At American University, faculty have filed more than 3,000 student ‘care reports’ over the past year
‘It is frightening to think of what could have happened,’ says provost
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Powered by Full Sail, esports flourishing in Orlando, Florida
The city’s lean toward new technology and the push from its universities have helped open the door for opportunities around competitive gaming
Virginia’s Fight Over Online Ed
Governor has proposed ending tuition assistance for students who take classes online, drawing intense criticism from Liberty University and its president, Jerry Falwell Jr.
Students call out California Dems for homelessness crisis
California is home to the largest homeless population in the country with more than 120,000 people on the streets and counting.
Wake Forest to cancel classes for ‘Inclusive Teaching Conference’
Wake Forest University will cancel classes for one day later this spring semester so professors can attend a diversity and inclusivity training at the private institution.
Another Art School Merger
The Watkins College of Art will merge with Belmont University later this year, joining a growing list of tiny colleges, particularly in the arts, that struggled to go it alone.
The perils confronting college study-abroad programs
A novel, potentially lethal virus in China. Bush fires in Australia. Political protests in Hong Kong.
Confucius Institute at Mizzou closes after pressure from Washington
The University of Missouri is the most recent American university to shutter its Confucius Institute.
‘Fixing Science’ conference called ‘dangerous’ for discussing problems with faculty research
The National Association of Scholars is facing accusations of harboring a “white supremacy agenda” and of being “dangerous” over the group’s upcoming conference that will explore how a massive amount of scientific findings published in peer-reviewed journals cannot be reproduced.
Lack of education, a way out of poverty, could ‘kill rural America’
The squeals of elementary students at recess and the occasional hiss of a tractor-trailer’s tires on the main drag serve as the only soundtrack as a quartet of high school students head for some fun away from school.
