World news | The Guardian1d ago
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 Guardian6d ago
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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World news | The GuardianMar 25
Professor sues Texas university that terminated contract after Palestine talk https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/25/professor-texas-state-university-israel-palestine #Texas #UsUniversities #UsConstitutionAndCivilLiberties #HigherEducation #UsEducation #Israel #Palestine #UsNews #WorldNews
Professor sues Texas university that terminated contract after Palestine talk

Idris Robinson says Texas State violated his constitutional rights over off-campus talk seized on by pro-Israel activists

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US news | The GuardianMar 24
Why going to an HBCU might be better for Black students’ health https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/24/attending-hbcu-cognitive-outcomes-black-americans #UsNews #UsUniversities #UsEducation #BlackUsCulture #Education #Race
Why going to an HBCU might be better for Black students’ health

A study found correlation between the environment and long-term wellness in sample of 1,978 who attended college between 1940-80

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US news | The GuardianMar 24
Epstein victim says Bard president helped legitimize sex offender https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/24/jeffrey-epstein-bard-college-president #JeffreyEpstein #UsNews #UsUniversities
Epstein victim says Bard president helped legitimize sex offender

Leon Botstein’s communications and relationship with Epstein under review by WilmerHale law firm, while Bard president says he never witnessed anything inappropriate

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World news | The GuardianMar 21
Alabama student reportedly fell to his death in Barcelona waters by accident https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/21/jimmy-gracey-alabama-student-fell-barcelona-water-death #Alabama #UsNews #Barcelona #Spain #WorldNews #UsCrime #UsUniversities #Europe
Alabama student reportedly fell to his death in Barcelona waters by accident

Autopsy reveals James ‘Jimmy’ Gracey’s injuries consistent with repeatedly hitting rocks of breakwater

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US news | The GuardianMar 19
Efforts to shut down pro-Palestinian speech face series of setbacks in court https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/19/pro-palestinian-speech-antisemitism-lawsuits #UsUniversities #UsEducation #HigherEducation #Education #UsNews #UsPolitics #Antisemitism #Palestine
Efforts to shut down pro-Palestinian speech face series of setbacks in court

Rulings in cases alleging antisemitism on US campuses say common pro-Palestinian speech is constitutionally protected

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US news | The GuardianMar 18
Florida professors quietly defy restrictions on race and gender: ‘This is how authoritarianism works’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/18/florida-colleges-push-back-race-gender-restrictions #Florida #Education #Sociology #UsUniversities #UsNews #UsEducation #Race #Gender #Sexuality #HigherEducation #DeiPolicies
Florida professors quietly defy restrictions on race and gender: ‘This is how authoritarianism works’

Sociology faculty are refusing to alter syllabi, even as state targets how race, gender and inequality are taught

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Technology | The Guardian USMar 10
‘I wish I could push ChatGPT off a cliff’: professors scramble to save critical thinking in an age of AI https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2026/mar/10/ai-impact-professors-students-learning #AiArtificialIntelligence #Technology #Students #HigherEducation #UsUniversities #Education #UsNews
‘I wish I could push ChatGPT off a cliff’: professors scramble to save critical thinking in an age of AI

As AI has upended the way students learn, academics worry about the future of the humanities – and society at large

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US news | The GuardianMar 9
Ohio State University president resigns over ‘inappropriate relationship’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/09/ohio-state-university-president-resigns #UsUniversities #UsNews #UsEducation #Education
Ohio State University president resigns over ‘inappropriate relationship’

Walter ‘Ted’ Carter Jr says he ‘made a mistake in allowing inappropriate access to Ohio State leadership’

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