Ministry to include disaster mitigation lessons in school curriculum
The Education and Culture ministry plans to include lessons on basic life skills, such as disaster mitigation and countering radicalism, in a new curriculum.
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Democrats unsure how far they can push higher education reform
With a renewed share of power, US Democrats promising help for universities and students confront Republicans and themselves
Colorado State pays ‘eco leaders’ to create ‘social justice’ project
Colorado State University pays "eco leaders" $2,000 annually to perform environmental and social justice advocacy on campus.
Too few black men are earning college degrees. Can Texas turn that around?
The numbers are staggeringly low: Only one college in Texas graduated more than 100 African-American men in 2016.
Berkeley researchers offer social media platforms easier way to censor
Researchers at the University of California-Berkeley are developing a tool that would utilize artificial intelligence to police online "hate speech."
Rutgers students earn credit for learning ‘resistance’
Rutgers University offers a course, titled “Practicing Social Justice," which teaches “nonviolent confrontational organizing” and “resistance strategies.”
Texas takes the next step to make college more affordable
In 2011, then-Texas Governor Rick Perry called on the Lone Star State’s public four-year universities to craft affordable bachelor’s degrees, what the Governor labeled at the time, “$10,000 degrees.”
Skipping free College and Federal loans
Some California community colleges are turning down state money for free tuition to avoid participating in the federal loan program.
Harvard decries ‘destructive’ new Trump admin policy
Harvard University signed a statement in late December denouncing U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen for a policy limiting the stay of international students in the country
Does Inclusiveness Include Nazis?
University of Massachusetts at Amherst has come under fire for asking a student to take down a poster from her dorm room that condemned Nazis using profanity, saying it was not "inclusive."
