One of the World's Biggest Scientific Societies Just Made It Possible to Strip an Honor From Alleged Harassers
Advocates see this as a concrete signal to the scientific community that bad behavior won't be tolerated.
Universities
Viewfinder: Students Demonstrate in Nicaragua's Capital
Students gathered in Nicaragua's capital to demand President Daniel Ortega and his powerful vice president, wife Rosario Murillo, resign.
How Far-Right Campaigns Are Pressuring Universities to Censor Speech
Since he was accused of "attacking conservative students," Tariq Khan has faced harassment and death threats.
Harassment Is Rife in Science Labs—and University Policies Aren't Helping
Meanwhile, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is struggling with its own controversy over whether it properly punishes member harassers.
What We Talk About When We Talk About Free Speech
Do overblown fears of the First Amendment's demise undermine healthy debate?
The Real Threats to Free Speech on Campus Aren't Coming From Students
How billionaires and college administrators are using their power to silence students.
Is It Time to Rethink Campus Protest?
In a new era of protest and de-platforming, conservatives have defensively invested the First Amendment with a transcendent power and moral authority it does not warrant. What happens when equality and free speech are in direct opposition?
How to Hold Predators in Academia Accountable
Recent reforms at UCLA demonstrate that it's possible for universities to implement just procedures to protect victims and oust abusers.
The Difficult Proposition of Getting Corporations Out of University Science
Universities need corporations for research funding, and the political will for an alternative solution is limited.
Why Don't We Know More About Sexual Harassment of Grad Students by Faculty?
A new study reveals that the problem is worse than you think, and likely much worse than we can tell from available data.
Students Benefit When College Costs and Spends More
A new study finds that college students are more likely to graduate from schools with higher tuitions and larger spending budgets.
As Federal Trans Protections Shift, Higher Education Adapts
As the Trump administration moves to roll back protections for trans students, institutions of higher learning find themselves caught in the middle.
Colleges Need to Do More to Support Poor Students
A new report from the Department of Education calls on schools to improve the graduation gap.
Who's Regulating for-Profit Schools?
Executives from for-profit colleges. And many of them come from schools that have been under investigation.
What a Jerk—He Must Be Studying Law
New research finds personality differences between college students with different majors.
There's No Substitute for In-Person Lectures
Video, schmideo: Canadian university students remembered more material when they heard a live lecture in the classroom.
How Sports Economics Aided the University of Missouri Protest
Could the possibility of a Tigers strike have expedited Timothy Wolfe's resignation?
Higher Education Is Dying
Wage convergence is hitting many industries, including higher education as well as oil and gas.
On the Poverty of Student Activism
A controversial op-ed at my notoriously liberal alma mater only lends more credence to the stereotype of the coddled American student.
Colleges Flush With Cash Are Saddling Their Poorest Students With Debt
A ProPublica analysis of newly available federal data shows that some of the nation’s wealthiest colleges are leaving their poorest students with plenty of debt.
The Soup to Nuts Approach to Financing College
The presidential campaign trail is littered with ideas for making college more affordable, but none of them address the potential game-changer of a wealth-based approach to financing an education.
Female College Freshmen at High Risk of Rape
A new study finds 18 percent reported suffering a rape or rape attempt during their first 12 months at a major university.
Does More Education Make People Wealthier?
A new report suggests a strong correlation between education and wealth, but not-so-strong causation.
Transforming White People Is Not the Job of Minority Students
It is time for universities to acknowledge their students of color as more than potential learning tools and diversity statistics for white students and brochures to brag about.