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January 19, 2022, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA: The University of Michigan campus after the university announced it will pay $490 million in damages to more than 1,000 sexual abuse survivors of the late Dr. Robert Anderson Jan. 19, 2022. The settlement follows the Jan. 15 firing of the university's president Mark Schlissel over an alleged sexual affair with a subordinate. (Credit Image: Â© Dominick Sokotoff/ZUMA Press Wire)

Top Public and Private Colleges in the Midwest

The University of Michigan and the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology head these lists from the WSJ/College Pulse rankings

November 20, 2023

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"They say with time it gets easier," Garcia says while visiting her husband's grave. "But it hasn't gotten any easier for me."

They Believe Pesticides Caused Their Cancers. Proving It Is Almost Impossible.

Farmworkers in California’s Salinas Valley work with pesticides tied to illnesses, including some cancers.

Brianna Abbott

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November 19, 2023

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An empty classroom at the Utopia Independent School on May 26, 2022 in Utopia, Texas. - The May 24 shooting at a school in Uvalde, Texas, reopened the debate on how to prevent school shootings in the United States. About 50 km from there, in the town of Utopia, the only school in the town decided in 2018 to arm its teachers to protect students. (Photo by allison dinner / AFP) (Photo by ALLISON DINNER/AFP via Getty Images)

Texas Rejects Science Textbooks Over Climate Change, Evolution Lessons

The Texas State Board of Education voted to block science lessons published by eight companies from an influential list of textbook providers because of how they depicted climate change and evolution.

Sara Randazzo

November 17, 2023

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College Hall is pictured at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S, March 28, 2022. Hannah Beier for The Wall Street Journal. IVYADMIT

Several Schools Under Investigation for Allegedly Failing to Protect Jewish, Muslim Students

The Education Department is looking into seven complaints alleging antisemitic and anti-Muslim harassment at colleges and one K-12 school district.

Joseph Pisani

November 17, 2023

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 12: Jewish counter protesters shout at students from Brooklyn College during a pro-Palestinian demonstration at the entrance of the campus on October 12, 2023 in New York, United States. The pro-Palestinian student organization Students for Justice In Palestine (SJP) held protests in colleges across the nation to show solidarity with Palestine. On October 7 the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched a large-scale surprise attack from Gaza, launching thousands of missiles and sending at least 1,500 fighters by land, sea and air into Israel. At least 1,300 Israelis have been confirmed killed and 150 kidnapped. 1,203 Palestinians in Gaza are also confirmed killed. The attack is prompting retaliatory strikes by Israel on Gaza and a declaration of war by the Israeli prime minister. (Photo by Michael Nigro/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

A Free-Speech Fix for Our Divided Campuses

Clashes over the Israel-Hamas war show that, for the sake of American democracy, college students need to be taught how to disagree without fear or hatred.

Suzanne Nossel

November 17, 2023

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