How the abnormal gets normalised – and what to do about it
As we browse the news, it's easy to become desensitised to awful events. Amanda Ruggeri explores the psychology, and the steps you can take to avoid it happening. Read more
West Virginia’s ‘Restoring Sanity Act’ would redirect money from DEI brainwashing to ‘merit scholarships’
West Virginia public officials are considering a bill to ban public funding for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs in state colleges and universities. Read more
US set to tighten university accreditation rules
As online delivery complicates quality assurance based on states and regions, Biden regulatory effort delves into difficulties of trade-offs Read more
UK funding crisis forces three more universities to cut jobs
Winchester, Surrey and Queen Mary latest to shed academic positions as industrial disputes heat up elsewhere Read more
Darwin’s plant specimens stored for 200 years to go on public display
Specimens collected on Voyage of the Beagle have been unearthed at Cambridge University archive Read more
Davidson College forces athletes to watch ‘only whites are racist’ video
Davidson College alumni are calling for change after student athletes recently were required to watch the video “I’m Not Racist … Am I?” which labels all white people as racists. Read more
What college leaders need to know about the career expectations for the class of ‘24
As the class of 2024 prepares to enter the workforce, one thing is clear for this cohort, most of whom entered college at the height of the pandemic: Life is more than a career. Read more
A FAFSA Fix for the Most Vulnerable Families Is a Work in Progress
The U.S. Department of Education on Tuesday announced that it had made long-awaited technical updates that would enable mixed-status families to submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA. Read more
Biden Administration wants Accreditors to set benchmarks for student outcomes
Advocates have argued for years that accreditors aren’t doing enough to ensure that students get the education they're paying for. Read more
University presses rack up legal bills over AI copyright breaches
London Book Fair discussion dominated by concern over large language models using published works without citations or remuneration to authors or publishing houses Read more
