Airbnb permanently bans parties and events around the world
Airbnb has permanently banned parties and events at homes on its platform, after a temporary measure during the pandemic proved popular with hosts. Read more
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The ‘difficult’ name penalty
Study finds having hard-to-pronounce names—from the perspective of native English speakers—results in poorer job placements for economics Ph.D.s. Read more
Native American students can go to University of Arizona tuition-free
UA had more than 400 full-time undergraduates from the state last year, and university officials hope that number will rise. Read more
Fat studies is the field that teaches students to view obesity as ‘oppression’
Fat Studies is an academic field that “confronts and critiques cultural constraints against notions of ‘fatness’ and ‘the fat body," the Popular Culture Association states on its website. Read more
Warnings of mental health crisis among ‘Covid generation’ of students
The pandemic has had a lasting legacy on the mental health of the “Covid generation” of students, exacerbating rates of anxiety, depression and self-harm and resulting in a “significant rise” in young people struggling at university, experts have said. Read more
Growing Participation, Widening Funding Gap
A report from the National Collegiate Athletic Association finds women’s participation in college sports is growing—but so is the funding gap between men’s and women’s programs. Read more
Professor accused of bias for teaching both sides of U.S.-Mexico border wall debate
A University of Missouri student reported a professor to the school’s bias response team for showing a video of President Donald Trump criticizing Mexican drug lords, according to records obtained by The College Fix. Read more
UK decides AI still cannot patent inventions
The UK's Intellectual Property Office has decided artificial-intelligence systems cannot patent inventions for the time being. Read more
With Roe v. Wade overturned, will California’s universities become safe havens for out-of-state students?
Californians’ constitutional rights to abortion may be protected, but questions abound over what effect the Supreme Court’s Friday decision to overturn Roe v. Wade will have on out-of-state students who come to the state’s universities. Read more
US admissions scandal trial win tied to university complicity
Sole courtroom victor in three years of prosecutions says jurors needed to hear that institutions went along, and then believe that nobody was hurt Read more
