WashU prof wants a COVID relief plan ‘specifically for racial minorities’
A Washington University in St. Louis sociology professor called for a COVID-19 relief plan “specifically for racial minorities.”
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Facebook censors Catholic professor’s book on ‘toxic femininity’
Facebook has censored posts promoting a book from a Catholic professor that criticized feminism.
Gavin Williamson plans phased return to English universities in March
Education secretary targets 8 March but vice-chancellors warn Covid will keep most students away
A spike in cheating since the move to remote?
New research finds jump in number of questions submitted to "homework help" website Chegg after start of pandemic, an increase the authors say is very likely linked to rise in cheating.
For-profit colleges brace for reckoning in Biden era
After years of deregulation by the Trump administration, for-profit colleges are bracing for a major reckoning as consumer advocates and lawmakers pressure the Biden administration to take action.
Tufts University promotes ‘retreat’ to ‘root out racism’ among ‘White Christian folks’
Tufts University promoted an event titled “Rooting Out Racism: An Online Retreat for White Christian Folks."
A pool of drool: A student’s perspective on required twice weekly saliva COVID testing
If you approached me last year at this time and told me my school was going to require each of its 45,000 students to spit in a cup twice a week, I simply would not have believed you.
International students locked out of Australia by pandemic switch to UK and US
With Australia’s borders all but closed, many young people who long dreamed of an antipodean education are going elsewhere
News Print Biden’s Higher Ed Team Takes Shape
The president's nominees for Education Department have records of advocating for student borrowers and close ties to progressive senators Warren and Sanders.
University of Illinois settles speech code lawsuit before Supreme Court can review case
About a year and a half after students sued the University of Illinois for policies that allegedly infringe on their First and Fourteenth Amendment rights, the parties have settled the case.
