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Graduates chant in support of Palestinians during the University of Michigan's commencement ceremony at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor on Saturday.

How student protests are changing college graduations

12:04pm May 07, 2024

by Sequoia Carrillo

Four years after COVID disrupted high school graduations, many college seniors are looking forward to their first real commencement. Student protests are forcing some to adjust their expectations.

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Why these college students say they aren't participating in protests

5:40pm May 06, 2024

by Kirk Carapezza

The vast majority of U.S. college students are not taking part in campus protests over the war in Gaza. Students at University of Massachusetts-Boston share why they are choosing to stay out of it.

Despite calls for gun safety, Tennessee passes bill for teachers to carry in school

5:27pm May 06, 2024

by Blaise Gainey

Tennessee passed a bill package expanding gun access, including a measure allowing teachers to carry firearms in schools — despite calls for gun safety legislation after the Covenant school shooting.

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Is this some kind of joke? A school facing shortages starts teaching standup comedy

5:27pm May 06, 2024

by Justin Kramon

When a public school couldn't attract a theater teacher, it hired a stand-up comedian. School lunch is taking a ribbing, but the school says the students are learning useful academic skills.

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Many universities celebrate student activism. That is, when protests are in the past

5:07pm May 06, 2024

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Atlantic contributing writer Tyler Austin Harper about the evolving relationship between universities and student activism.

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Protesters seen in tents on Columbia University's campus on April 24. The school later suspended protesters who didn't leave, and called New York City police to arrest those who occupied a building on campus.

Columbia and Emory universities change commencement plans after weeks of turmoil

12:54pm May 06, 2024

by Rachel Treisman

Columbia cancels its main ceremony, while Emory's events will now take place in the suburbs outside its Atlanta campus. The moves come after weeks of protests against the war in Gaza.

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.

Education

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.