‘Death by a Thousand Cuts’
Teacher education programs were facing major problems even before the pandemic, but are they dying of natural causes or being killed off? Either way, what's lost when they go away for good?
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Brown University students want Roman statues removed because they promote ‘white supremacy’
A Brown University student group, Decolonization at Brown, wants the school to remove two Roman statues displayed on campus, claiming the statues represent white supremacy and colonialism.
UW-Madison student gov votes to remove Lincoln statue, a ‘remnant’ of ‘white supremacy’
The University of Wisconsin-Madison student government approved a resolution calling for the removal of a statue of Abraham Lincoln on campus.
Half of all US adults say colleges that brought students back to campus made the right decision
As colleges and universities deal with coronavirus outbreaks, the question of whether these institutions made the right decision in bringing students back on campus continues to be a topic of national conversation.
MSU ‘eliminates’ the terms ‘foreign’ and ‘alien’
The Michigan State University Provost said the school would no longer use the terms "foreign" or "alien."
Five months later, and GWU still has not reaffixed beheaded George Washington monument
It’s been five months since George Washington University found a bust of its namesake and the nation’s first president on the ground.
Missing freshers leave US colleges with big costs and few answers
With government aid lacking, institutions struggle to identify winning strategies
Black Workers and the University
Black workers at universities are among the most vulnerable people on campuses. But they often are left out of conversations about racial justice.
Online learning, women seeking Executive MBAs rise
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to push business leaders seeking education to remote instruction
House committee subpoenas Education Department staff over for-profit colleges
Democrats on the House Education Committee have issued subpoenas for several career staff at the Department of Education as the panel investigates the owner of several for-profit colleges.
