By Scott Jaschik. The U.S. Department of Justice is backing a suit by conservative students against the University of California, Berkeley. The suit charges that the university imposes tougher requirements on those seeking to host conservative speakers than it does for those seeking to host other speakers. The Justice Department has filed a brief backing those claims. More...

By Scott Jaschik. Students held a sit-in at the College of Wooster Wednesday, leaving at 10 p.m. after a series of discussions with administrators. Racist postings to a private Facebook page prompted the sit-in, but many other issues were also at play. A list of demands included new funding for diversity efforts, required training in cultural competency for all students and faculty members, changes in the way certain violations of campus rules would be punished, and the creation of a student-led board that would report on enforcement of campus rules. More...

By Scott Jaschik. A professor at Chicago's business school invited Steve Bannon, formerly a top aide in the Trump administration and the executive chairman of Breitbart, to appear on campus, and Bannon has accepted. Students formed a group called Chicago Against Steve Bannon (logo at right) and held a protest Thursday. More...

By Scott Jaschik. The University of Akron announced that it will end most Friday classes, starting this fall. The university plans to encourage students to participate in career-related activities -- such as internships or research experiences -- on Fridays. Classes that have met on a Monday-Wednesday-Friday schedule will either meet twice a week or on a Monday-Wednesday-Thursday schedule. More...

By Scott Jaschik. U.S. News & World Report announced Wednesday that its 2018 rankings of online M.B.A. programs included incorrect information from Temple University, and that the institution would be moved to an "unranked" category. More...

By Scott Jaschik. Lake Superior State University is located on Michigan's beautiful but remote Upper Peninsula, an area that is losing population even more than the state as a whole. In recent years, Lake Superior State has seen its enrollment fall by about 20 percent, to just a bit over 2,000. Historically, the university's non-Michigan students have come from Canada, but exchange rates and political trends have shrunk that student pipeline. More...

By Scott Jaschik. Stanford official's apparent departure is latest illustration of the dangers of social media not only to applicants, but to those who review them. More...