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The question of who gets a say is not a sideshow. It is Harvard’s defining issue. A university that silences students and sidelines faculty becomes reactive, brittle, and beholden. A university that distributes power, though, becomes resilient.

For over 70 years, the U.S. Student Association represented millions, weathered CIA infiltration, and championed civil rights and free higher education. Learn how this organization was built in the 1940s and why a new generation is rebuilding it.

A new Inside Higher Ed/Generation Lab survey shows Harris leading nationally by 38 points, with around a third of students reporting they are more likely to cast a ballot because she’s top of the ticket.

For years the Israel on Campus Coalition—a little-known organization with links to Israeli intelligence—has used student informants to spy on pro-Palestinian campus groups.

Growing population in America’s highly educated enclaves has led to huge gains for the Democratic Party. And Republicans are scrambling for answers.

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Students are members of families and communities, and they enter the classroom with different resources and responsibilities. Inclusive classrooms require instructors to demonstrate awareness, empathy and flexibility around these differences.

As higher education hires more adjuncts, it also relies on them more. Colleges and universities can’t fulfill their teaching mission without them — which gives part-timers more power, if they choose to use it.

Here are several recent The Electronic Intifada articles of interest to Portside readers.