Tell students to read tabloids ‘to help heal educational divide’
Academics should encourage their students to read tabloid newspapers and teach them that they are part of a “specific social milieu” of highly educated people
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Trump fires controversial chief strategist Bannon
President Donald Trump on Friday fired Stephen Bannon as his chief strategist in the latest high-level White House shake-up, removing a powerful and controversial figure known for far-right political views.
Chinese vendors ‘exploiting’ African children removed from Taobao
Chinese online shopping platform Taobao has removed controversial vendors offering personalised video and photo ads featuring African children, following an outcry about exploitation.
US universities ban white nationalist Richard Spencer from campus
Three US universities have blocked planned appearances on their campuses by the white supremacist Richard Spencer as disgust over far-right violence in Charlottesville prompts institutions to take a stronger stance.
Purdue Tackles Job Training
University touts new deal to train for IT outsourcing firm’s U.S. hiring push, but faculty balk at lack of control over curriculum.
World’s first internet court goes online in Hangzhou
Hangzhou Court of the Internet, set up to handle the soaring number of online disputes, has gone online in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province
Malala Yousafzai ‘so excited’ to go to University of Oxford
Malala Yousafzai says she is "so excited" after being accepted to study at the world famous University of Oxford.
Trump defends ‘beautiful’ Civil War statues
US President Donald Trump has denounced the removal of "beautiful" Confederate statues amid a heated national debate about US race relations.
Fla. universities hiring hundreds of faculty in push for smaller classes, more prestige
Ambition defines the University of South Florida, where enrollment has surged so fast that the number of professors has not kept pace.
After Charlottesville and Trump, renewed focus on statues of racists
At some colleges, a debate is revived. In some states, laws will make change difficult.
