to Uphold Academic-Restructuring Plan With Sweeping Cuts

By Lauren Fisher November 7, 2019

Tulsa administrators have come under heavy fire for the university’s plan to slash 40 percent of its academic programming, primarily in the liberal arts.

The U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor will replace its bias-response team with a “campus climate support” system.

Legal

U. of Michigan Settles With Free-Speech Group in Suit About Bias-Response Team

By Lauren Fisher October 29, 2019

In September a court ruled that the university’s bias-response team used threats of punishment and intimidation to stifle speech on the Ann Arbor campus.

Rep. Bobby Scott of Virginia, chair of the House Committee on Education and Labor: “The College Affordability Act is a proposal that members across the political spectrum should be able to support.”

News

House Democrats Have a Plan for Higher Ed. Here’s What’s in It.

By Lauren Fisher October 15, 2019

The College Affordability Act, which aims to restore spending on public institutions and lower the cost of attending, doesn’t pack the same punch as proposals from some progressive candidates for president.

Students at Georgia Southern U. burn Jennine Capó Crucet’s novel “Make Your Home Among Strangers” after she made comments about white privilege during a talk on the campus.

News

‘This Is Where We Are, America’: After a Latina Author Talks About Race at Georgia Southern U., Students Burn Her Book

By Lauren Fisher October 11, 2019

Jennine Capó Crucet’s novel Make Your Home Among Strangers was required reading for students in a first-year course. When she spoke to them about white privilege, some of them didn’t want to hear it.