Soros university network ‘to build resilience and sustainability’
Vice-chancellor of new global alliance says network will involve ‘multilayered cooperation’ and different levels of membership
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Texas State assignment asks future teachers to argue ‘whiteness is a construct of privilege’
Students studying to become teachers at Texas State University who take the course “Public Education in a Multicultural Society” are required to complete a series of assignments on “whitene
College cancels class for day-long ‘diversity’ event
Butler University's arts college canceled classes for a day to hold a diversity and inclusion workshop.
School district scraps traditional ‘A-F’ grading system for kinder, gentler model
New grading scales obscure a child’s true performance
Time for a Tune-Up?
During the last decade, historians worked together to commonly define graduates' desired skills, knowledge and "habits of mind." Here's what that "tuning" accomplished -- and where it fell short.
Scientists offered €1,000 to publish null results
A German research institute is offering scientists a €1,000 (£847) bonus if they publish null results or a replication study as part of its bid to reshape academic incentives.
Harvard’s China ties are even stronger than you thought
A recent analysis by Bloomberg showed that Harvard University has received millions of dollars from China in the last six years.
Georgetown libraries remove dozens of novels that offend some students
When the staff at an “independent journal of politics and world affairs” complain to Georgetown University officials, they get results.
Activists turn attention to higher ed funding
Lawmakers should include an additional $125 million for public higher education in next year’s budget, advocates said Tuesday, telling stories of full-time students working multiple jobs, adjunct professors struggling to get by, and adult workers overloaded with student loan debt.
Growing Federal Subsidies for Graduate Loan Debt
Almost half of federal student loans are being repaid through more generous income-driven repayment plans, new data show, with 80 percent of government subsidies now going to graduate student borrowers.
