Here’s how it’s happened the last few years: Some campus group, often a College Republican organization, will invite the right-wing provocateur — known by his first name and for his racist stunts and social media trolling — to campus. Offended classmates will plan protests.
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Campus Hate Lives on the Internet. Administrators Need to Catch Up.
Is there a difference between “real life” and the digital realm? I’ve heard parents and professors talk about these worlds as distinct, but for young people who have grown up with the internet, they are one and the same.
College Enshrines Healthy Living in Bricks and Mortar
BURLINGTON, Vt. — Pledges by college students to abstain from drugs and alcohol are nothing new. Now some students are meditating, working out, practicing yoga, eating healthfully. And at the University of Vermont it’s become a bona fide lifestyle.
Texas Tech Student in Custody After Campus Police Officer Is Fatally Shot
HOUSTON — A college freshman shot and killed a campus police officer at Texas Tech University in Lubbock on Monday night after the student was taken to the university police station for questioning in a drug-related case, the authorities said.
The False ‘Science’ of Implicit Bias
Few academic ideas have been as eagerly absorbed into public discourse lately as “implicit bias.
Duke Posts 12.7% Annual Gain, Value of Endowment Hits Record
Duke University’s endowment posted a 12.7 percent investment return in the year through June, a period when many large college funds were helped by a global stock-market rally. The endowment’s value reached a record $7.
A Game to Help Students Pay the Right Price for College
In the last big economic downturn, back when Tim Ranzetta was in the student loan analysis and consulting business and working with colleges, borrowers often found their way to him, too. There would be tears.