Higher education giving hits all-time high in 2019
Higher education fundraising hit a record $49.6 billion, driven by an increase in donations from organizations and foundations,
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Number of professors allegedly in cahoots with communist China quickly mounts
More and more proffessors and university faculty are being revealed to be linked to Chinese government information efforts.
This Catholic college’s health insurance plan covers abortion. Does it violate church teaching?
A Catholic college’s student health insurance plan offers what appears to be somewhat broad coverage for abortion procedures, even though the Catholic Church explicitly forbids that practice outside of a few extremely narrow technical ranges.
Mass resignations at Wiley journal over academic independence
Former editors-in-chief at European Law Journal say the departure of editorial boards raises issue about ‘who owns’ scholarly journals
Self-driving delivery van ditches ‘human controls’
The first self-driving vehicle designed without basic human controls such as steering wheels, pedals or side view mirrors has been granted permission to test on US roa
Newly mandated UCLA diversity training tells students not to say ‘lame,’ ‘insane’
A campus-wide training module was sent out to share “key definitions and ideas."
Will Sino-Australian academic ties weather the political storm?
Australia’s teaching and research relationships with China are becoming increasingly overshadowed by rising geopolitical tensions.
At ‘Undoing Racism’ workshop, participants told ‘all white people are racist’
The People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond’s “Undoing Racism” workshop, hosted on various college campuses and other community locations across the nation, works to end systemic racism and institutional oppression.
Diversity and the curriculum
Syracuse grapples with how to meaningfully educate students about equity and inclusion.
More states address apprenticeship policies
State lawmakers are turning more toward apprenticeships as a strategy to tackle the skills gap, according to an annual report on states’ career and technical education policies.
