Ariel Kaminer

The group discusses social media, the return to in-person schooling and their hopes and fears for the future.

Paul Nungesser was cleared of responsibility by Columbia University after being accused of rape by a fellow student, who turned her outrage into a performance piece. He is now speaking out.

The university said that a company hired to monitor work conditions at its Shanghai campus did not comply; workers’ conditions at the Abu Dhabi campus were criticized this spring.

The escalation in the number of schools on students’ lists is driven by several factors, but perhaps the strongest is plain old fear.

Amid continued fears of Ebola, the student, Ikeoluwa Opayemi, has not been allowed in class since she returned from a 10-day trip to Nigeria.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said he had instructed the State University of New York to make affirmative consent the rule on all 64 of its campuses.

Undergraduates are building apps that are faster, easier-to-navigate versions of campus systems such as the ones that manage course catalogs and class scheduling.

Instead of being overrun with partying youngsters, Kingsborough Community College’s beach is visited most often by older adults, who take summer classes at reduced rates.

The Abu Dhabi government entity that oversaw construction chose Nardello & Company to do the inquiry, a move that follows reports of violations of workers’ rights.

Mayor Bill de Blasio has promised to improve the process for some parents of special-needs children to get New York City to pay for private school tuition, holding off an effort by state legislators to make him do so by law.

The apology was offered after The New York Times reported widespread abuses among laborers on New York University’s new campus.

Seventeen students were admitted after participating in an experiment that invited prospective freshmen to compose essays on scholarly topics instead of submitting traditional applications.

Once revered for being “free as air and water” and for its selective application process, Cooper Union in the East Village has increased tuition and accepted a higher percentage of students than in previous years.

The challengers include a student who was Yale’s first Jewish graduate and one whose his family was rich, slave-owning, and, by all accounts, white.

Edward Bouchet has long been recognized as the school’s first African-American graduate, but newly uncovered records suggest another man earned that distinction nearly 20 years earlier.

David S. Yassky, who as taxi commissioner in the Bloomberg administration introduced the Taxi of Tomorrow concept, previously taught at the New York University Law School.

Scientists at the National Weather Service have been taking advantage of the relentless cycle of snow to slush, adding to research to refine their forecasts.

Legislation intended to limit academic groups’ protests against Israel was abruptly withdrawn from consideration by the New York State Assembly after a chorus of educators and legal groups denounced it as a bold assault on academic freedom.

Lee C. Bollinger announced new guidelines following a review of the way Columbia University handled the sexual assault complaints of three women.

The shutdown of a course comparison website built by two students turned into something of a free speech cause.