What COVID-19 taught us about creating community
The embrace of technology tools while building learning for the future has made higher education much stronger. Read more
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Duke, Princeton, more universities impose delays, new restrictions due to Omicron
Duke, Princeton, Oakland, and Christopher Newport University all announced some form of new restrictions before the spring semester commences. Read more
UK ‘missing out on talent’ as eastern European enrolment plummets
Figures suggest just a tenth of previous entrant numbers from some countries got a study visa Read more
Rhetorical war over online versus in-personinstruction
The chancellor of Northeastern University described in-person learning as “the gold standard,” sparking outcry from administrators of online education who strongly disagree. Read more
Cleveland law school may strip Chief Justice John Marshall from name
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law has initiated a discussion about changing its name amid growing concerns that Chief Justice John Marshall aggressively supported slavery. Read more
Where will these ‘unentitled’ kids go to college?
Sacred are the high school college counselors and teachers who mentor their students during their lunch breaks, after school and on their Thanksgiving break such as Lynda McGee, the college counselor at Downtown Magnets. (“The unentitled kids: California’s new generation of star college applicants,” Dec. 29) Read more
These universities feel better restarting in person, even with COVID-19 raging
The University of Oregon and Oregon State University kicked off live classes on Monday, two in a long list of higher education institutions that have decided to open 2022 semesters in person rather than online. Read more
Can students guess which words colleges don’t want them to say?
Colleges and professional organizations around the United States issue politically correct inclusive language guides. Read more
Schools in England may suspend certain subjects to cope with Covid
Schools in England could suspend the teaching of specialist subjects such as music as part of emergency timetable changes to cope with soaring Covid-related absence rates among staff, headteachers have been advised. Read more
DEI takeover of STEM hinders ability ‘to produce the best science,’ say scientists
In December, Stanford University’s Department of Computer Science released a statement on the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict accompanied by an anti-racism toolkit comprised of images of what looks like the reading list for a racial studies course. Read more
