What should colleges care about?
Last week I asked, “If you were in charge of the admissions office at a top-50 college or university, how would you decide which applicants got accepted as undergraduates and which got rejected?” Read more
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V-c’s funding plea ‘shows funding struggle’ at Indian universities
While India’s prestigious IITs flex fundraising muscle, others in sector are ‘left in the lurch’ Read more
Boys need to talk more about feelings and fight inequality, report says
Boys should be encouraged to ignore gender stereotypes and share their emotions, according to the team behind a new UK initiative aimed at encouraging them to talk about their feelings and speak out against inequality. Read more
Academics receive $297 million in NIH funds to study racism and health
The National Institutes of Health pledged to fund 437 projects and 43 sub-projects examining racism in healthcare a total of $297,282,984 for fiscal year 2022, according to an analysis by The College Fix. Read more
What’s behind the sky-high cost of a college education — and are there any solutions?
The Biden administration’s announcement that up to $20,000 in student loan debt will be canceled for borrowers will bring welcome relief to millions, as long as courts allow. But that relief won’t do anything to slow the rapidly rising cost of going to college. Read more
Tesla recalls 40,000 cars over power-steering fault
Tesla is recalling just over 40,000 cars in the US because of a potential power-steering problem. Read more
Pushing Their Peers to the Polls
College students turned out in force for the 2018 and 2020 elections. Some have been working hard this cycle to make sure that trend continues. Read more
Club president, daughter of communism victim speaks about vandalized display
Campus Reform spoke with Georgetown University (GU) senior and Network for Enlightened Women (NeW) chapter president Jessica Costescu, whose anti-communist display was vandalized on Monday. Read more
These North Carolina counties were politically aligned. Education has divided them
In the rural mountains of North Carolina’s High Country, the population of Boone has boomed over the last two decades — and so has its voting power. Read more
Foreign Office vetting deterring top scientists from UK, Royal Society warns
The best international scientists are being deterred from heading to the UK due to a Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) vetting scheme that is leaving researchers in limbo for months, the Royal Society has warned. Read more
