‘Book a scientist’: academics find a new way to engage public
German researchers let members of the public fire questions at them in 20-minute slots, and the result is a deep, albeit narrow, form of science communication
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Student convicted of felony wiretapping after recording professor
Jared Schafkopf was convicted of a felony after recording a conversation with his professor.
Will Students Show Up at Private Colleges?
Some institutions are having record years, but many others are starting the year with 10 or 20 percent of students not there. And some have lost more.
Thai protest movement a test for academic freedom
Government issues arrest warrants for students and files complaint against an overseas academic as protests, some held on university campuses, intensify
No comment: National Council for History Education stays silent on call to abolish history lessons in Illinois
The National Council for History Education told The College Fix it has no comment on a Chicago lawmaker’s recent proposal to abolish history classes in Illinois schools.
Scrabble fans slam ‘sparkly abomination’ new app
Scrabble Go, a new game which will replace the existing official Scrabble mobile app made by Electronic Arts (EA) has sparked hundreds of complaints.
Small colleges start closing their doors for good
MacMurray College, a liberal-arts school with more than 500 students in central Illinois, survived the Civil War, the Great Depression and two world wars. But it could not survive COVID-19.
As US tells colleges to divest from China, students use code names to evade CCP
Professors at Harvard, Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania, and Amherst College are taking precautions to protect students from the CCP.
Judge tosses lawsuit against college for Islamist violence course that offended Muslim student
An Arizona federal court has dismissed a lawsuit alleging anti-Islam hostility in an Arizona community college course.
Early Adopters
Being among the first to announce an online fall wasn't easy, but these college leaders say the benefits outweighed the drawbacks.
