Anthony Foxx, a Davidson College graduate and former Charlotte mayor, led a commission that examined the school’s support of slavery, racist laws and policies.

Davidson College issued a public apology Wednesday for its support of slavery during the school's first 30 years and unveiled plans to address a variety of problems.

Davidson College issued a public apology on Wednesday for its support of slavery and other racist laws and policies, while announcing plans to consider

Davidson College, which was established in 1837, issued a public apology Wednesday for their support of slavery during the college's first 30 years of existence and its embrace of racist laws and policies that followed.

Davidson College, a liberal arts college in North Carolina, apologized Wednesday for the institution’s “complicity in perpetuating slavery” during the 19th century. President Carol Quillen said in a video statement that the college “benefited from creativity, labor and talent stolen from Black people” from 1837 to 1865. The apology came after a recommendation by Davidson’s

In May, the president of the University of Notre Dame, the Rev. John Jenkins, insisted that despite a growing number of coronavirus cases locally and across the country, it was “worth the risk” to bring students back to campus for the fall.

Students may not be getting what they signed up for, but they're also not likely getting their tuition money back.

Dr. Deborah Birx, on a private call Wednesday, recommended that universities test students returning for fall classes as well as set up “surge” testing.

"We all should be emotionally prepared for widespread infections," a residential college head wrote in early July, the Yale Daily News reports.

Despite COVID-19 infections running rampant in many states, nearly 1,000 academic institutions are welcoming people back to their campuses.

Coronavirus clusters have been linked to fraternities, sororities, and off-campus parties.

And preventable.

Council says all athletes who compete in fall seasons should receive an extra season of eligibility regardless of how many games they play this academic year.

One rising Yale junior said she appreciated the honesty, and said it is partly what helped her decide to take a year off from school.

Football is supposed to teach teamwork. But what’s coming out of some major universities is abiding selfishness and a cringeworthy egotism.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday blasted universities that have canceled in-person classes amid coronavirus outbreaks, saying the move could ultimately cost lives rather than saving them.

Across the country, hundreds of thousands of college students are making their way to campus to begin the fall semester.

UNC began the fall semester with optimism, despite the coronavirus pandemic. Then came one cluster after the next. The story of an on-campus experiment that ended almost as soon as it began.

A day after reporting a cluster of cases at an off-campus housing, NC State University reports several COVID-19 cases among two sorority houses.

The locked-down students, most of them first-years, are spending their time reading, puzzling and Zooming in isolation. “If this happened within the first 24 hours of me being at school, how is the rest of college going to look?” one wonders.

Students have no way to opt out of the location tracking.

President Trump hopes to end DACA, which has granted employment authorization to thousands of young immigrants. Already, some large employers are refusing to hire them.

China’s new national-security law means classes at some elite U.S. universities will carry a warning label this fall: Material may be considered politically sensitive by Beijing. And schools are weighing measures to try to shield students and faculty from prosecution by Chinese authorities.

Lower-level student affairs staff concerned about their safety and their livelihoods are reluctant to speak out as COVID-19 cases surge on college campuses.

Early evidence from universities that tested students returning to campus and from those that didn't test was not encouraging, said Michigan State's president the day after he told undergraduates to stay home this fall.

Students, professors, and perhaps even some administrators wonder: Should the University of North Carolina flagship have opened at all?

Colleges that have long relied on ACT and SAT scores to evaluate applicants are learning how to go without them on the fly.