Columbia’s University Senate Calls for an Investigation Into the Administration
Columbia University’s senate voted on Friday to approve a resolution that called for an investigation into the school’s leadership, accusing the administration of violating established protocols, undermining academic freedom, jeopardizing free inquiry and breaching the due process rights of both students and professors. The university’s president, More...
Racist AI Deepfake of Baltimore Principal Leads to Arrest
A high school athletic director in the Baltimore area was arrested on Thursday after he used artificial intelligence software, the police said, to manufacture a racist and antisemitic audio clip that impersonated More...
Paychecks, Drafts and Firings: The Possible Future of College Sports
As Elijah Higgins sat on a witness stand last week, he detailed the similarities between his experience last season as a rookie tight end for the Arizona Cardinals and the four years he had spent playing football More...
Dozens of Yale Students Arrested During Campus Protests
At least 47 people were arrested at Yale University on Monday during pro-Palestinian protests, as student-led demonstrations that roiled Columbia University and other campuses last week spread to the center More...
USC Cancels Valedictorian’s Speech After Claims of Antisemitism
The University of Southern California said it has canceled plans for a graduation speech by this year’s valedictorian, Asna Tabassum, who is Muslim. The school said the decision stemmed from security concerns, More...
What to See, Eat and Do in New Haven, Conn.
The 75-foot-long brontosaurus at the newly reopened Yale Peabody Museum in New Haven, Conn., is the same dinosaur that the natural history museum has had on display since 1931. Yet it looks different. A fresh More...
Biden’s Student Loan Repayment Plan Is Being Challenged. Here’s What to Know.
When President Biden announced his plan to provide student debt relief for 43 million borrowers nearly two years ago, there was a piece to his program that attracted less attention: a new student loan repayment More...
Opinion | How to Reduce Student Absenteeism
To the Editor: “Pandemic Effect: Absence From Schools Is Soaring” (front page, March 30) highlights the persistent challenge of chronic absenteeism in U.S. schools. If pandemic-related “cultural shifts” More...
Biden Administration Cancels $7.4 Billion More in Student Loans
President Biden canceled $7.4 billion in student loan debt on Friday as he tries to shore up support with young voters who are disproportionately affected by soaring education costs, but who may be drifting More...
At UC Berkeley, a Pro-Palestinian Protest Disrupts Dinner at a Dean’s Home
The dean of Berkeley’s law school is known as a staunch supporter of free speech, but things became personal for him when pro-Palestinian students disrupted a celebratory dinner party for some 60 students More...
