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GOP legislators want to cut funds to so-called sanctuary colleges

by Amy Scott
Mar 9, 2017
Republican lawmakers in several states are moving to bar college campuses from offering sanctuary to undocumented immigrants. Several colleges have pledged not to cooperate with immigration officials or share information about their students without warrants. But what sanctuary means legally is far from clear.  Click the audio player above to hear the full story.
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Trump's travel ban worries international students

by Sally Herships
Feb 8, 2017
There's real value for Americans in importing students from abroad.
A view of New York University School of Law's Vanderbilt Hall. 
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Bills in two states push to eliminate tenure

by Jed Kim
Jan 27, 2017
Missouri's would stop tenure for new hires starting next year. Iowa's would revoke tenure for all professors.
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For-profit colleges get a post-election bounce

by Amy Scott
Nov 10, 2016
Analysts say Republican-led government could roll back regulations.
A sign marks the location of the University of Phoenix Chicago Campus in Schaumburg, Illinois. 
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Graduate students win recognition as employees

by Amy Scott
Aug 24, 2016
A National Labor Relations Board ruling could trigger a wave of unionization.
Graduate Students at Yale University thank the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for making collective bargaining rights and unionization legal.
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Big labor win for grad students at private colleges

by Andy Uhler
Aug 24, 2016
On many campuses, many graduate students plan to organize.
A view of Columbia University.
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More than half of 2015 grads are working

by Tony Wagner
Jun 8, 2016
What kind of work? That's another question entirely.
A student at Rutgers University shows her cap as she arrives to attend the 250th anniversary commencement ceremony on May 15, 2016 in New Brunswick, New Jersey. 
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Duke adjunct faculty joins growing movement to unionize

by Mark Garrison
Mar 21, 2016
Will joining employment unions help non-tenured faculty members?
The Perkins Library at Duke University. 
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The story behind UC Berkeley's $150 million deficit

by Kai Ryssdal
Feb 25, 2016
A conversation with Chancellor Nicholas Dirks.
Students walk near Sather Tower on the University of California at Berkeley campus February 24, 2005 in Berkeley, California. 
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For-profit college troubles showing up at DeVry

by Annie Baxter
Feb 4, 2016
DeVry University's parent company reports earnings amidst declining enrollments and an FTC lawsuit.
DeVry University's parent company reports earnings amidst declining enrollments and an FTC lawsuit.
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