By Scott Jaschik. Youngstown State defends decision to let student who was convicted of sexually assaulting a minor join football team, but says he won’t play in games this fall. More...
Supremacists on Campus
By Scott Jaschik. Extremist white movement is turning up on college campuses through speakers and leaflets. U of Florida and Texas A&M bracing for events in September. More...
The Grading Policy That Never Was
By Scott Jaschik. Conservative websites publicized and mocked a syllabus offering to let students grade themselves. Syllabus was pulled. But professor says he never intended the statement as more than a way to start a conversation. More...
White Nationalists Rally at University of Virginia
By Scott Jaschik. Hundreds march with torches, shouting “you will not replace us” and “Jews will not replace us.” Skirmishes break out. University canceled all activities Saturday amid violent clashes in Charlottesville. More...
Texas A&M Calls Off White Supremacy Event
By Scott Jaschik. University cites security risks after organizers linked their plans to the events of Charlottesville. More...
U of Florida Rejects Request for White Supremacist to Speak
By Scott Jaschik. University says it is blocking event not because of the ideas involved, but for reasons of safety, post-Charlottesville. More...
‘Degrees of Difference’
By Scott Jaschik. Author discusses new book on how the value of higher education is discussed -- and how issues of gender influence that discussion. More...
Why Republicans Don't Trust Higher Ed
By Scott Jaschik. Not only do Republicans and Democrats have different levels of confidence in higher education, but they are coming at the issue by focusing on different issues, a new poll by Gallup shows. Republicans who distrust higher education focus on campus politics, while the smaller share of Democrats who distrust higher education tend to focus on rising college prices, the pollster found. More...
Virginia Students ‘Take Back the Lawn’
By Scott Jaschik. Thousands marched at the University of Virginia Wednesday night, retracing the route white supremacists took Friday but with a very different message. More...
Not So Open Doors
By Scott Jaschik. Elite colleges need to change policies to recruit, admit and graduate talented low-income students, report says. It calls out some by name. More...