By Colleen Flaherty. University of Tampa fires a professor who suggested Texas deserved the hurricane for helping put President Trump in the White House. More...
Call for Retraction
By Colleen Flaherty. Dartmouth professors ask president to apologize for his "disavowal" of of a controversial scholar who writes about and is sympathetic to "antifa" activism. More...
Inside a Search Committee
By Colleen Flaherty. Study of what one panel’s members wanted in biomedical sciences may offer insights into how candidates at other universities are assessed. More...
Faculty Departures Quadruple at U of Wyoming
By Colleen Flaherty. The University of Wyoming has lost four times as many faculty members in the past year than it has in recent memory, the Associated Press reported. More...
Professor Allegedly Prompts False Report of Shooter
By Colleen Flaherty. The University of Southern California went into lockdown Monday afternoon after a faculty member told students -- wrongly -- that there was an active shooter in a building, the Los Angeles Times reported. USC sent out alerts about police activity on campus and told people to shelter in place, but the warning was called off within the hour. More...
Pulling Back on Title IX Enforcement
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. Georgia’s state higher education board votes to pull the most serious investigations to the central office, a shift that angers many advocates for assault victims, who already believe the new policies are out of line with federal law. More...
Windowpanes Without Messages
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. Ohio State University no longer allows decorations in dormitory windows, prompting student ire and a First Amendment debate. More...
Appeals Court: Teen Can’t Bring Title IX Suit Because She’s Not a Student
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. A teenager who said she was sexually assaulted while visiting Culver-Stockton College doesn’t have the legal grounds to bring a Title IX lawsuit against the institution -- a federal court dismissed her suit, and a court of appeals won’t overturn that decision. 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...
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...