President Sinda Vanderpool is the first woman to lead St. Thomas and is stepping into the role amid overlapping crises, from financial losses to a recent cyberattack.

The Justice Department had been scrutinizing one of the nation’s premier public universities over accusations of civil rights violations.

A new college ranking considers such factors as free speech on campus and alumni success.

Colleges need more viewpoint diversity but not external monitors to enforce it.

Three nonprofit legal organizations say their caseload has ramped up significantly since Trump took office. But so has public support for their work. Jameel Jaffer, a civil rights litigator for more than 25 years, said there is no question that President Donald Trump’s assault on free speech is unprecedented in his lifetime. And while he noted there may be some rough comparisons to be made with the McCarthy era, it almost certainly has no parallel in the last 100 years.

The NCAA says the change will help the association focus on a more important realm of enforcement: stopping college athletes from betting on their own games.