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Top digital journalism professor at Columbia calls for censorship of conservative media
The top digital journalism professor at Columbia University recently called for some center-right news outlets to be censored in the name of cracking down on misinformation.
How one university turned a surplus of food into a solution
Northwestern Dining recovered excess food prepared for quarantined students at the start of the year and helped get thousands of meals to those in need across Chicago.
Call to end gender quotas in Chinese university admissions
Female students face barriers in fields such as military studies and mining
‘MOOCs failed, short courses won’
Education-technology company Coursera launched a bid to become a publicly traded company last week, giving industry experts a glimpse at its financial inner workings. The company is losing money, but it might be finding a way to monetize MOOCs.
Nearly three dozen Stanford programs discriminate against males, complaint alleges
Adam Kissel only started filing Title IX complaints against college programs that allegedly discriminate against men in the past few months, but he’s especially shocked about his latest target.
Ohio university student dies after alleged alcohol-related hazing incident
Bowling Green State University places the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity on interim suspension after Stone Foltz, 20, dies
University of Michigan locks out students who violated COVID-19 testing protocols
The University of Michigan has deactivated Mcard access to non-residential buildings for 375 undergraduate students after they failed to comply with the school’s mandatory COVID testing requirements.
Recruitment strategies for the Humanities
Humanities programs are hurting and in some cases fighting for survival. A new report shows they are not passive victims and that many have robust strategies to attract students.
UCF hit with free speech lawsuit over its bias response team, speech code
A lawsuit has been filed against the University of Central Florida alleging that its speech policies are suppressing students’ abilities to express their opinions on political and social issues.
