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Midway through the semester, Detective Stafford was scheduled to visit Eddings’ class to chat with students and answer questions.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

Each semester, I would take my students to study frustrated users’ attempts to figure out the D.C.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026

As fall semester began, panic and then despair set in.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

The number of new and returning African students arriving in the U.S. for the 2025 fall semester fell by nearly a third from the previous year, according to preliminary Commerce Department data.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

“This semester has been lonely for me. I don’t talk to most of my friends from my old school anymore. They’ve moved on. And Alyx’s friends here— they aren’t my friends.”

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows