Traffic noise slows children’s memory development, study finds
Road-traffic noise significantly slows the development of crucial memory and attention skills in primary school children, research has found. Read more
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$5.8 Billion for Former Corinthian Students
The Education Department will automatically discharge $5.8 billion in federal student loans owed by over 560,000 borrowers who attended any campus operated by Corinthian Colleges, a for-profit education company that was found guilty of defrauding students. Read more
College requires students, faculty to agree they’ve benefited from white privilege
A Canadian college is under fire after social media users discovered the school required students and faculty joining a Zoom call to agree they have benefited from white privilege and vow to engage in acts of “decolonization.” Read more
World’s biggest plant discovered off Australian coast
The largest known plant on Earth - a seagrass roughly three times the size of Manhattan - has been discovered off the coast of Australia. Read more
Racial healing: 75 colleges to explore truth, justice through virtual event
Institutions large and small are hoping to learn from others at AAC&U sessions how they can help fight systemic racism Read more
UMKC promotes ‘Angry White Men and How They Ruined the World’
Students at the University of Missouri-Kansas City launched a podcast called “Angry White Men and How They Ruined the World.” Read more
Drake University denies Turning Point club for third time in six years
For the third time in the past six years, the Drake University Student Senate chose to not recognize the Turning Point USA chapter as an official club. Read more
Social mobility prospects for young people ‘disappearing’, says research
The postwar dream of doing better in life than your parents has faded, with the UK now a country where opportunities for upward social mobility and economic advancement are increasingly limited, research has claimed. Read more
Universities warn of EU-UK research scheme ‘close to precipice’
Universities UK, which represents 140 institutions, fears ministers could be about to abandon the Horizon scheme. Read more
Now the far right is coming for college too — with taxpayer-funded ‘classical education’
Last fall, when professors at Flagler College, a private liberal arts school in St. Augustine, Florida, gathered for a faculty senate meeting, they learned that the college administration had worked with their local legislator to propose a new academic center on campus, the Flagler College Institute for Classical Education. Read more
