About 20 people, including some Case Western Reserve students, were cleared from tents and detained briefly at the pro-Palestinian campus rally Monday. Though campus police removed their tents, demonstrators continued to peacefully protest.
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Posted inCollege in Rural America
To spur a rural rebound, one Minnesota county is paying college athletes to promote it
While universities are sometimes seen as agents of brain drain, officials in Otter Tail think they can turn higher education into a catalyst for a new, long-term gain.
Posted inTampa Bay
Florida college students join national wave of pro-Palestinian rallies
But their demonstrations so far have been quieter, with less police involvement.
Posted inIndianapolis
Don’t miss this April 30 deadline for loan forgiveness. What you need to know.
The federal government is asking people with certain loans to apply to consolidate by April 30.
Posted inNorth Carolina
UNC System faculty at odds with process that aims to eliminate DEI: ‘Corrosive effect on trust’
The new initiative would undo a 2019 policy that required all UNC System universities to have on-campus diversity, equity and inclusion officers and/or staff.
Posted inTexas
Police arrest more than two dozen pro-Palestinian demonstrators on UT-Austin campus amid tense standoff
Gov. Greg Abbott expressed support for the arrests, which come amid tensions on college campuses across the country over the Israel-Hamas war.
Posted inPittsburgh
Pitt students, spurred by Gaza, pledge days of divestment activism on campus
Students at the University of Pittsburgh are staging a multi-day demonstration in support of Palestinians, a protest mirroring campus movements erupting nationwide that have led to hundreds of student and protester arrests. At least 50 students, faculty and community members had gathered on a portion of the lawn outside the Cathedral of Learning by early […]
Posted inOhio
‘We are at a point of reckoning’: Inside Cleveland State’s latest meeting about its financial future
As buyout plans for Cleveland State’s faculty and staff move forward, the university’s president talks about the hard road ahead.
Posted inTexas
Layoffs and upheaval at Texas universities spur fear as lawmakers continue DEI crackdown
As administrators scramble to comply with new limits on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, students and faculty worry more tumult is coming.
Posted inHigher Ed in Prisons
A new law was supposed to help people earn time off their sentences, but poor implementation is leaving some locked up
Hundreds of people in Illinois could be eligible for immediate release if their sentence credits were calculated properly.