Disaster advice from Tulane’s ex-president; colleges stretch Covid-19 authority over off-campus students; cost-cutting undermines research; and more.
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Disaster advice from my time as president of Tulane University during Hurricane Katrina. (PREMIUM)

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By Bennett Leckrone

Some institutions are stretching the limits of their authority to stop students from gathering off campus.

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Updates include housing disputes, on campus and off, the canceling of a “Coronafest” at one university, and a decision by a holdout university to move classes online after all.

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Eight faculty members say the policies — both of which were enacted after they received tenure — have resulted in salary cuts and loss of laboratory space necessary to do their work. (PREMIUM)

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For my immigrant family, my Ph.D. is not a way out. (PREMIUM)

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