US news | The Guardian18h ago
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 Guardian21h ago
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 Guardian3d ago
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 Guardian5d ago
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 Guardian6d ago
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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