US universities beg Congress to limit student athlete pay
NCAA wants federal intervention as states move to allow profit-making by collegiate sports stars
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Sun sets on Reddit Secret Santa
Reddit is "sunsetting" its annual Secret Santa gift exchange and Reddit Gifts, with this year's being the last.
Spring Enrollment Takes a Plunge
Community colleges continued to see the largest enrollment declines this fall, with 9.5 percent fewer students enrolled. Experts say two-year colleges have focused on retaining existing students this year.
MIT still No. 1, but U.S. universities fall in world rankings
Harvard, Caltech, Cornell and Duke all experience significant drops while internationals move up
Graduates face highest unemployment rate since austerity era – report
Unemployment among recent graduates has risen to levels last seen during the austerity era, with young people worst affected by job shortages due to the pandemic, according to official data.
Native American tribes quarrel with colleges over land, free tuition
Campus conversations regarding reparations for African Americans in the U.S. have made headlines. Much less in the limelight are discussions about compensation for Native Americans for perceived stolen land.
Be there or be square: the strange art of lecturing
A PowerPoint marathon or a ‘captured’ lecture will always be a pale imitation of a live experience, in which an expert practitioner taps into ‘the dangerous energy of all those watching eyes’
Facebook remote working plan extended to all staff for long term
Facebook will let all employees who can work away from the office do so after the Covid pandemic is over.
Albion College makes Kendi’s ‘How to Be an Antiracist’ required reading for first-year students
Ibram X. Kendi will be visiting the college on September 20 after incoming students have read his book over the summer.
New movement teaches American kids how to think, not what to think
An American educator is persuading schools to implement viewpoint diversity in the classroom.
