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Confronting Harassment
Ways to Help Vulnerable Foreign Students Know Their Title IX Rights
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Competing DemandsThis ‘Academic Doula’ Calms the Panic of Faculty Parents
An unusual program supports professors once they’ve come back from leave. -
Leadership & Governance
A Feud Between a President and a Board Chair Goes Nuclear at an Iowa Community College
At Northeast Iowa Community College, the president campaigned to oust the board chair, filed a complaint against him, then was fired. But he says he’s still in charge.
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Research's Impact
A Star Misinformation Scholar Says Harvard Pushed Her Out for Criticizing Meta
In a new declaration, Joan Donovan says her controversial departure from the Kennedy School this year stemmed from “the possibility my work could upset Facebook.” -
Closing Time
A College Will Close After Years of Labor Battles and Enrollment Declines
Leaders at the College of Saint Rose, in Albany, N.Y., announced on Friday that they had made the “truly heartbreaking” decision to shut down at the end of this academic year. -
Equity Debate
Accreditor Could Require Diversity Efforts Despite Political Hostility
By mandating a review of how colleges reach underserved students, SACSCOC would defend hundreds of institutions from pressure by state lawmakers to get rid of DEI offices. -
Centralized Control
With Their Chancellor Likely Leaving, Chapel Hill Insiders Fear a New Leader Has Already Been Chosen
In North Carolina, the system president now largely controls the selection of campus chancellors. Sources say they expect a current member of the system’s board to take over the flagship. -
Dueling Complaints
She Accuses Her Former Adviser of ‘Sex Slavery.’ He Says She Consented.
Now Feifei Fan and Yanyao Jiang work in the same department, and their tangled case is headed for a Title IX showdown. -
Will Campuses Bite?
A Tech Giant Is Pitching a Robot Dog for Campus Security. It’s a Hard Sell.
It can run up to seven miles per hour, and climb stairs. Would you want it guarding your campus? -
Stagnating Rates
Too Many Students Still Aren’t Finishing College, New Report Says
Less than two-thirds of students earn a degree within six years of enrolling — a rate that hasn’t budged in three years. -
Campus Designs
Does Charlie Munger’s Death Finally Put an End to Dormzilla?
The University of California at Santa Barbara was vague on Wednesday about the fate of the $1.5-billion dormitory project, backed by the financier and set to house 3,500 students. -
'Say It Isn't So!!!!'
As a Chancellor Placed One Foot Out the Door, Pleas Filled His Inbox
Trustees, faculty, and donors made personal appeals to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill leader after news broke that he was a finalist for the Michigan State University presidency. -
Risk-Benefit Analysis
Can This University Make Scooters Safer?
They’re annoying and sometimes deadly — yet highly useful. Spin and Virginia Tech conducted a $400,000 study to find a middle ground.
