U.S. businesses and universities defend STEM OPT in court
The legal threat to Optional Practical Training (OPT) in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) fields has returned.
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Remote and rural
The Maine Community College System will train hundreds of rural students in remote work skills as the pandemic continues to shift the American job landscape.
Cut the hype surrounding highest scorers
The 10.78 million students who sat this year's national college entrance exam, or gaokao, earlier this month have now received their scores.
US backing for university-led regional technology hubs ‘notable’
Calls to use US federal research spending in universities to boost heartland regions gain political traction
Towson Renames Dorms Named for Slave Owners
Towson University announced that it will rename two dormitories whose names honor slaveholders, The Baltimore Sun reported. The university will now select new names for the facilities.
Department of Education has let colleges off the hook for $1 billion owed to taxpayers
The federal government has failed to collect more than $1 billion in fines and other money owed by colleges, most of which is owed by for-profit institutions, according to a report released by a non-profit advocacy group.
Professors no longer want to talk about their claims that legally armed students pose a danger
Kansas Democratic Governor Laura Kelly recently vetoed legislation that would allow 18-year-olds to conceal carry guns and said “more guns on campus is neither safe nor effective.”
OOPS: Brandeis University uses words from own ‘Oppressive Language List’ on their website
After breaking the Brandeis 'Oppressive Language List' story, 'Campus Reform' discovered that the university uses the 'offensive' words widely on its website.
SD universities will stay marijuana-free, regardless of medical marijuana program
South Dakota’s public universities won’t allow medical marijuana use on campuses or at university-sponsored events, the state Board of Regents decided.
Structural racism controversy forces resignations of two white professors from top medical journal
June 30 will mark the final day for Dr. Howard Bauchner as editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American Medical Association, as the professor of pediatrics and community health sciences at Boston University was forced to resign due to a controversy over structural racism.
