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Hands Up Don't Shoot: Thoughts From The Mizzou Photog Blocked During Protest

6:39pm November 13, 2015

by Karen Grigsby Bates

"If you want to stand there and put your hands up, I respect that. That is your right. But shoving people is not a right," said Tim Tai, student photographer.

University Of Oklahoma Implements Diversity Training After Scrutiny

4:18pm November 13, 2015

by Jacob McCleland

Earlier this year, the University of Oklahoma expelled two students after a racially charged video surfaced from fraternity members. NPR returns to the campus to see how the newly mandated diversity classes are fairing.

Girls start the day with a prayer at the Veerni Institute in Jodhpur, India. It's a boarding school where nearly half the students are child brides.

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Child Brides, Syrian Refugees: These Groups May Be Able To Help: #15Girls

3:35pm November 13, 2015

by Malaka Gharib

You wanted to know what you could do to make life better for the teen girls in our series. We have a list of groups you might consider contacting.

Adam Livneh speaks to a classmate in his sixth-grade Spanish class. All of the students use the language learning app Duolingo on their laptops. Since students enter the school with varying language abilities, they are able to start the program at a level

The Incubator School: E Is For Experimental & Entrepreneur

1:00pm November 13, 2015

by Anya Kamenetz

At this Los Angeles school, STEM and entrepreneurship are as important as reading and math.

On Campus Racism And The Fairy Tale Of The P.C. Police

8:22pm November 12, 2015

by Virginia Pasley

Here's an idea: Instead of worrying about the students who point out violent threats on Yik Yak, worry about the students making threats.

College Protests Raise Questions About Culture Of Political Correctness

8:22pm November 12, 2015

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with writer Roxane Gay and New York Magazine political columnist Jonathan Chait about activism and political correctness on today's college campuses.

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Mizzou's Black Students Cope With Fear Spawned By Death Threats

8:22pm November 12, 2015

by Adrian Florido

The University of Missouri's Black Culture Center has become a hub for black students afraid after Tuesday's death threats. Students are also escorting each other to class and coping in other ways.

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Lala (center) and Milena (left) would like to see more incentives for young girls to take up soccer.

Your Questions On Period Huts, Child Brides, Girls' Soccer — Answered

5:11pm November 12, 2015

by NPR Staff

You read the stories in our #15Girls series and posed some really good questions. (Wish we'd thought of them first.) Here are answers from our correspondents.

Amid Student Protests, Ithaca Faculty Will Hold Confidence Vote On President

4:46pm November 12, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

Students of color have been protesting a series of racially charged events. The school's president Tom Rochon, they say, doesn't understand what's happening at the school.

Michael Middleton has been named the interim president of the University of Missouri System.

Black Administrator Named University Of Missouri System's Interim President

4:23pm November 12, 2015

by Laura Wagner

Michael Middleton, a recently retired administrator, has been appointed as the university system's interim president.