Walmart targets college grads for $210K store manager gigs
Participants will receive a mix of classroom lessons, individual mentorship and hands-on experience in store management. Read more
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Young Adults Take Longer to Get Good Jobs
Two new reports from Georgetown University find that more young adults with college degrees end up with “good jobs,” but it takes them longer to get there than previous generations. Read more
UNC-Chapel Hill journalism school denied full accreditation for lacking racial diversity
A national journalism accreditation organization has denied the Hussman School of Journalism and Media at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill full accreditation because the school has fallen short on measures meant to promote racial diversity. Read more
More Chinese receive higher education
A total of 240 million Chinese people have received higher education as a result of the country's historic strides in tertiary education development over the past decade, a senior education official said on Tuesday. Read more
Rebranding maths as numeracy? It doesn’t add up
Two government advisers claim the subject seems ‘scary’ and ‘hard’, while academics warn of ‘mathematics anxiety’. Would changing a few names really help? Read more
3 higher education space-planning trends to watch
In almost all cases, higher ed space-planning teams are being asked to connect their budgets to the student experience, and this means rethinking traditional space allocation. Read more
Tracking the evolution (and erosion) of tenure
AAUP finds tenured faculty lines declined dramatically since 2004, but many institutions have updated their tenure policies to account for diversity work and work-life balance. Read more
New ‘White Student Accountability Group’ is part of a nationwide trend
Turning Point USA obtained an email sent by the University of South Carolina’s College of Social Work that announced the creation of the "White Student Accountability Group." Read more
‘Northern powerhouse’: Northumbria University climbs research rankings
The north-east of England has gained a “northern research powerhouse” to rival anything outside London, according to the vice-chancellor of the University of Northumbria after his institution rocketed up national research rankings. Read more
While Iowa law bans CRT in campus trainings, it’s still taught inside the classroom
While critics of bans on critical race theory in higher education have claimed such laws would prohibit professors’ academic freedom, one class at the University of Iowa illustrates scholars are still very free to teach students about the controversial topic. Read more
