For decades, law enforcement was rarely allowed on university grounds. Critics say that putting officers there is part of a slide toward authoritarianism.
Tag: Colleges and Universities
Student Protests on Campus Met With Violent Crackdowns in Iran
Universities across Iran have erupted in protests after more than decade of being politically dormant, with students joining the unrest that has convulsed the country for the past three weeks.
Truss Forms a Cabinet Diverse in Background but Not in Ideology
Britain’s new prime minister, Liz Truss, has recruited cabinet members from diverse backgrounds, though her inner circle retains a hard Conservative edge.
A Poorer Generation
Americans under 40 have had to cope with a worse economy than earlier generations. How should it affect the debate over Biden’s debt-relief plan?
Biden’s Debt Relief
The president’s plan focuses on less affluent student borrowers.
Your Monday Briefing
Russia looks to Africa.
A French University Confronts Medical Crimes and Its Nazi Past
A report on the University of Strasbourg’s takeover by Nazis during World War II and on medical crimes they committed there sheds light on a period that had been mostly scrubbed from official memory.
Why Union Drives Are Succeeding
College-educated workers are driving a spike in union organizing.
Cambridge Opens an Inquiry After Student Deaths
One of the deaths is confirmed to have been suicide and the others are suspected of being suicides. The university is working with the National Health Service to investigate.
The Racist Researcher Cited in the Buffalo Gunman’s Manifesto
The work of Michael Woodley, a Briton who was cited by the teenager who killed 10 Black people at a supermarket in Buffalo, included pseudoscientific theories that have been used to justify racism.