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Professors Worry Their Power Is Shrinking at Universities

Faculty members are used to sharing power with presidents and trustees to run un...

Chicago’s Mayor Is Following a Teachers’ Union Playbook

In Chicago, the mayor and the teachers’ union are tightly connected. The relatio...

Democrats Took Over a Bucks County School Board, but St...

Democrats swept a school board election in Bucks County after Republicans instit...

Massachusetts’s High School Exit Exam, the MCAS, Is On ...

A ballot measure would do away with the requirement that high schoolers pass a t...

Professors in Trouble Over Protests Wonder if Academic ...

Universities have cracked down on professors for pro-Palestinian activism, sayin...

Nevada Used A.I. to Find ‘At-Risk’ Students. Numbers Dr...

The new system cut the number of students deemed “at risk” in the state by 200,0...

Columbia Bars Vocal Pro-Israel Professor From Campus

The university said Shai Davidai had repeatedly harassed and intimidated employe...

Brown University Will Vote on Divesting from Companies ...

The university made a deal with pro-Palestinian students last spring to consider...

Pro-Palestinian Group at Columbia Now Backs ‘Armed Resi...

Columbia University Apartheid Divest has withdrawn an apology it made last sprin...

Campuses Are Calmer, but They Are Not Normal, Students ...

A year of war in Gaza has left college students and faculty feeling shaken and a...

Hurricane Helene School Closures Could Have Long-Term I...

School closures and traumatic experiences could affect children long after schoo...

How Within Our Lifetime Has Made Pro-Palestinian Activi...

Within Our Lifetime, a group formed by New York students, has galvanized pro-Pal...

Oklahoma Schools Need 55,000 Bibles. Trump-Endorsed Boo...

The bid details for new Bibles the state is buying seem to point to a version pr...

Penn Suspends Amy Wax, Law Professor Accused of Making ...

The case tested the limits of academic freedom and tenure.

Vance and Walz Embrace Cheaper Child Care in a Rare Mom...

Both vice-presidential candidates say the government should spend more on child ...

They Paid Thousands for a Caltech Boot Camp. Caltech Di...

Hundreds of universities have lent their names to online programs, plugging budg...