Universities Archives

Protesters shout at each other during a free speech rally with Milo Yiannopoulos at the University of California–Berkeley on September 24th, 2017, in Berkeley, California.

Education

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?

James McWilliams

The Janss Steps at the University of California–Los Angeles.

Education

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.

David M. Perry

Economics

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.

Rick Paulas

Education

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.

Michael Fitzgerald

Education

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.

Elena Gooray

The ProtectTransKids Protest in Washington, D.C., on February 22nd, 2017.

Education

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.

Amma Marfo

Economics

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.

Annie Waldman

Education

Who’s Regulating for-Profit Schools?

Executives from for-profit colleges. And many of them come from schools that have been under investigation.

Annie Waldman

Education

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.

Tom Jacobs