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Colleges hire directors to tackle student basic needs

Inside Higher Ed

College administrators nationwide were already starting to tackle the issue in recent years but homed in on it after the pandemic revealed stark economic disparities among students. Some were going without enough food to eat; others were sleeping in their cars.

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Fraternities cut ties with USC

Inside Higher Ed

Image: The University of Southern California is one of the top-ranked campuses for Greek life in the country: almost 30 percent of undergraduates—about 7,300 students— were members of a Greek organization in 2020. Horras said UPIFC has hired a private adviser to help with these matters.).

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Democratic Protests on Campus: Modeling the Better World We Seek (Annelise Orleck)

Higher Education Inquirer

Across the country, student protest has flourished largely unrestrained on college campuses since the disastrous 1970 crackdowns at Kent State in Ohio and Jackson State in Mississippi cost six students their lives. What moved college administrators this spring to make such a sharp change in how they handle peaceful student protest?

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