By Steve Kolowich. Lawyers representing a group of Sweet Briar College alumnae sent a letter on Monday to the college’s lawyer demanding the president and the Board of Directors step down or face a possible legal challenge. More...

By Andy Thomason. Higher education’s focus on sustainability seriously undermines free inquiry and debate on college campuses, a new report from the National Association of Scholars argues. The report, entitled “Sustainability: Higher Education’s New Fundamentalism,” also argues that colleges’ sustainability efforts are too costly at a time when graduates are struggling to pay off loan debtThe New York State attorney general’s office is investigating the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art’s controversial decision to charge undergraduate tuition for the first time in its history, The Wall Street Journal reports. The prestigious New York City institution’s decision to begin charging tuition, first for graduate students, then for undergrads, sparked intense protests and a lawsuit. More...

By Andy Thomason. Higher education’s focus on sustainability seriously undermines free inquiry and debate on college campuses, a new report from the National Association of Scholars argues. The report, entitled “Sustainability: Higher Education’s New Fundamentalism,” also argues that colleges’ sustainability efforts are too costly at a time when graduates are struggling to pay off loan debt. More...

By Andy Thomason. Stanford University is investigating a “troubling” increase in cheating by students, Bloomberg News reports. The college’s provost, John W. Etchemendy, wrote in a letter to the faculty that the Office of Community Standards had recently received an uncommonly high number of reports of academic dishonesty. More...

By Andy Thomason. A national group representing campus bookstores has sued Purdue University to find out more about its partnership with Amazon, the Lafayette Journal & Courier reports. In its lawsuit, the National Association of College Stores Inc. asserts that the university gave it a copy of its contract with Amazon, but that a significant amount of material had been redacted, constituting a violation of Indiana’s public-records law. More...

By Andy Thomason. Mark Emmert, president of the NCAA, says the Indiana-based association is “concerned” about a new Indiana law that could allow businesses to discriminate against gay people. In a statement on Thursday, Mr. Emmert said the association would work to make sure no attendees at next week’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament Final Four, held in Indianapolis, are “impacted negatively” by the law. More...

By Andy Thomason. Student-affairs professionals flocked to New Orleans this week for the annual meeting of Naspa — Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education. It’s one of the few times of the year they can get away from students and their annoying habits like, say, their use of the anonymous messaging app (and frequent powder keg of vulgarity) Yik Yak. More...