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College is tough. They don’t just give those diplomas away. Along the way to your degree, you have to attend classes and study. You may even have to pass calculus or organic chemistry. What you shouldn’t have to deal...

As a parent, if you’ve ever gotten the call, you know the feeling of dread that sweeps over you: “Your child’s school bus was involved in a crash.” Your heart races as you wait to hear the rest – has your child...

There’s a simple, if unfortunate, fact of life: people sometimes just don’t get along. And while you’d expect college administrators to keep an open mind about all students and to perform their duties without...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently filed a “Notice of Proposed Rulemaking” with proposed revisions to the Public Health Service Policies on Research Misconduct. Currently, their office is accepting...

As the world watched, Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, killing more than 1,200 people, including 30 Americans, and injuring more than 5,400. But in the aftermath, more than 11,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza....

In a world where university campuses often serve as hotbeds for vigorous debate and diverse viewpoints, Brandeis University’s recent decision to disband a student organization has ignited an important discussion on the...

It’s no secret that some people learn better when they get to socialize with others. Working in groups or forming connections with other students in your college classes can teach you collaboration and make you feel less...

It’s true that different states tend to have varying social mores. Even so, a revelation that 43 Oklahoma school districts permitted corporal punishment of disabled students has caused justifiable outrage. Once again, we...

A recent story out of Colorado is an example of the frequent disparities in the disciplinary action K-12 schools take with white students compared to students of color. Late in the 2022-23 school year, Cherry Creek School District...

A recent case in Utah is one of many examples nationwide of K-12 schools failing to provide the free appropriate public education (FAPE) guaranteed under federal and state laws to students with disabilities. The U.S. Department of...

There are many instances where schools’ authority over student behavior gets blurry, and sporting events constitute a football field-sized gray area. Schools often encourage “pep” among student spectators during athletic...

Educators and parents continue to lose the fight against the teen vaping epidemic. Despite prohibitive laws and school-specific mandates outlawing vaping, educators say these futile measures have gone up in smoke. So, the apparent...

News from Israel and Gaza over the last month has been disturbing and painful for many people in the U.S., and college campuses are no exception. While colleges and universities are notorious for protecting the free speech of...

Following hazing allegations from the men’s and women’s Swim and Dive teams at Boston College, both programs were suspended indefinitely. Initial reports from the incident indicated that young student-athletes at the...

Cheating in school is as old as school itself. And many can agree that stealing someone else’s work and submitting it as your own isn’t acceptable on assigned work. But what happens when the work is the product of...

High school-aged students today are not immune from sharp ideological differences that dictate the public conversation. One student’s harmless joke may constitute a deep offense to another student, and educators are often...

For decades (and perhaps a century-plus), most universities handled hazing with a “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. So long as sports teams and fraternities did not publicly embarrass the school or cause severe harm...

American University faced community outrage after 70 pages of student emails discussing how to get girls drunk, conceal rape, and referenced sexual assault and drug use, were published on social media. The students allegedly...

Medical marijuana – that is, marijuana prescribed by a physician or other licensed health care professional for medical use – is legal in some form in 38 states and the District of Columbia. And with the growing acceptance of...

Pursuing higher education can be one of the most daunting hurdles that an individual with disabilities faces. While the percentage of Americans over age twenty-five with a bachelor’s degree is about 37%, for those with...