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Harvard professors receive $7.5 million for ‘Reimagining Capitalism’ research
A pair of Harvard University professors have received $7.5 million from the Hewlett Foundation for a “Reimagining the Economy Project.” Read more
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Do Academic Boycotts Work?
Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine raises the question to the globally interconnected world of academe. Read more
‘Robbed of hope’: Afghan girls denied an education struggle with depression
There was an English exam under way when news began to circulate that the Taliban had reached Kabul. Panic spread and Yamna was among the students who never finished that exam paper – and never returned to school. Read more
Florida Memorial lays off four tenured professors, discontinues 16 degree programs
Lawyer says, 'There was no cause for terminating any of them. There was no discipline, no notice.' Read more
Doncaster sets ‘paradigm shift’ for ‘sticky’ lifelong learning
South Yorkshire town without university plots recovery from deindustrialisation via innovation and skills ‘ecosystem’, winning OECD praise Read more
Princeton professor argues America is irredeemably racist, must be refounded
‘At every moment when a new America seems to be about to be born, the umbilical cord of white supremacy is wrapped around the baby’s neck, choking the life out of it’ Read more
Appeals Court Revives COVID Lawsuits
A federal appeals court partially reversed a lower court ruling against students seeking refunds from American University and George Washington University for moving online during COVID-19. Read more
Online university fined $22M for misleading students
A California judge has ordered an online, for-profit university and its former parent company to pay $22 million in penalties, saying they mislead students about the costs of their education, among other things, the state’s attorney general announced Monday. Read more
This is how ‘Marxist working groups’ operate in higher education
The Interdisciplinary Marxist Working Group at the University of California, Berkeley, focuses on the 'ongoing relevance of Marxism to the current historical moment, as an explicitly global project.' Read more
‘Earning Is More Important Than Learning’
The authors of a new book discuss how higher education lost its way and what institutions need to do to get back to their mission of transforming students’ lives. Read more
