By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. Despite the tendency to write off first-year college students as cellphone-obsessed and face-to-face relationship oblivious, they’re socially aware to a degree. At least enough to classify which friends they consider their most trusted and those they rely on just for a fun time, according to the results of a new study out of Stanford University. More...
Fairness Questioned
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. Few of the nation’s most prestigious institutions have created policies that ensure fair disciplinary procedures for students -- especially around sexual misconduct -- according to one prominent watchdog group for free speech and civil rights in academe. More...
U Maryland Band No Longer Playing Pro-Confederate Song
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. University of Maryland’s marching band will no longer play the state song, a pro-Confederate battle hymn that refers to the Union as “northern scum.” More...
Study: Success of a Coach Not Determined by Gender
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. Female coaches achieve just as much as their male counterparts but are often disadvantaged in negotiating salary and bonuses, according to the results of a new study. More...
UVA Minority Groups Demand Changes
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. The University of Virginia’s Black Student Alliance and other student groups representing the campus’s minority populations have drafted 10 demands for the administration there, among them that Confederate symbols should be removed from the grounds and that the institution should enroll more black students. More...
Pledges of Continued Vigilance
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. After Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announces plan to change rules around campus sexual assault investigations, many college-based professionals reassure students that their commitment to preventing and punishing sexual assault remains unchanged. More...
A Total Prohibition
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. Ohio University rushed through a policy that bans all indoor protests, but vehement campus criticism may lead to changes. More...
The End of 'Freshman'
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. Yale jumps on to the growing trend of gender-neutral terminology for students. More...
Looming State-Federal Conflict on Sex Assault
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. California, New York and other states have embraced Obama’s approach on campus sexual assault -- what happens if Trump reverses course. More...
Stress Worldwide
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. New study from Sodexo tries to illuminate the top worries for college students in different countries. In the United States, that’s money. More...