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The University of Mississippi's school banner is waved during the pregame activities prior to the start of an NCAA college football game in October 2021. The university's leader denounced actions at a protest last week.

U of Mississippi opens probe over hostile protest that involved racist taunts

8:32pm May 05, 2024

by Emma Bowman

Videos of Thursday's incident at the school were shared on social media showing heated confrontations between pro-Palestinian protesters and a larger group of counterprotesters.

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Tips on how to deep read

6:11pm May 05, 2024

NPR's Life Kit team offers tips for how to read deeply in an age when we are constantly distracted.

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Sproul Hall at University of California, Berkeley.

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In the 1980s, he led student protests. Now, he's a college dean

12:40pm May 05, 2024

by Ayesha Rascoe

Pedro Noguera led anti-apartheid protests as a student at UC Berkeley. Forty years later, he offers his thoughts on the ongoing protests at the University of Southern California over the war in Gaza.

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USC Dean reflects on leading anti-Apartheid student protests in the 1980s

8:01am May 05, 2024

by Ayesha Rascoe

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Pedro Noguera, dean of the University of Southern California School of Education, about his role leading student protests at UC Berkeley against Apartheid in the 1980s.

Ohio National Guard members towards students at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, on May 4, 1970. They fired into the crowd, killing four students and injuring nine.

She survived the 1970 Kent State shooting. Here's her message to student activists

7:38am May 04, 2024

by Rachel Treisman

On May 4, 1970, the Ohio National Guard fired on Kent State students, killing four and wounding nine. A former student who now teaches there reflects on that day and offers lessons for protesters now.

Law enforcement form a circle around the encampment of pro-Palestinian protestors on April 29, at the University of Texas at Austin.

Photos: Campus protests continue nationwide as some turned violent

6:01am May 04, 2024

by NPR Staff

Photojournalists at NPR member stations documented protests at college and university campuses nationwide this week.

Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., spoke with students as a surrogate for the Biden-Harris reelection campaign at college campuses across Wisconsin, a state that had the highest youth turnout in the country in the 2022 midterms.

Six months out from the election, Wisconsin students weigh voting for Biden

5:01am May 04, 2024

Wisconsin's young voters — who have turned out in big numbers in recent elections — are key for either candidate to win the state. But Biden is facing some skepticism on the state's college campuses.

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Biden is facing skepticism among Wisconsin's college student voters

7:48pm May 03, 2024

by Elena Moore

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Student describes divestment negotiations with Brown University

5:13pm May 03, 2024

While some colleges resort to arrests and suspensions to clear protests, Brown University has struck a deal with its students. NPR's Juana Summers talks with a student who was in the negotiating room.

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Wake Forest University officials force Pro-Palestine protesters to disband

11:53am May 03, 2024

by Amy Diaz

University officials had initially supported the students, part of a group known as Free Palestine WFU, in peacefully protesting since Tuesday afternoon. But that changed early Friday morning when officials told protesters that they had violated the agreed-upon terms of the encampment and that they would face interim suspension if they did not leave the site.