Colleges offer ‘social justice’ math classes for students, future teachers
Central Washington University, Bates College, and Swarthmore will each offer a math course this school year that draws from "social justice" ideology. Read more
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Students, faculty demand Sewanee revoke evangelical Eric Metaxas’ honorary degree
Hundreds of Sewanee faculty, students and alumni have signed on to a letter calling on campus leaders to revoke the honorary degree they gave to popular evangelical author and radio host Eric Metaxas in 2015. Read more
4-Year Degrees for California’s 2-Year Colleges
Community college leaders celebrated new legislation allowing their institutions to offer more four-year degrees. The measure is also a win for the national community college baccalaureate movement. read more
ICO to step in after schools use facial recognition to speed up lunch queue
The Information Commissioner’s Office is to intervene over concerns about the use of facial recognition technology on pupils queueing for lunch in school canteens in the UK. Read more
Apparently, it’s the next big thing. What is the metaverse?
Facebook has just announced it's going to hire 10,000 people in Europe to develop the "metaverse". Read more
Held for Ransom: Why colleges must be proactive to prevent cyberattacks
Institutions are huge targets for hackers because of their openness and because of what they possess. Read more
Statue removal ‘last straw’ for some Hong Kong academics
Researchers face prospect that they might not find more work in academia if they leave city Read more
College works to fire tenured professor fighting to maintain rigorous math standards
A Nevada community college is taking steps to remove a tenured math professor after he objected to the softening of math standards at the school. Read more
‘The heaven of film-making’: how a Dalit orphan got to tell her own story
A gift of a camera inspired Belmaya Nepali to rise above poverty and abuse to make documentaries Read more
Self-driving Waymo cars clog up dead-end San Francisco street
Residents in a "dead-end" street in San Francisco say they are being plagued by an influx of self-driving vehicles. Read more
