Coming back from burnout: ‘every academic has a story to tell’
Author hopes her experiences battling burnout as an academic can inspire others to find ways to cope Read more
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Yeshiva University puts all student club activities on hold
New York’s Yeshiva University announced Friday that it would put all undergraduate club activities on hold, days after losing a bid to have the US Supreme Court block a court order that requires the university to recognize an LGBTQ student club, an attorney for the club said. Read more
U of Kansas Can’t Ban Handguns Around Combustibles
The University of Kansas may not ban handguns, even where combustible materials such as rocket fuel are stored, according to the Lawrence Journal-World. Read more
Pro-abortion student blames ‘capitalism,’ ‘patriarchy’ for Roe v. Wade’s demise
Pro-life and pro-choice students clashed at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) University Center mall on Sept. 7 in response to the overturn of Roe v. Wade. Read more
‘Rapid acceleration’ in US school book censorship leads to 2,500 bans in a year
There is a “rapid acceleration” of book censorship occurring across the US, with more than 2,500 different book bans taking place over the past school year, a new report has found. Read more
Emporia State will cut dozens of faculty and staff positions in university restructure
In what university officials acknowledge will be deeply unpopular cuts, Emporia State University will begin a process of sweeping changes to the university’s program offerings after receiving the all-clear from the Kansas Board of Regents. Read more
A women’s College goes Coed, and ‘chaos ensues’
Notre Dame of Maryland University abruptly announced it would begin admitting male undergraduates next fall to combat enrollment declines. Backlash from students and alumnae was swift. Read more
Rise of Swedish right tipped to turn off international scholars
Voters have granted the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats party national influence for the first time, raising concerns for universities already tied up in red tape over international recruitment. Read more
UMich ‘anti-racism grants’ include $50,000 for ‘anti-Blackness’ in engineering study
Eight research teams at the University of Michigan received funding for their projects aimed at exploring “persistent racial disparities embedded in systems ranging from health, education and wealth to criminal justice and infrastructure.” Read more
‘Spaces Matter’
Limited access to active learning spaces may disproportionately hurt historically excluded groups, and institutions should build more of these spaces in the name of equity, according to a new study. Where does higher ed stand on next-generation learning spaces? Read more
