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Through his lawyers, Alberto Carvalho, who was put on leave after the F.B.I. raided his home and office, said that his actions were appropriate but that he would respect the investigative process.
The ex-deputy PM told the BBC he would “take on the chin” any criticism surrounding his involvement
Two doctors affiliated with the university and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital stepped down after an external report found that the administrators mishandled allegations of abuse against Robert Hadden.
As AI has upended the way students learn, academics worry about the future of the humanities – and society at large
Lea Pao, a professor of literature at Stanford University, has been experimenting with ways to get her students to learn offline. She has them memorize poems, perform at recitation events, look at art in the real world.
It’s an effort to reconnect them to the bodily experience...
The Trump administration, which said it is investigating harassment, sued the University of Pennsylvania after it refused a request to provide information about Jewish students and staff.
Mounting evidence shows that excessive computer use can harm children, so parents are cutting back at home. Now, the debate has shifted to the classroom.
Psychologist Leanne ten Brinke has spent decades studying toxic personality traits. What are the red flags to look out for among workmates, politicians and potential partners?
Coming face to face with a probable psychopath was enough to make Dr Leanne ten Brinke rethink her career choices. Early in her 20s, while studying forensic psychology in Halifax, in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia,...
Ministers say “bold reforms” for post-16 students will end snobbery and prepare students for work.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani will announce that New York City is expanding free preschool for 3-year-olds, adding 1,000 seats to meet demand across the city.
Walter ‘Ted’ Carter Jr says he ‘made a mistake in allowing inappropriate access to Ohio State leadership’
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The president of the Ohio State University has resigned following the disclosure of an “inappropriate relationship” to the college’s board of trustees.
In a statement, Walter “Ted” Carter Jr, who had led the...
Planned changes to the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system in England were announced last month.
For decades, he wrote a syndicated column in The Washington Post promoting nonviolence. That became the subject of a course he taught for nearly 40 years.
The president, Walter Carter Jr., said he “made a mistake in allowing inappropriate access to Ohio State leadership.”
As states scale back requirements for comprehensive sex ed, some parents and faith communities are stepping in to teach what schools won’t
When Wendy Pfrenger’s children started high school in the town of Oxford, Mississippi, she had the choice to enroll them in abstinence-only or abstinence-plus sex ed.
Although the abstinence-plus option would include instruction on contraception, neither...
On this International Women’s Day, we’re writing about a project to unearth stories of remarkable women.
President Trump made Mr. Khalil the face of his crackdown on pro-Palestinian protests. Mr. Khalil is now living with uncertainty as the courts consider his deportation.
Readers respond to a guest essay that argued that more school vouchers would improve public education.
Alberto Carvalho was seen as a catch for the nation’s second largest school district. Then his home and office were raided by the F.B.I.
A new report looks at course “shutouts,” which can add to the time and cost of getting a degree.
Documentary First They Came for My College goes inside the fight for academic freedom at Florida’s New College
It took a half century to build New College into a sanctuary of independent thought and less than a year to destroy it. In 2023 the beloved Florida liberal arts school became state governor Ron DeSantis’s latest target in his so-called war on woke. DeSantis decimated the school’s...
America’s strength has always been its private sector. Empowering it can save us from A.I.’s worst impacts on jobs.