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The University of Wisconsin-Madison paid $5,000 to a woman who faked her Native American ancestry so that she could help develop ‘a toolkit and curriculum around cultural appropriation.’ Read more
Sector faces years of uncertainty after a series of economic and political crises in the country Read more
Now more than ever, students are demanding more from their college or university of choice. And if we learned anything from the pandemic, it’s that education is becoming more and more about the student experience. Read more
Up to 80 percent of faculty and staff positions at Arizona’s three public universities now require applicants to subscribe to diversity, equity and inclusion statements, according to a new Goldwater Institute report. Read more
North Dakota’s House majority leader has filed legislation that would let the presidents of Dickinson State, Bismarck State and perhaps other colleges review tenured faculty at any time—and fire them, with no employee power to appeal. Read more
A substitute teacher in California was fired -- and could be charged -- after a video showed him slamming a student to the ground for calling him a racial slur. Read more
Wayne State University will promote “Black Studies” and hire race-focused faculty with the help of a $6 million grant. Read more
Arizona State University will soon offer credit-bearing courses that begin on YouTube. Is the behemoth online video-sharing website the missing ingredient in engaging more learners on the margins? Read more
ChatGPT, the highly controversial chatbot powered by artificial intelligence, will soon be incorporated into some of the most popular applications used in both K12 and higher education among students, according to recent reports. Read more
Just when higher education institutions thought they were getting a break from the struggles posed by the pandemic, whether it was managing hybrid/remote learning for students or developing strategies to combat enrollment plunges, now they’re having to develop creative strategies to keep their own leadership from abandoning ship. Read more
