Schools and Education
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PublishedMay 3, 2024
Striking deals to end campus protests, some colleges invite discussion of their investments
The agreements to even discuss divestment mark a major shift on an issue that has been controversial for years, with opponents of a long-running campaign to boycott Israel saying it veers into antisemitism.
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PublishedMay 3, 2024
Graduate workers’ union bemoans pace of negotiations with UMaine System
Six months into bargaining, administrators and the union have reached tentative agreements on just two of 22 contract issues.
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PublishedMay 2, 2024
Jill Biden recognizes her fellow teachers at a swanky White House dinner for answering ‘a calling’
Joshua Chard, Maine's 2024 Teacher of the Year, was listed among the guests attending the dinner.
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PublishedMay 2, 2024
At least 2,000 people arrested at pro-Palestinian protests on U.S. campuses, tally shows
In the last 24 hours, protests that have drawn the most attention were at the University of California, Los Angeles, where chaotic scenes played out early Thursday.
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PublishedMay 2, 2024
Biden calls for order in nationwide campus unrest over war in Gaza
Tent encampments of protesters calling on universities to stop doing business with Israel or companies they say support the war in Gaza have spread across campuses nationwide.
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PublishedMay 1, 2024
Pro-Palestine group demands Colby College cut ties with Israel
Colby officials responded to the initial email, sent by a group that calls itself "Colby Action for Palestine."
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PublishedMay 1, 2024
Biden administration to clear $6.1 billion in debt of former Art Institutes students
The decision covers 317,000 borrowers who attended the defunct for-profit chain of schools from January 2004 to October 2017.
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PublishedApril 29, 2024
Israel-Hamas war protesters and police clash on Texas campus, Columbia University begins suspensions
Colleges around the U.S. implored pro-Palestinian student protesters to clear out tent encampments with rising levels of urgency Monday.
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PublishedApril 27, 2024
Anti-war protesters dig in as some schools close encampments after reports of antisemitic activity
Early Saturday, police in riot gear cleared an encampment on the campus of Northeastern University in Boston while several dozen students shouted and booed at them from a distance, but the scene was otherwise not confrontational.
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PublishedApril 26, 2024
Students at prestigious Paris university occupy campus building in pro-Palestinian protest
The protest kicked off a day of drama at the Paris Institute of Political Studies, known as Sciences Po.
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