Lauren Fisher
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Marketing
To Reach Gen-Z Students, Colleges Meet Them Where They Are — on TikTok
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. -
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.
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. -
Leadership
How a Radical Restructuring Plan Fractured a Campus and Fueled a No-Confidence Vote
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. -
Curriculum
Tulsa Trustees Override Faculty to Uphold Academic-Restructuring Plan With Sweeping Cuts
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. -
Legal
U. of Michigan Settles With Free-Speech Group in Suit About Bias-Response Team
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. -
News
House Democrats Have a Plan for Higher Ed. Here’s What’s in It.
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. -
News
‘This Is Where We Are, America’: After a Latina Author Talks About Race at Georgia Southern U., Students Burn Her Book
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. -
Leadership
East Carolina U.’s Interim Chancellor Is Placed on Leave After Drinking at Student Hangout
Photos and videos circulated on social media showing Dan Gerlach drinking and putting his arm around women at a local bar. -
News
White Borrowers? Almost Paid Off. Black Borrowers? Still Indebted.
A new report highlights the long-term burden of student-loan debt and its disproportionate impact on young black borrowers. -
News
‘Don’t Teach. Strike’: Professors Join the Fray as Millions Prepare to March Against Climate Change
Some faculty members plan to cancel classes on Friday and take part with their students in the youth-led Global Climate Strike.