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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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US news | The GuardianMar 4
Bard faculty call for ‘transition’ plan for college president linked to Epstein https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/04/bard-college-leon-botstein-jeffrey-epstein #JeffreyEpstein #UsNews #UsPolitics #UsUniversities
Bard faculty call for ‘transition’ plan for college president linked to Epstein

Faculty members stop short of calling for Leon Botstein to resign in wake of revelations about ties with sex offender

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US news | The GuardianFeb 26
‘Very Republican, very patriotic’: right-leaning civic centers now offer courses at US public colleges https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/26/conservative-civic-centers-public-colleges #UsUniversities #Republicans #HigherEducation #UsEducation #Universities #Education #TrumpAdministration #Ohio #Florida #Utah #NorthCarolina #Texas #Iowa #UsNews
‘Very Republican, very patriotic’: right-leaning civic centers now offer courses at US public colleges

Republican lawmakers push for conservative professors to counter purported leftwing indoctrination in schools

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World news | The GuardianFeb 25
Neuroscientist resigns from Columbia amid revelations about Epstein ties https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/25/richard-axel-columbia-university-resignation-epstein #ColumbiaUniversity #JeffreyEpstein #UsNews #NewYork #HigherEducation #UsUniversities
Neuroscientist resigns from Columbia amid revelations about Epstein ties

Nobel laureate Richard Axel announced resignation as co-director of Columbia University’s neuroscience institute

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US news | The GuardianFeb 23
Epstein files cast pall among US faculty and students: ‘I just feel a deep disappointment’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/23/students-faculty-universities-epstein #JeffreyEpstein #UsUniversities #ColumbiaUniversity #Academics #Universities #HigherEducation #Education #UsNews
Epstein files cast pall among US faculty and students: ‘I just feel a deep disappointment’

Ties to the disgraced financier run deep through the academic world, documents released by the DoJ show

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US news | The GuardianFeb 20
Suspect arrested after Caltech scientist fatally shot at his home outside LA https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/20/caltech-scientist-carl-grillmair-shooting-death #UsUniversities #California #LosAngeles #UsCrime #UsNews #GunCrime #WestCoast #UsEducation #Science
Renowned scientist who studied distant planets fatally shot at his home near LA

Authorities suspect Carl Grillmair was shot by man arrested for carjacking, as friends mourn him as ‘irreplaceable’

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World news | The GuardianFeb 20
Amid Trump crackdown on Chinese students, one US university appears to block them altogether https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/20/chinese-university-student-trump-crackdown #UsUniversities #TrumpAdministration #China #Universities #HigherEducation #Schools #UsEducation #Education #UsPolitics #UsNews #WorldNews
Amid Trump crackdown on Chinese students, one US university appears to block them altogether

Purdue says no ban on Chinese students exists, but reportedly rescinded dozens of offers after warnings from legislators

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US news | The GuardianFeb 20
Bard hires top law firm to investigate links between college president and Epstein https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/19/bard-college-wilmerhale-leon-botstein #JeffreyEpstein #UsUniversities #UsNews #WorldNews
Bard hires top law firm to investigate links between college president and Epstein

WilmerHale to conduct review following new revelations about Leon Botstein’s dealings with convicted sex offender

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