December 20, 2017 Most top colleges still regulate campus speech, report says More than 90 percent of top U.S. colleges have policies regulating campus free speech, with one-third applying severely restrictive policies, according to a recent study.
December 18, 2017 Iowa superintendent opens home to teenage immigrant The superintendent of Iowa's largest school district and his wife are opening their home to a 17-year-old Guatemalan immigrant after her parents were forced to leave the U.S. because they weren't in the country legally.
December 16, 2017 'Weinstein effect' ripples on campus as top profs confront sex harassment claims In the wake of numerous allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct leveled at Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein and a raft of other news and media personalities, academics from Boston to Berkeley have faced increasing scrutiny for their own dalliances and inappropriate behaviors with students and underlings.
December 11, 2017 Rutgers professor accused of anti-Semitism removed from role A Rutgers University professor accused of posting anti-Semitic statements on Facebook has been removed from his position as a director at the school.
December 4, 2017 Colorado school board votes to end voucher program A new anti-voucher majority on a suburban Denver school district board prepared Monday to eliminate a program enacted by an earlier conservative-dominated board to help public school students attend secular and religious schools with taxpayer-funded vouchers.
December 4, 2017 President: Racist flyers contradict Texas school's values The president of a Methodist university in Dallas says racist banners and flyers posted around campus don't reflect the school's values.
November 30, 2017 Florida A&M University picks familiar face as president Florida A&M University is naming Larry Robinson as the school's next president.
November 28, 2017 Scaramucci resigns from university advisory board Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci has resigned from an advisory board at Tufts University after the school postponed a speech he was scheduled to deliver.
November 22, 2017 Threats force schools to postpone Thanksgiving football game The annual Thanksgiving Day football game between two New Jersey high schools has been postponed because of threats.
November 10, 2017 Yale college removes portraits of white men to promote diversity, then re-installs them The head of one of Yale University's residential colleges said this week that he was misinterpreted when he announced that portraits of his white male predecessors would be taken down and not be remounted.
