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Students disengage from controversy

Many students were hesitant to discuss controversial topics in the classroom and felt their campuses' climate did not allow for open discourse during the fall 2020 semester, according to a new report.

‘MOOCs failed, short courses won’

Education-technology company Coursera launched a bid to become a publicly traded company last week, giving industry experts a glimpse at its financial inner workings. The company is losing money, but it might be finding a way to monetize MOOCs.

Committee: ‘Eyes of Texas’ not Rracist

University of Texas at Austin report finds its alma mater wasn't originally intended to be racist despite describing "a painful reality of the song’s origin." Observers doubt the findings will keep students from feeling excluded.

Confronting or Honoring a Racist Past?

Black students at the University of Richmond are not happy that the name of a Black newspaper editor and civil rights activist will be added to a building alongside the name of a white segregationist and eugenicist.

A new admissions scandal

This scandal doesn't feature as much money but allegedly involves completely fraudulent applications. And top colleges and universities were duped.