Northern Arizona president creates scholarship ‘especially’ for ‘those who identify as Black’
Northern Arizona University’s president is personally behind a scholarship that appears to only be available to black students. Read more
Why you are probably sitting down for too long
In the office, on transport, at home…Sitting down is ingrained in most peoples' days. But, due in part to vascular dysfunction, staying sedentary for too long can increase the risk of serious health conditions like cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. Read more
Harris Has Championed Loan Forgiveness, For-Profit Crackdowns and Free College
She could become the first HBCU graduate in the Oval Office—and would likely build on the Biden administration’s ambitious higher ed agenda. Read more
Goldsmiths under siege: can a once-radical university survive?
College says latest round of cuts will secure its future but academics wonder whether much of what made the institution special will be left Read more
Spellbooks, rituals, ‘demonology,’ Taylor Swift rumors: Classes on witchcraft abound this fall
Universities are offering a variety of classes on witchcraft and magic this fall, including courses that will examine tarot cards, create spellbooks, and analyze why people accuse Taylor Swift of sorcery. Read more
CrowdStrike IT outage affected 8.5 million Windows devices, Microsoft says
Microsoft says it estimates that 8.5m computers around the world were disabled by the global IT outage. Read more
Biden, an Education President
He stepped down from the Democratic ticket Sunday. What will happen to his ambitious plans to reshape higher education and fix the student loan system? Read more
Given a choice, students pick a harder assignment
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University find that giving students more control increases the time they spend studying and improves their performance in tasks Read more
Sharp increase in pupils suspended or excluded from schools in England
Teachers struggling with disruptive and violent behaviour as record 787,000 pupils suspended in 2022-23 Read more
Challenging Biden’s Title IX rewrite easier with Chevron now gone, law professors say
The Supreme Court recently overturned the Chevron deference, which gives states more power against federal authority and means the 26 Republican state attorneys general working to block President Joe Biden’s pro-transgender Title IX revisions will have a much harder time now, law professors say. Read more
