Blaming the Messenger
The editor of a student newspaper is facing sanction by the institution's president for reporting considered routine journalistic practice. Free press advocates call it an "egregious" violation of the First Amendment.
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Diet app promoted by Apple harmful, say campaigners
Eating disorder charities have issued a warning about a "harmful" diet app that had been promoted on the Apple App Store to over-12s.
Free college drives diversity at two-year schools
Promise programs have a greater effect on enrollment than reductions in tuition and fees, study finds
‘Death by a Thousand Cuts’
Teacher education programs were facing major problems even before the pandemic, but are they dying of natural causes or being killed off? Either way, what's lost when they go away for good?
Brown University students want Roman statues removed because they promote ‘white supremacy’
A Brown University student group, Decolonization at Brown, wants the school to remove two Roman statues displayed on campus, claiming the statues represent white supremacy and colonialism.
Male-only programmes at four in 10 Indian scientific conferences
Organisers refused to engage with the problem, or offered a series of stock excuses, say campaigners
UW-Madison student gov votes to remove Lincoln statue, a ‘remnant’ of ‘white supremacy’
The University of Wisconsin-Madison student government approved a resolution calling for the removal of a statue of Abraham Lincoln on campus.
Facebook sued over Cambridge Analytica data scandal
Facebook is being sued for failing to protect users' personal data in the Cambridge Analytica breach.
Half of all US adults say colleges that brought students back to campus made the right decision
As colleges and universities deal with coronavirus outbreaks, the question of whether these institutions made the right decision in bringing students back on campus continues to be a topic of national conversation.
MSU ‘eliminates’ the terms ‘foreign’ and ‘alien’
The Michigan State University Provost said the school would no longer use the terms "foreign" or "alien."
