Spring Enrollment Takes a Plunge
Community colleges continued to see the largest enrollment declines this fall, with 9.5 percent fewer students enrolled. Experts say two-year colleges have focused on retaining existing students this year.
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MIT still No. 1, but U.S. universities fall in world rankings
Harvard, Caltech, Cornell and Duke all experience significant drops while internationals move up
Graduates face highest unemployment rate since austerity era – report
Unemployment among recent graduates has risen to levels last seen during the austerity era, with young people worst affected by job shortages due to the pandemic, according to official data.
Native American tribes quarrel with colleges over land, free tuition
Campus conversations regarding reparations for African Americans in the U.S. have made headlines. Much less in the limelight are discussions about compensation for Native Americans for perceived stolen land.
Be there or be square: the strange art of lecturing
A PowerPoint marathon or a ‘captured’ lecture will always be a pale imitation of a live experience, in which an expert practitioner taps into ‘the dangerous energy of all those watching eyes’
Albion College makes Kendi’s ‘How to Be an Antiracist’ required reading for first-year students
Ibram X. Kendi will be visiting the college on September 20 after incoming students have read his book over the summer.
New movement teaches American kids how to think, not what to think
An American educator is persuading schools to implement viewpoint diversity in the classroom.
European researchers ‘losing interest’ in UK university jobs
Headhunters and scientists have reported waning interest in UK research roles, citing high cost of visas and healthcare as a key deterrent
Legislating Against Critical Race Theory
More than a dozen states considered or passed legislation targeting critical race theory this year. How has this academic concept become so politicized?
UVA to remove Revolutionary War officer’s statue, erase inscription on its Whispering Wall
On the same day that the University of Virginia’s Board of Visitors endorsed a new statement on freedom of expression and freedom of inquiry, it also announced that it’s putting its statue of Revolutionary War officer George Rogers Clark in storage and erasing an inscription on its Whispering Wall.
