Higher Education
Understanding California’s college students’ protests over Israeli-Palestinian conflict
As student protests erupt over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, college campuses struggle to balance First Amendment...
Protesters shut down UC Santa Cruz entrance in support of Palestine
Hundreds of UC Santa Cruz students, faculty and community members gathered at the base of...
Letters: Kids’ lives | Pay faculty | Unhoused and animals | READ Act | Christian values
Mercury News Letters to the Editor for Nov. 10, 2023
Mills College agrees to $1.25 million settlement with former students over Northeastern takeover
After 10 months of negotiations, a judge has given preliminary approval of a $1.25 million...
Letters: Property rights | Mahan’s vision | Israeli intent | Leader in peace
Mercury News Letters to the Editor for Nov. 9, 2023
Cabrillo College board censures trustee over social media posts
The cited posts include derogatory language directed at national political figures such as former President...
Cal State University workers call for strike Nov. 14
They say CSU pay lags behind that of comparable UC workers by an average 23.6%...
Douthat: Why liberal academia needs Republican friends
Higher education has hit a limit and is now entering a period of scarcer resources...
How California college admissions are changing after the end of affirmative action
After the Supreme Court ended affirmative action in college admissions, some students are rethinking their...
Opinion: Banning AI in the classroom would be a generational mistake
Remember, at one point many instructors initially forbade students from using handheld Texas Instruments calculators