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Princeton history prof: Trump is a ‘greater danger’ than notorious segregationist
Princeton history professor Kevin M. Kruse compared President Donald Trump to former Alabama governor and prominent segregationist George C. Wallace.
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Major universities are starting to offer cannabis degree programs
A big challenge for employers in the nearly $14 billion global market for legal marijuana is not a shortage of applicants but the shortage of qualified applicants.
How free college works in a red state like Texas
Free college has become a progressive hallmark for Democrats vying for the US White House in 2020. Practically all of the top contenders back some form of tuition-free higher education, one response to the country’s $1.5 trillion student debt problem.
Call for global overhaul of research evaluation gaining traction
‘Hong Kong Principles’ aim to tackle ‘perverse incentives’ in metrics-based policies and university promotion criteria
A Reckoning for 2U, and OPMs?
After online program management company 2U talked openly about its challenges, the company’s stock plummeted. Analysts say the company, and others like it, are down but not out.
Professor wins settlement blocking forced union dues
Evidently, if you’re a dues-paying member of a California teachers’ union, you can’t check out any time you want. At least that’s what the union bosses declared.
‘Greedy colleges’ not off the hook for latest college admissions scam, scholar says
Wealthy parents are giving up custody of their own children in order to receive financial aid and evade extra costs.
A Welcome Message, or a Warning?
A State Department official says Chinese students are welcome. She also speaks of Chinese propaganda and influence activities on U.S. campuses, and of academic espionage.
Professor runs for Parliament to save universities from themselves: ‘We have a crisis of courage’
David Haskell tried to promote freedom of expression at Canada’s Wilfrid Laurier University by working from the inside, with little to show for it.
Prof: The concept of American exceptionalism is ‘absurd’
A Simmons University professor dismissed the concept of American exceptionalism as "absurd," when commenting on the election of Boris Johnson as prime minister in the U.K.
