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After a Tragedy, Michigan State Will Resume In-Person Classes. Some Students Say They Aren’t Ready.
The university paused instruction this week but said on Thursday that classes would restart in person on Monday. Some students said they’d prefer to have a remote option for now. → Read More
Amid Budget Shortfall, New Jersey City U. Will Slash Half Its Undergraduate Programs
As many as 30 tenured faculty members will be laid off in the university’s restructuring. → Read More
Why Some Colleges Publicly Punish Student Groups
More campuses are adopting open reports on student groups amid a push for greater accountability among those that misbehave. → Read More
U.S. Supreme Court Will Take Up Biden’s Debt-Cancellation Plan
The justices will hear arguments in February. In the meantime, millions of borrowers who had hoped for student-debt relief this fall will have to wait. → Read More
What a Shooting at the U. of Arizona Tells Us About Student Privacy and Campus Safety
The death of a professor last month brought renewed scrutiny to Ferpa, which faculty members say was used as justification for keeping them in the dark about violent threats. → Read More
When a Student Seems Violent, Colleges Turn to Threat-Assessment Teams. What Are They?
University of Virginia officials had received a report about the alleged gunman who is suspected of killing three students. → Read More
More Colleges Are Hiring Crisis-Response Teams for Mental-Health Emergencies
The latest adopter is Oregon State, where officials say unarmed responders are often better equipped than the police to manage students’ psychological needs. → Read More
Johns Hopkins U. Paused Its Plans for a Campus Police Force. 2 Years Later, Resistance Is Stronger Than Ever.
“No justice, no peace, no Hopkins police,” chanted protesters at a town hall. → Read More
Love (Well, Sex) in the Time of Covid
The pandemic led to more intentional conversations about hooking up and safety — at least for a while. → Read More
Why Do Students Haze in Fraternities? A New Study Challenges Conventional Wisdom
Harsh rituals don’t actually increase group solidarity for students trying to join the organizations, researchers find. → Read More
What to Know About Fraternities Cutting Ties With Their Colleges
We talked to an expert about why fraternities are disaffiliating from their institutions and what colleges can expect when it happens. → Read More
Why Aren’t Men Involved in Sexual-Assault Prevention? A New Report Offers Insights
Colleges have spent decades trying, with limited success, to engage male students on this issue. But sexual misconduct remains a gendered experience, experts say. → Read More
Colleges Rely on Outdated Consent Education. Experts Say They Need to Get With the Times.
Students are having different kinds of sex, but consent education hasn’t caught up. → Read More
For Transgender Students, Title IX Changes Could Reopen Doors Closed Under Trump
Advocates hope the proposed regulations will spur colleges to do more to support their transgender students. → Read More
Here’s How Title IX Could Change Under Biden’s Proposed Rule
The gender-equity regulations would once again upend how colleges handle sexual-misconduct complaints. → Read More
Colleges Should Spend Covid-Relief Funds on Mental-Health Support, Education Department Says
The announcement is the latest in a series of efforts from federal lawmakers to address the campus mental-health crisis. → Read More
The Latest Campus-Safety Activists: Parents
As crime rises in some cities, students’ parents are calling for more security, steps that often conflict with student and faculty efforts to reduce campus policing. Administrators are caught in the middle. → Read More
Howard U. Goes Online Due to Covid Spike
Students at the historically Black college in Washington, D.C., will finish their spring-semester classes remotely. → Read More
Addiction-Recovery Programs Work to Reach the Students Who Need Them Most
Experts say college recovery programs need more “touch points” so students with substance-use problems don’t fall between the cracks. → Read More
U. of Oregon Says the Era of 100% Flexible Attendance Policies Is Over
The announcement comes as many colleges are ending their mask mandates and returning to fully in-person classes. → Read More