Berkeley (Finally) Agrees to Make Online Content Accessible
Disability rights advocates welcome news of Berkeley’s consent decree with the Justice Department, which many consider long overdue. Read more
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Scholar’s ‘Abolish the Family’ speech hosted at UMass Boston
Hillary Clinton once famously wrote a book titled “It Takes A Village.” One feminist scholar is taking that argument one step further, arguing children should be raised by society rather than just their parents. Read more
Students plan to shut down Mike Pence speech tonight
Georgetown University (GU) students in Washington D.C. are plotting to disrupt Mike Pence’s on-campus speech tonight, a screenshot obtained by Campus Reform confirms. Read more
Hundreds of schools in England lose outstanding status after reinspection
Hundreds of schools in England have been downgraded by Ofsted after being reinspected for the first time in years. Read more
Can High Schoolers save the Community College?
Even as total community college enrollment has fallen, the number of dual-enrolled high school students has grown. Is it enough to sustain the long-suffering two-year institution? Read more
Esa mulls Solaris plan to beam solar energy from space
Space chiefs are to investigate whether electricity could be beamed wirelessly from orbit into millions of homes. Read more
The incredible shrinking future of college
In 2021, Shippensburg University won the NCAA Division II Field Hockey championship, completing an undefeated season with a 3-0 victory over archrival West Chester. Read more
University changes ‘Thanksgiving Closure’ to ‘Fall Break’
University of Alaska Southeast (UAS) removed “Thanksgiving Closure” from its calendar in place of “Fall Break” at the alleged urging of a university professor. Read more
Painting of old white men smoking cigars taken down after female scholar complains
A painting of old white men smoking cigars by acclaimed contemporary Dutch painter Rein Dool has been taken down at Leiden University in the Netherlands, reportedly the result of a complaint by a female grad student. Read more
Yale and Harvard law schools withdraw from US News rankings
In the most dramatic rebuke of the US News & World Report’s colleges and universities rankings to date, Yale and Harvard announced on Wednesday they will stop participating in the magazine’s law school rankings, citing frustrations with the list’s methodology. Read more
