The week at California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt, was supposed to be a celebratory one. In other years, the campus would be buzzing with activity around finals and commencement. Instead, the Cal Poly campus on this rugged part of California’s coast sat empty.

Iowa’s colleges and universities are getting more creative, open-minded, and flexible in how, when and who they educate—a response to student demands and workforce needs—with the evolution perhaps most evident in the growing diversity of their graduates.

No matter their opinions on pro-Palestinian demonstrations on campus, many parents are angry that final semesters and graduations have been upended.

In response to the continued conflict in Israel and Palestine, student demonstrations in solidarity with people in Palestine have drawn scrutiny across the country and in Texas. In late March, Gov. Greg Abbott ordered public universities to revise their free speech policies and singled out some pro-Palestine student groups, saying they should be subject to […]

The West Virginia college had its last day for students on March 14, said college director Judith Sutton this week. “Unfortunately, it was a very heartbreaking decision for us,” she said. “As a result, due to low enrollments we decided not to begin our spring term.”

Here are a few of the editorials that have been written by student newspapers in the last couple of weeks as tensions have escalated at several campuses.

“We implore you to focus efforts on developing policies driven by research, education, collaboration, and policy to promote a healthy and safe environment for all athletes, NOT discriminatory attempts to sideline an entire group of athletes from the sports they love," the letter said.

For some universities, the opposition to diversity programs comes at a challenging time, as they face an incoming student shortage and skepticism of the value of a college degree at today’s prices.