Professors receive $11K for ‘anti-racist’ preschool program
A pair of education professors received $11,000 to develop a preschool curriculum meant to teach kids how to fight racism. Read more
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A New Center to Overcome Old Stigmas
Formerly incarcerated students with college degrees struggle to find jobs because of their criminal records. A new center wants to change that. Read more
Is MIT an outlier in bringing back test scores or are other colleges following its lead?
It’s dean of admission can’t explain the ‘why’ in the university’s decision, but it is based on the math. Read more
Teach UK students about China to tackle knowledge ‘deficit’, say experts
Experts have called for additional government funding to build “China competency” in the UK education system in the face of “a severe national deficit” in China literacy and Mandarin speakers. Read more
Church leaders object to keeping slave trader memorial in Cambridge college chapel
Leading black figures in the Church of England including two prominent bishops are among more than 160 signatories to a letter objecting to a recent judgment that a memorial to the slave trader Tobias Rustat should remain in the chapel at Jesus College, Cambridge. Read more
Concerned Women for America files Title IX complaint against UPenn over Lia Thomas
Concerned Women for America (CWFA) has filed a Title IX complaint against University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) after UPenn swimmer Lia Thomas won a national title at the 2022 NCAA Women's Swimming Championship. Read more
Virginia Military Institute alumni launch full-scale assault against school’s DEI plans
As the Virginia Military Institute continues to march toward the implementation of diversity, equity and inclusion programming on campus, a battalion of its alumni have launched something of a blitzkrieg against those plans. Read more
Ukrainian, Russian Students Face Financial Woes in U.S.
Russia’s war against Ukraine has created financial uncertainty for students from both countries. Colleges are scrambling to help, while donors are more sympathetic to the Ukrainians. Read More
Could legalizing marijuana possibly be a big help for college admissions?
AdobeStock “It won’t hurt and it might help”—that’s how a pair of researchers characterizes the impact that state legalization of recreational marijuana has on college admissions. Read more
The Redefinition of Rigor
As colleges quickly moved classes online two years ago, professors went into emergency mode. To keep the ship of their course afloat, some were willing to jettison all kinds of cargo: traditional exams, hard deadlines, chunks of content. Some found it freeing to sail on with less baggage. Read More
