Dollars trump diversity in international student recruitment
Focus on volume risks harming student experience and hoped-for revenues may not materialise, report warns Read more
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College application essays: Is it time for something new?
Intelligent’s report exposing the extent to which college hopefuls lie on their applications has led many admissions officials to reflect on what they could do to promote better practices among potential students. Read more
‘Re:mancipation’: Campus exhibit criticizes Lincoln Emancipation Proclamation statue
An exhibit in the University of Wisconsin’s Chazen Art Museum presents a critical eye toward the iconography of a historical statue dedicated to President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, which freed the slaves. Read more
Top 10 Chinese universities in Times World University Rankings
A total of 12 universities in the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong SAR entered the top 100 global ranking, with Tsinghua University taking the 16th spot, followed by Peking University at 17th and the University of Hong Kong at 31st, according to Times Higher Education World University Rankings. Read more
Oversight Coming for Online Program Providers
Colleges and universities that contract with an online program management company need to submit details about those arrangements by May 1. Read more
Fighting racism in STEMM
A new National Academies report recommends systemic changes to confront racism in science, technology, engineering, math and medicine disciplines. Read more
Virginia lawmakers pass college threat assessment legislation three months after deadly UVA shooting
On Monday, both chambers of Virginia’s General Assembly voted to pass the bill, which outlines how such institutions should respond to a dangerous threat on campus. The measure now awaits Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s (R) signature to become law. Read more
Whistleblower claims malpractice at university’s Transgender Center
On February 10, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey called for a moratorium on the Washington University in St. Lous Transgender Center after a whistleblower exposed alleged malpractice in the administering of puberty blockers and gender-affirming surgeries to minors, prompting an investigation. Read more
USF holds ‘Pride Belongs to the People’ event
On February 8, The University of South Florida (USF) held a “Pride Belongs to the People” photo exhibition, documenting “the struggles, circumstances and demands of LGBTQ+ activists in Johannesburg, South Africa, Taiwan, India, Cuba, and New York.” Read more
‘Cowering to politics’: how AP African American studies became the most controversial course in the US
Keziah Ridgeway says teaching African American history is about “being the teacher that I never had”. The Philadelphia public high school teacher remembers growing up learning a “sanitized” version of Black history: MLK, Rosa Parks, maybe Malcolm X. Read more
