Parents, Loans and Fairness
The rising cost of college has led to an increase in parents taking out student loans for their children. Should these loans be canceled?
The world.edu network focuses on education, science, innovation and the environment.
Here you can submit and vote on the best content from the world’s leading organisations and websites.
How 3 colleges are preparing for a ‘demographic pothole’
High school graduates expected to peak at 4 million in 2025 before hitting a 'demographic pothole'
Colleges closed many campus services during pandemic…but still charged students for them
Lawsuits across the country have been filed against colleges for charging students fees for services that were cut off during the pandemic.
UCLA faculty collective demands campus policing be defunded, abolished
An effort underway at UCLA led by a faculty coalition is calling for administrators to defund and abolish police activity on campus.
Record one in three UK students gain first-class degree in 2020
High of 35% comes after universities adopt ‘no detriment’ approach to results during Covid pandemic
Did a Journal Editor Publish Someone Else’s Work as His Own?
Springer is investigating allegations of “middle school” plagiarism against an editor of one of its journals. In a strange tale, the editor is accused of working with a pair of researchers who eventually pulled their paper from consideration -- and then publishing much of that paper later, naming himself and a retired judge from Arizona with no academic publication record as the sole co-author.
Portland college offers free tuition to Black and Native American students
Wayfinding Academy began the free tuition program last August, as an extension of the institution’s mission to focus on equity and centering students.
Biden’s Education Department looks to ditch accreditor of seemingly fake school
At its essence, a college accreditor ensures that the schools receiving federal financial aid dollars are providing an education to students that can lead to a good jobs that help pay those student loan bills.
California prof: Heterosexuality is ‘tragic’
A University of California-Riverside professor spoke out against heterosexuality, calling it a "tragedy."
Cornell receives $5 million to study nativism, ‘racialized violence’
Cornell University recently announced that the university has received a $5 million grant from the Mellon Foundation to study the link between migration and racism.
