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  1. The Man Who Helped Redefine Campus Antisemitism

    In government and as an outsider, Kenneth Marcus has tried to douse what he says is rising bias against Jews. Some see a crackdown on pro-Palestinian speech.

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    Kenneth Marcus, the founder of the Brandeis Center, at his home outside Washington, D.C.
    Kenneth Marcus, the founder of the Brandeis Center, at his home outside Washington, D.C.
    CreditAmanda Andrade-Rhoades for The New York Times
    1. Here’s What It’s Like to Take the New SAT

      Students will take a new SAT on Saturday. It’s all digital, and the reading and writing sections do away with page-long reading excerpts with eight to 11 questions.

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      CreditJoe Raedle/Getty Image
  1. U. of Texas at Austin Will Return to Standardized Test Requirement

    The university said SAT and ACT scores help it place students in programs that fit them best.

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    The University of Texas will require students to submit either SAT or ACT scores starting with fall 2025 admissions.
    CreditBrandon Bell/Getty Images
  2. ‘Scary and Daunting’: Dartmouth Players Detail How Union Plan Came Together

    On Tuesday, the historic 13-2 vote by the men’s basketball team to unionize took a significant step toward classifying student-athletes as employees.

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    The Dartmouth College men’s basketball team has unionized.
    CreditAdam Gray/Getty Images
  3. Liberty University Fined $14 Million for Mishandling Sex Assaults and Other Crimes

    The penalty is the largest ever imposed by the Education Department, which found that the school had punished sexual assault victims but not their assailants and created a “culture of silence.”

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    Liberty University also agreed to spend an additional $2 million over two years to create a compliance committee and improve campus safety.
    CreditJustin Ide/Reuters
  4. Harvard’s Response to Subpoenas Is Called ‘Useless’ by House Committee

    Harvard said it has been acting in good faith and submitted thousands of pages of new material.

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    Representative Virginia Foxx said Harvard’s actions in response to subpoenas “to date are shameful.”
    CreditJ. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press
  5. Brown University Will Reinstate Standardized Tests for Admission

    The school joins Yale, Dartmouth and M.I.T. in backtracking on “test optional” policies adopted during the pandemic.

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    In its announcement, Brown said that test results were a clear indicator of future success.
    CreditBrian Snyder/Reuters
  1. University of Idaho Needs More Students. Should It Buy an Online School?

    Ahead of an expected drop in enrollment, the institution is looking to buy the University of Phoenix, a for-profit school with a checkered past. Is it worth $550 million?

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    The University of Idaho is trying to hedge against an expected drop in enrollment.
    CreditMargaret Albaugh for The New York Times
  2. After Nonbinary Student’s Death, Schools Chief Defends Restrictive Gender Policies

    The Oklahoma school superintendent, Ryan Walters, said “radical leftists” had created a narrative about the death of 16-year-old Nex Benedict that “hasn’t been true.”

     By J. David Goodman and

    Ryan Walters, the state superintendent for Oklahoma’s public schools, has transformed himself into one of the most strident culture warriors in a state known for sharp-edged conservative politics.
    CreditBrett Deering for The New York Times
  3. Co-Chair of Harvard Antisemitism Task Force Resigns

    Professor Raffaella Sadun’s departure from the task force is a setback for a group set up to propose ways for Harvard to address antisemitism on campus.

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    Raffaella Sadun, a professor of business administration, resigned from her role on a task force that Harvard University had set up to address antisemitism.
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  4. Jewish Students Describe Facing Antisemitism on Campus to Members of Congress

    At a discussion led by a House panel, students criticized their universities for not cracking down on antisemitism. An antiwar group pointed out that Muslim and Arab students are facing harassment, too.

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    The Harvard campus in January. The students who testified on Thursday came from Harvard, M.I.T., the University of Pennsylvania, Stanford and other schools.
    CreditSophie Park for The New York Times
  5. California’s Push for Ethnic Studies Runs Into the Israel-Hamas War

    The state’s high school students will be required to take the subject, but some object to how the discipline addresses the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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    A student works on an exercise during Ethnic Studies class at Washington High School in San Francisco.
    CreditLea Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle, via Associated Press

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Learning: A Special Report

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  1. Back to School and Back to Normal. Or at Least Close Enough.

    As school began this year, we sent reporters to find out how much — or how little — has changed since the pandemic changed everything.

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    First graders at Vare-Washington Elementary School in Philadelphia.
    CreditHannah Yoon for The New York Times
  2. At the Edge of a Cliff, Some Colleges Are Teaming Up to Survive

    Faced with declining enrollment, smaller schools are harnessing innovative ideas — like course sharing — to attract otherwise reluctant students.

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    Adrian College is a liberal arts school of just over 1,600 undergraduates in Michigan.
    CreditErin Kirkland for The New York Times
  3. Community Schools Offer More Than Just Teaching

    The concept has been around for a while, but the pandemic reinforced the importance of providing support to families and students to enhance learning.

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    Students at Dr. Michael D. Fox elementary school wear light blue and khaki uniforms. The community school in Hartford, Conn., works with 10 to 20 organizations to help students and families.
    CreditIke Abakah for The New York Times
  4. Could Tutoring Be the Best Tool for Fighting Learning Loss?

    In-school tutoring is not a silver bullet. But it may help students and schools reduce some pandemic-related slides in achievement.

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    Joi Mitchell didn’t want to follow family members into classroom teaching but found a way to work with students by serving as a tutor, including on the Cardozo campus.
    CreditJason Andrew for The New York Times
  5. Meeting the Mental Health Challenge in School and at Home

    From kindergarten through college, educators are experimenting with ways to ease the stress students are facing — not only from the pandemic, but from life itself.

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