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Today — 9 October 2025Main stream

The Harvard ‘Die-in’ That Set Off a Debate Over Protest and Punishment

9 October 2025 at 00:46
An Israeli American student said he was assaulted during a protest. Two years later, Republicans continue to raise the episode in their campaign to force schools to punish the student protesters.

© Sophie Park for The New York Times

Elom Tettey-Tamaklo was accused of assaulting a counterprotester at a Harvard demonstration two years ago. The allegations have followed him since.
Yesterday — 8 October 2025Main stream

Trump’s H-1B Visa Fee Could Strain Universities and Schools

8 October 2025 at 17:00
Higher education leaders and public-school superintendents say they depend on skilled foreign workers to fill critical roles.

© Cydni Elledge for The New York Times

Many institutions depend on H-1B visas to fill positions in the STEM and medical fields.
Before yesterdayMain stream

A Harvard Professor Is Placed on Leave After Firing a Pellet Gun

7 October 2025 at 04:13
The episode initially raised concerns because it happened near a synagogue, but the police say it was unrelated to antisemitism.

© Billy Hickey for The New York Times

The Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Mass.

Harvard Has Identified Another Problem: Its Own Students

7 October 2025 at 00:01
Many students don’t do the reading and don’t speak up in class, according to a report. Now, professors are trying to change a campus culture they say hurts achievement and stifles speech.

© Sophie Park for The New York Times

Harvard has been trying to resolve its differences with the federal government. It also has issues with its students.

Trump’s Cultural Push Begins With Universities

26 September 2025 at 05:58
Are universities suffering from “Meghan Markle syndrome”? In this episode of “Interesting Times,” Ross talks to May Mailman, the lawyer on the front lines of the Trump administration’s war on elite universities, about why they’re cracking down on the “glorification of victimhood” in higher education.

Trump’s War on ‘Hotbeds of Radicalism’

26 September 2025 at 05:50
Universities have an ideology problem, at least according to the Trump administration, and May Mailman is here to fix it. On “Interesting Times,” Mailman, the architect behind President Trump’s culture war on liberal education, explains the levers of power she and her colleagues can pull to usher in their vision.

Struggles for Free Expression on Campus

24 September 2025 at 00:23
Readers, including the author Jhumpa Lahiri, respond to the Barnard president’s guest essay about speakers at universities. Also: The benefits of trees.
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