Boston University bucks higher ed woes with 30% application boom
Nearly 81,000 students applied to the school for the Fall 2022 first-year cohort, marking a 30% increase from 2019 before the pandemic upended college campuses. Read more
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Americans want to protect Father’s Day from gender ideology
Springfield College in Massachusetts recently released a language guide aimed at replacing gender-specific terms like “father” and “mother” with more gender-neutral language like “parent” on its campus. Read more
Germany’s largest university buys UK college and degree powers
AI teaching leader’ IU, majority owned by private equity firm, adds Canadian university to portfolio alongside London banking education provider Read more
American flag causes ‘anxiety’ for Marquette professor
A Marquette University professor says he gets “anxious” when he sees an American flag. Read more
AI to stop water pollution before it happens
Artificial intelligence will be used in south-west England to predict pollution before it happens and help prevent it. Read more
Sanders introduces bill to make community college free by taxing wall street
The College for All Act of 2023 would massively change the higher education landscape in the U.S., taking a step toward Sanders’s long-standing goal of making public college free for all. It would make community college and public vocational schools tuition-free for all students, while making any public college and university free for students from single-parent households making less than $125,000 or couples making less than $250,000 — or, the vast majority of families in the U.S. Read more
Springfield College tells students to avoid using terms ‘mother’ and ‘father’
Springfield College in Massachusetts offers pronoun guidelines that discourage students from using the words “mother,” “father,” and other “gender specific” terms. Read more
Glum Chinese graduates go viral with pictures of misery amid jobs anxiety
As millions of young people in China graduate from university this month, the traditional pictures of joyful students throwing their hats and gowns into the air have been replaced by photos of them lying on the ground or throwing their degree certificates into the bin. Read more
Drexel and Salus Universities have decided to proceed with a merger
The presidents of Drexel and Salus Universities announced Tuesday that they will proceed with a merger of the two institutions and will aim to have it take effect next summer. Read more
Gov. Abbott signs Texas law banning biological men from female collegiate sports
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday signed into law legislation that prohibits biological men from competing in women’s collegiate sports. Read more
