President Riggs has reassured the Gettysburg College community that we remain committed to an inclusive learning environment that provides students with the tools for critical reflection on complex matters.
Enrollment growth is contributing to an acute housing shortage at Prairie View A&M University, a recurring problem that’s prompting disputes over which students deserve priority for on-campus accommodation. After protests from students and parents, administrators this week suspended recently announced plans to house first-year students in a portion of a residence hall now occupied primarily by juniors and seniors. But the broader housing problem, on a campus with only enough beds for about half of its students, continues to be a challenge.
All together, the field seems to have converged on a consensus: A free-college proposal—or an answer about why they don’t have one—is something of a prerequisite for Democratic candidates hoping to challenge Donald Trump in the 2020 election.
U.S. Military Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. Darryl A. Williams ordered a full-day “stand-down” at the academy on Monday. The order comes weeks after a Pentagon survey reported assaults at West Point increased from 43 in 2016 to 48 last year.
Tinder’s Spring Break Mode is a new feature for college-student users launching this week, which will let Tinder U users check off where they’re going for spring break, then swipe on other college students who are traveling to the same destination.
Facing flat enrollment and strained annual budgets, DePauw University will tap endowment to finance layoffs for dozens of staff members and hefty voluntary retirement packages for a graying faculty.