What’s driving up tuition, fees at many colleges? It’s this economic monster
Inflation is inflicting financial pain on families across the nation, and higher education is not immune. Read more
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The Corn Is Green review – an inspirational heart-warmer in praise of good education
Emlyn Williams’ 1938 play is a kind of Billy Elliot of the Valleys: the old-fashioned but hugely entertaining and affecting story of a Welsh miner’s son who escapes his class-bound home town with the help of a bold schoolteacher Read more
Mao bust removed from Washburn University following news report
Washburn University has removed a Mao Zedong bust displayed in the political science department following Campus Reform’s report on the object. Read more
UChicago student newspaper editors remove op-ed denouncing antisemitism from website
Student editors at the Chicago Maroon published a letter of apology for running an op-ed that condemned antisemitism and also removed the piece from their website. Read more
Creating a Friendlier Syllabus
Course syllabi set the tone for the whole semester. With the help of a new tool kit, some instructors are overhauling theirs to make them more welcoming, inclusive and focused on student success. Read more
Meet Edris, the big yellow school bus that roams Yemen’s refugee camps
Mobile classrooms are crossing deserts to reach some of the two million Yemeni children missing school due to the civil war Read more
California inmates study at first college based behind bars
A few feet away from California’s death row, students at one of the country’s most unique colleges discuss 9/11, morality, identity and nationalism. Read more
Course at Utah college lets class ‘watch pornographic films together’
Westminster College in Salt Lake City, Utah, offers a class on pornography in which students watch raunchy films as a group. Read more
Nadhim Zahawi warns of ‘systemic antisemitism’ within NUS
Nadhim Zahawi, the education secretary, said he was worried by allegations of “systemic antisemitism” within the National Union of Students, telling MPs that the government may sever links with the organisation unless it reforms. Read more
Changes in 2 Loan Programs
Education Department plans to forgive 40,000 student loans immediately and place 3.6 million borrowers three years closer to debt forgiveness. Reaction is mixed. Read more
