Higher education should be wary of promising prosperity
Education helps a person escape poverty. It doesn’t directly, in the short run, combat poverty. Read more
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How community colleges fit in to the promise of the CHIPS and Science Act
Congress’ CHIPS and Science Act was signed into law on the promise of jump-starting research and development and building a more inclusive technical workforce. Community colleges, which serve the majority of higher education’s low-income students and students of color, must be included in the conversation, experts say. Read more
Public universities across the country ban CCP-influenced TikTok
Public universities nationwide in the last month have moved to restrict access to the popular social media app TikTok, owned by Chinese company ByteDance, as their state legislatures have banned the use of the app on government-owned devices and networks. Read more
Cryptocurrency: UK Treasury considers plan for digital pound
The government is considering introducing a national cryptocurrency or "digital pound", the economic secretary to the Treasury has told MPs. Read more
Amid Backlash, Stanford Pulls ‘Harmful Language’ List
The university’s effort to remove racist, violent and biased language from its website morphed into a PR disaster. Other colleges’ initiatives have fared better—perhaps because they are less transparent in their practices. Read more
University students experience Lunar New Year in Egypt
Over 50 professors and students from Beni-Suef University attended an activity to experience the culture of Chinese Lunar New Year at the China Cultural Center in Cairo, Egypt, on Jan 4 Read more
Let Confucius Institutes on US campuses with conditions – review
Expert panel requested by Congress suggests conditions under which universities could be exempted from its general ban on partnerships with Chinese government-backed educational programme Read more
Activists oppose Columbia University class on improving Harlem
Community activists and students continue to take issue with a Columbia University course as well as the university’s partnership with developers. Read more
College degrees could become obsolete—and it could be the first step in giving your job to someone else
Colleges are dropping the SAT. Law schools are dropping the LSAT. And now, workplaces are dropping bachelor degrees—and experts think that should become the norm this year. Read more
Climate change: Europe and polar regions bear brunt of warming in 2022
The polar regions and Europe were hit hardest by global warming in 2022, according to a new analysis. Read more
