Vast glacier at mercy of sea warmth increases
Antarctic glaciers may be more sensitive to changes in sea temperature than was thought, new research shows. Read more
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USF holds ‘Pride Belongs to the People’ event
On February 8, The University of South Florida (USF) held a “Pride Belongs to the People” photo exhibition, documenting “the struggles, circumstances and demands of LGBTQ+ activists in Johannesburg, South Africa, Taiwan, India, Cuba, and New York.” Read more
‘Cowering to politics’: how AP African American studies became the most controversial course in the US
Keziah Ridgeway says teaching African American history is about “being the teacher that I never had”. The Philadelphia public high school teacher remembers growing up learning a “sanitized” version of Black history: MLK, Rosa Parks, maybe Malcolm X. Read more
New college divestment campaign targets ‘killer’ gun industry
Students Demand Action, a pro-gun control advocacy group, recently launched a grassroots activism campaign that demanded all universities nationwide divest from and disassociate with the firearm industry. Read more
Possible removal of diversity initiatives to have negative effects on university communities, higher education faculty say
The potential elimination of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts throughout Florida’s public universities could result in losses in students’ success and their ability to excel in a transnational context, according to special advisor to the College of Arts and Sciences Dean on DEI (SADEI) Tangela Serls and Middlebury College vice president for DEI Khuram Hussain. Read more
UK science chief says new department will improve lives
The UK's new cabinet minister for science says that she will have a "relentless focus" on using research to make people's lives better. Read more
Battle lines drawn in fight over list
If the Biden administration wants to create a list of “low-financial-value” postsecondary programs, it’s going to have to overcome stiff opposition from the higher education lobby, which decried the plan as a slippery slope, problematic and potentially dangerous. Read more
Nintendo fan tried to get uni class cancelled
A student at California State University started an incident on campus after sending a threatening email to get class cancelled over a Nintendo stream. Read more
Income-Driven Repayment Overhaul ‘a Step Forward’
The Education Department received nearly 13,000 comments about its planned income-driven repayment overhaul, which it wants to carry out this year. But first, it will have to review all the comments. Read more
Princeton students petition English Dept. to denounce Palestinian speaker who called Zionists ‘neonazi pigs’
Forty-one Princeton University undergraduates have signed a letter requesting the English Department condemn the “anti-Jewish bias and remarks” of a Palestinian writer and activist who recently spoke at the Ivy League campus. The department has declined. Read more
