By Emma Whitford. The University of Wisconsin at Madison will rename two rooms in the Wisconsin Union that are currently named after alumni who were members of a campus organization called Ku Klux Klan, Madison 365 reported. More...
6 Years to Find Typo on Colorado Mesa Diplomas
By Emma Whitford. For the past six years, Colorado Mesa University has been issuing diplomas with a typo, the Daily Sentinel reported. More...
Which Discrimination Counts?
By Emma Whitford. University of Iowa says it's trying to assure equal opportunity by not letting registered groups bar gay students from leadership roles. But a Christian group with legal backing says it should have just that right. More...
Police Called on Black Student Eating Lunch
By Emma Whitford. An employee at Smith College in Northampton, Mass., called campus police on a black graduate student because the employee thought the student looked “out of place,” MassLive reported. More...
Mindset List 2018
By Scott Jaschik. Want to know what the new frosh have never experienced? Or have always known? Want to feel old? It's that time of year again. More...
UNC Officials Denounce 'Mob Actions'
By Scott Jaschik. On Tuesday, the day after protesters pulled down Silent Sam, a Confederate statue at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, many students and activists praised the action. Others tried to draw attention to the racist ideas behind the placement of the statue on the UNC campus in 1913. More...
A Push to Avoid 'Passing the Harasser'
By Scott Jaschik. The University of Wisconsin system board is receiving proposals this week designed to avoid the long-standing practice in higher education of "passing the harasser," in which employees known to harass others are encouraged to take jobs at other institutions. More...
Protesters Tear Down Silent Sam
By Scott Jaschik. Officials of UNC Chapel Hill said they lacked authority to remove Confederate statue. Protesters toppled it. More...
Names of 3 Bishops Taken Off Buildings
By Scott Jaschik. A Pennsylvania grand jury's report on the abuse of children by Roman Catholic priests in the state, and the way many church officials looked the other way, continues to force reflections by Catholic institutions in Pennsylvania. On Monday, the University of Scranton announced that it is removing the names of bishops from three campus buildings. More...
Federal Appeals Court Rejects Challenge to Campus Carry Law
By Scott Jaschik. Texas faculty members sued, saying that classroom speech would be limited because of fear of gun violence. Judges rejected argument. More...