The police have regularly been called in to squelch student protests over the past century.
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An expert on the Columbia University protests of 1968 draws parallels between protests then and the ones taking place there in 2024.
A student is arrested during a pro-Palestinian demonstration at the University of Texas at Austin on April 24, 2024.
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Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, conservative activists led a counterattack against campus antiwar and civil rights demonstrators by demanding action from college presidents, the courts and the police.
Rap mogul Rick Ross, right, speaks in a hospitality class hosted by entrepreneur David Grutman.
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A Miami nightclub owner and restaurateur has been adding star power to his class on entrepreneurship and hospitality.
Some teachers are resisting efforts to give students grades they believe they haven’t earned.
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Not all teachers comply when asked to adjust student grades. An education scholar takes a look at what happens when they don’t.
Some colleges and universities have put race-based scholarships on hold.
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Legal rulings throw fate of special scholarships for ethnic minorities into doubt.
Columbia University President Nemat Shafik testifies before the House Committee on Education & the Workforce during an April 17, 2024, hearing on antisemitism on campus.
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A rhetoric scholar says Columbia University President Nemat Shafik fared much better than her predecessors at a hearing about how her school was handling antisemitism on campus.
The likelihood of graduating from college is linked to the type of college a student attends.
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Nearly half of all students who enroll in college never finish. Are colleges and universities to blame?
Can today’s educational technology deliver on its promise?
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The education technology sector constantly offers new products to solve old problems. Will anything be different this time?
College athletes help generate billions of dollars in revenue through TV deals, but colleges aren’t allowed to compensate them for their fame.
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College athletes have made substantial progress in being able to get paid for the use of their name, image and likeness − except in one realm.
Programs that brought internet access to rural students are set to expire.
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While the COVID-19 pandemic spurred significant progress in expanding rural home internet access, these gains are proving temporary as resources dwindle.
Some college students have gambled away their financial aid.
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The legalization and ease of online sports betting is fueling a rise in gambling disorders among young people.
Some colleges say the tests have multiple benefits.
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A few Ivy League schools say the tests enable them to find students of promise from low-income families. But not all sociologists agree.
The payoff for microcredentials varies by profession.
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The credentials can be earned online in a matter of weeks and may lead to higher salaries, but not always.
Cooks and chefs regularly debate the merits of culinary school.
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Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay recently pilloried these institutions for saddling students with debt prior to sending them off into a low-wage industry. But many graduates have no regrets.
Even the best paragraphs may have room for improvement.
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Learning how to produce polished prose can greatly enhance your value on the job.
Isolation can make opportunities elusive.
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9 Black women who were working on or recently earned their PhDs told a researcher they felt isolated and shut out.
Do dollhouses possess the potential to inspire young girls to design and build?
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Women are underrepresented in architecture, occupying just 25% of jobs in the field. An architecture professor shares insights from her childhood on how those numbers can be turned around.
Opportunities to learn alongside people of different ages can benefit the entire community.
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As the share of adults age 60 and older grows globally, age-friendly universities offer social connection, continued learning and better health.
Hotels increasingly rely on AI to do routine tasks.
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Will the hotels of the future involve fewer front desk clerks and more automated service? A hospitality expert who has written a new book on the subject weighs in.
Jim Simons and his wife, Marilyn Hawrys Simons, made a historic gift to Stony Brook University in 2023.
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The stock market’s weak performance at the end of 2022 may have made donors less willing to give.