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We weren’t naïve in inviting him. We did it because we want the University of Michigan to remain intellectually open.

The cheerleaders at Howard, a historically black university, kneel during the national anthem before football games. Players don’t get the chance.

The more certain you are, the more you should resist the temptation to silence those who disagree.

The University of Cincinnati and Ohio State University said Thursday they weren't ready to announce decisions on a demand they allow white nationalist leader Richard Spencer to speak on campus.

Former Vice President Joe Biden, speaking to students at Rutgers University on Thursday, defended college sexual assault guidelines he helped champion that recently were relaxed by the Trump administration.

Charlotte man who was among 10 charged in the hazing death of a Louisiana State University fraternity pledge had nothing to do with it, lawyer says.

Two years into its $50 million faculty diversity initiative, Yale University says it has hired 50 new ladder-rank professors. Some 26 have been hired within the last year, Yale said this week. Yale also has hired 11 Presidential Visiting Fellows this year. Such fellows, recruited from around the world, bring unique perspectives on research, practice and teaching, according to information from Yale. Some diversity funds have supported a Dean’s Emerging Scholars program within the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Fifteen incoming Ph.D. students were admitted as fellows based on their outstanding potential and contributions to diversity this year, and 20 additional Ph.D. students will receive competitive research awards. “Combined with support for nominations from divinity and music during our inaugural year, the initiative has now provided support to every school campuswide,” Provost Benjamin Polak and Richard Bribiescas, deputy provost for faculty development and diversity, said in an email this week to faculty members and administrators. “We now look ahead to the third year of the faculty excellence and diversity initiative, energized by our successes to date.”

Administrators don’t yet know how to handle the high costs of controversial figures appearing on their campuses.

Author discusses his new book about why those who major in liberal arts disciplines -- and the humanities in particular -- make great employees.

Drexel University removed George Ciccariello-Maher from the classroom after he made controversial remarks. His students say they’re frustrated by the decision.

Faculty members protested the role of members of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland on the search committee. Then the dean fired back.

Here’s the new reality on campus - fear of offending