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Risk Management
Free Report: How Colleges Can Defend Against Cyberattacks
Colleges are under constant attack by hackers who grow more organized and sophisticated all the time. A successful defense requires vigilance, the right personnel, and resources. -
Speaking Out
Presidents Are Changing Their Tune on Free Speech
More college leaders are denouncing would-be censors on the left and the right. Why now? -
'Systemic Issues'
U. of Arizona Admits Failures Leading Up to Professor’s Death
The university’s president accepted responsibility for a series of institutional mistakes, shortly after the professor’s family filed a $9-million claim. -
Risk Management
Multimillion-Dollar Payouts Are on the Rise in Sexual-Misconduct Lawsuits. Colleges’ Insurers Have Had Enough.
As more victims accuse colleges of failing to protect them from abuse, higher ed is becoming the third rail of risk management. -
Campus Speech
‘This Is How Censorship Happens’
How vague laws and heightened fears are creating a repressive climate on campus. -
Assessing Threats
A Professor Was Killed While Walking to His Office. Faculty Say It Was an Institutional Failure.
A faculty committee at the University of Arizona criticized its “glaring” shortfalls in response to warning signs before a professor was shot and killed on campus last fall. -
'A Complicated Balancing Act'
Colleges Face More Pressure to Keep Students With Mental-Health Conditions Enrolled
A new lawsuit against Yale University comes amid increased scrutiny of higher-ed policies for leaves of absence. -
Due Process and Accountability
A ‘Reckless’ Disciplinary Process Contributed to Stanford Goalie’s Suicide, Lawsuit Says
Katie Meyer’s family accuses the university of “institutional bullying.” Stanford calls that charge “false and misleading.” -
Campus Safety
‘I’m So in Shock’: In One Day, UVA and U. of Idaho Are Rocked by Separate Tragedies
At the University of Virginia, a student has been charged with murdering three others; at the University of Idaho, details remain murky on four student deaths. -
Disappearing Students
The Shrinking of Higher Ed
In the past, colleges grew their way out of enrollment crises. This time looks different.