To promote ‘diversity,’ schools remove word ‘women’ from clinic names
The Pat Walker Health Center at the University of Arkansas recently announced it would change the name of the campus “Women’s Clinic” to the “GYN Clinic.” Read more
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The Pat Walker Health Center at the University of Arkansas recently announced it would change the name of the campus “Women’s Clinic” to the “GYN Clinic.” Read more
Universities must ‘recalibrate promotion criteria’ to place more value on teaching, says scholar Read more
Can universities and colleges do more to identify and re-enroll people who attended college but dropped out before earning a certificate, or an associate or bachelor’s degree? Read more
The number of students who left college before earning a credential continued to rise during the last two years. Read more
Universities might start to think about crafting and socializing a compelling research narrative much like they would a fundraising campaign narrative. Read more
The class of 2022 at Wiley College, a historically black college in Texas, learned at their commencement ceremony that an anonymous donor had paid off their entire combined debt balance. Read more
Faculty members at the Peralta Community College District mourn hundreds of cut courses and laid-off adjuncts. Administrators say enrollment declines leave them no choice. Read more
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As the Biden administration promises a decision on whether it will cancel student loans, the White House continues to float idea after idea for what it might do. Read more
Universities across England have come out against proposals for limiting student numbers and access to loans, describing the plans as likely to crush aspirations and entrench disadvantage. Read more