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Lewd messages linked to University of Michigan regent who led campaign against pro-Palestinian students https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/17/university-of-michigan-regent-sexual-messages #Michigan #UsUniversities #UsNews #UsPolitics #Gender
Lewd messages linked to University of Michigan regent who led campaign against pro-Palestinian students

Jordan Acker, who pushed legal action against protesters, is running for re-election in race reflecting tensions on Israel

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US news | The Guardian3d ago
Hampshire College was ‘a magical place’ for a progressive education. It couldn’t survive this era https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/16/hampshire-college-closing #Massachusetts #UsUniversities #HigherEducation #UsEducation #UsNews
Hampshire College was ‘a magical place’ for a progressive education. It couldn’t survive this era

Hampshire is latest school to fall to declining enrollment amid a decades-long crisis affecting liberal arts colleges

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US news | The Guardian4d ago
‘An incalculable loss’: Hampshire College to close doors after fall semester https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/14/hampshire-college-massachusetts-closure #Massachusetts #UsNews #WorldNews #UsUniversities #HigherEducation #UsEducation #Education
‘An incalculable loss’: Hampshire College to close doors after fall semester

Massachusetts liberal arts college laments ‘heartbreaking reality’ and says financial pressures to blame

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US news | The Guardian6d ago
‘I feel helpless’: college graduates can’t find entry-level roles in shrinking market amid rise of AI https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/12/college-graduates-job-market-ai #UsNews #JobHunting #WorkCareers #Careers #UsUniversities #Colleges #Education
‘I feel helpless’: college graduates can’t find entry-level roles in shrinking market amid rise of AI

Young American graduates expressed frustration over fewer job openings and longer searches

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World news | The GuardianApr 10
Bard College president tells staff he will soon be cleared in inquiry over Epstein ties https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/10/bard-college-president-leon-botstein-jeffrey-epstein-ties #JeffreyEpstein #UsUniversities #HigherEducation #UsCrime #NewYork #UsNews
Bard College president tells staff he will soon be cleared in inquiry over Epstein ties

WilmerHale, the law firm examining Leon Botstein’s communications with Jeffrey Epstein, said review is ‘ongoing’

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World news | The GuardianApr 4
Federal judge halts White House effort to collect university data on applicants’ race https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/04/judge-halts-trump-administration-demand-university-applicants-race #UsUniversities #TrumpAdministration #Race #HigherEducation #UsEducation #UsPolitics #UsNews
Federal judge halts White House effort to collect university data on applicants’ race

Trump ordered data collection after raising concern about race being used as factor in college admissions

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US news | The GuardianApr 3
University of Washington professor fired from director job after sending email criticizing Iran war https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/03/washington-college-professor-fired-iran-war-criticism #WashingtonState #UsUniversities #UsisraelWarOnIran #FreedomOfSpeech #Israel #HigherEducation #UsEducation #Education #UsPolitics #WestCoast #UsNews
University of Washington professor fired from director job after sending email criticizing Iran war

Aria Fani of University of Washington’s Middle East Center is latest critic of Israel to lose position at US university

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World news | The GuardianApr 3
Harvard faculty to vote on proposal to limit number of A grades in each course https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/apr/03/harvard-faculty-grade-inflation-vote-a-grades #HarvardUniversity #UsUniversities #HigherEducation #Education #Massachusetts #UsNews
Harvard faculty to vote on proposal to limit number of A grades in each course

Effort to curb grade inflation, by limiting top marks to 20% of students in a course, is opposed by most students

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World news | The GuardianMar 31
Judge orders University of Pennsylvania to provide list of Jews to federal agency https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/31/judge-penn-jewish-employees-list-trump #UsUniversities #TrumpAdministration #Antisemitism #UsNews #UsPolitics #Education #HigherEducation
Judge orders University of Pennsylvania to provide list of Jews to federal agency

Trump administration claims list is part of an EEOC investigation into antisemitic discrimination at university

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US news | The GuardianMar 27
Florida axes sociology as required class at state universities in latest attack on ‘woke’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/27/florida-sociology-university-class #Florida #HigherEducation #UsNews #UsUniversities #UsEducation #HigherEducationPolicy #Sociology #DeiPolicies
Florida axes sociology as required class at state universities in latest attack on ‘woke’

Move by state education officials picked by Republican governor removes the course as a graduation component

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