How colleges can leverage outdoor spaces to expand campus activity
Landscape design leader says colleges can boost their image by opening their palettes to exteriors. Read more
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Disadvantaged students take second degrees ‘in bid to close gap’
‘Equity’ students’ post-course outcomes slant towards further study rather than work, Australian research finds Read more
OSU elementary education program is obsessed with race, oppression, queer sexuality
Courses in Ohio State University’s Early Childhood Education program center around social justice and woke identity topics. Read more
Loyola law professor: ‘Covid vaccine exemptions should not exis
A professor and program director at a prominent Catholic law school argues against religious exemptions for Covid vaccines, saying they should not exist. Read more
Academics Fear New Law in Singapore
Singapore’s new foreign interference law will exacerbate the “pervasive culture of academic self-censorship,” critics have warned, despite assurances that routine university activities will not be affected. Read more
The 11 groups most impacted if free community college is canceled
The free community college tuition proposal isn’t completely dead, but it would take an unprecedented turnaround for it to survive President Joe Biden’s scaled-back rebuilding plan for America. Read more
Forget the Gender Unicorn, Genderbread Person is here to explain sexuality
Officials at the University of Arkansas used the Genderbread Person as a teaching resource in a presentation on safe zones and sexuality. Read more
English schools must not teach ‘white privilege’ as fact, government warns
English schools should not teach “contested theories and opinions … such as white privilege” as fact, the government has said prior to the publication of new guidance outlining how teaching certain political issues could break the law. Read more
Long Lines and Short Fuses in the Dining Halls
Institutions across the U.S. face a shortage of dining hall workers. Can Grubhub, Panda Express and spatula-wielding professors fill the gap? Read more
UNR’s new language guide warns against using ‘native Nevadan,’ offensive to indigenous people
The University of Nevada-Reno recently released an Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Access Language guide, or IDEAL, that provides a variety of language and wording suggestions to the campus community. Read more
