Teaching modern languages without culture will harm global relations
Aberdeen’s proposal to close language degree programmes might save money but it will impoverish international understanding Read more
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Aberdeen’s proposal to close language degree programmes might save money but it will impoverish international understanding Read more
The student newspaper at Ashland University won greater editorial control following the intervention of a national free speech group. Read more
Texas A&M University’s governing board agreed Sunday to pay $75 million to buy out the remaining years on the contract of Jimbo Fisher, the football coach it fired after winning 45 of 70 games over the six years he was its coach. Read more
The University of Washington found race was “inappropriately considered” in a recent faculty hire, it admitted last month. Read more
Pushing back against the surge of misinformation online, California will now require all K-12 students to learn media literacy skills — such as recognizing fake news and thinking critically about what they encounter on the internet. Read more
Combining a series of methods for boosting research reproducibility found to produce huge gains in overall success Read more
Lotta Edholm aims to limit the profit-making ability of friskolor in her plans for education reform Read more
Oklahoma’s public universities have poured over $83.4 million into diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives over the last decade, leading critics — including some state lawmakers, conservative watchdogs and alumni — to call for DEI to be defunded in the Sooner State. Read more
Proposed legislation that would ostensibly revamp Ohio’s public higher education system is so highly contested that observers doubt it will pass anytime soon, even after repeated modifications. Read more
Henry Swieca accuses the Ivy League institution of being 'significantly compromised by a moral cowardice that appears beyond repair.' Read more