Judging a Degree by the program, not the College
Two new studies examine which degree programs at which institutions offer graduates the best chance of recouping their costs and repaying their loans. Read more
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Why so few conservative student clubs? Faculty are unwilling to sponsor them.
Students at Texas A&M, University of Arkansas, and Miami Dade College report being unable to find faculty advisors for their clubs. Read more
China moves to halt universities’ eastern branch campus rush
Ministry of Education says it does not ‘support or encourage’ institutions setting up outposts beyond their home province Read more
A 12-year-old genius soaring college: “I just get the information quickly”
Whip Smart Kids apply to Georgia Institute of Technology every year. But no one is like Caleb Anderson. He is 12 years old. “I’m not really smart,” he told correspondent Mark Strassmann. “I only get the information quickly, so the faster I learn, the faster I can move on.” Read more
Retroactive cancelation: College apologizes for operetta it staged 11 years ago, deletes old photos of it
The president of Muhlenberg College on Monday publicly apologized for its 2010 production of the operetta “The Mikado” and deleted all photos of the performance from its website. Read more
The Case for Reinstatement
In the latest development in a long-running case, a federal appeals court orders Southeastern Oklahoma State University to rehire and award tenure to a professor who says she was denied tenure and fired for transitioning to a woman. Read more
Chinese universities ticked off for ideological education ‘gaps’
Inspectors tell Ministry of Education to ‘study deeply and systematically about Xi Jinping’s thoughts on education’ Read more
Taliban say women can study at university but classes must be segregated
Women in Afghanistan will be allowed to study in universities as the country seeks to rebuild after decades of war but gender-segregation and Islamic dress code will be mandatory, the Taliban’s new Higher Education minister said on Sunday. Read more
‘What Cannot Be Tolerated’
Syracuse University offers full-throated defense for a professor targeted for her views about Sept. 11, prompting other academics to wonder why more institutions don’t defend even divisive scholars in this way. Read more
74% of professors targeted for unpopular speech or research end up punished by administrators
Attempts to sanction scholars for their speech, research or teaching practices has skyrocketed since 2015, with about three in four campaigns leading to some form of professional sanction — including termination — according to a new report by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education. Read more
