Taliban seeks to turn fighters into faculty as exams scrapped
Move by Afghan government ‘opens door’ for more of its supporters to become lecturers, scholars fear Read more
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Legal letter sent to Western Michigan University for ‘intimidating’ libertarian students
Western Michigan University officials said they are looking into allegations of free speech violations against a student libertarian group after school administrators allegedly had an “intimidating interaction” with the activists. Read more
50 shell-shocked teachers, staff flee chaotic Florida school district
Violent and disrespectful classroom behaviour has led to a staggering 50 teachers and bus drivers to quit a US school district in the last two years. Read more
Companies ditch four-year degree requirement
Campus Reform Higher Education Fellow Nicholas Giordano appeared on Wilkow! to discuss how major U.S. companies are dropping their requirement to have four-year degrees. Read more
Students of color allowed ‘safe space’ without white males at Pomona College
A Students of Color Alliance lounge that requires students fill out a form listing what identity-based group they belong to before being granted electronic ID card swipe access to the venue has been established at an elite private college in Southern California. Read more
Is a deal between 44 Texas Colleges and Elsevier ‘historic’?
Some laud the agreement. Others say it falls short. If nothing else, the deal offers an example of how a collection of colleges is navigating a tense academic publishing ecosystem. Read more
Brown University bans caste discrimination throughout campus in a first for the Ivy League
Brown University now explicitly prohibits discrimination on the basis of caste, joining a number of US colleges and universities in shoring up protections against an ill-understood, insidious form of oppression. Read more
63% of U.S. college students felt ‘intimidated’ against sharing opinion in class: survey
A record number of college students reported fear of sharing an opinion in the classroom that might differ from their peers, according to the William F. Buckley, Jr. Program’s eighth annual survey. Read more
Walking a mile in someone else’s gown
Undergraduate graduation regalia can cost over $100, doctoral regalia as much as $1,000. To ease the financial burden on students, some institutions are asking alumni for donations. Read more
Financially strapped Cazenovia College to close at end of 2022-23 school year
Climbing inflation and falling enrollment are among the financial pressures forcing Cazenovia College to close permanently in spring 2023. Leaders of the nearly 200-year-old private college outside Syracuse, New York, said in Wednesday’s closure announcement that enrollment has plunged by more than 40% since peaking at just under 1,000 students. Read more
