As students in Columbia’s class of 2024 received their diplomas, many of them were grappling with what intense activism on campus would mean to their futures.

The policy could ease pressure on the school to issue statements on current events. Officials were criticized for their handling of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks.

Let’s spare universities from having to decide which world events deserve official statements.

For the first time since the Vietnam War, university demonstrations have led to a rethinking of who sets the terms for language in academia.

The Upper East Side college’s alumni include Geraldine Ferraro, the first woman to run for vice president.

Despite gains, women still lag far behind men in the little-regulated industry of college sports. A proposed revenue-sharing deal could create new clashes over equality.

A problem with the transfer of accounts between student loan servicers is producing duplicate loan balances on the credit reports of some borrowers.

The school president defends his concessions to anti-Israel protesters.

The NCAA’s landmark settlement has been billed by some as a move to bring stability to an unruly recruiting landscape. While offering solutions for some problems, the new model creates others.

Many future jobs won’t require a bachelor’s degree, according to a new report. But institutions aren’t offering credentials in the right fields to meet labor market demand. A new report from the Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce found a “great misalignment” between projected job demand in many local labor markets and the mix of credentials available to workers seeking jobs requiring more than a high school diploma but less than a bachelor’s degree.

A student-founded organization, Atidna International, offers a space to discuss the war in the Middle East. But getting buy-in is an uphill battle.