Amazon rainforest plots sold via Facebook Marketplace ads
Parts of Brazil's Amazon rainforest are being illegally sold on Facebook, the BBC has discovered.
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Tackling racism in textbook publishing
New guidelines from textbook publisher Pearson aim to dismantle systemic racism in higher ed. Do they go far enough?
Columbia University joins Ivy League opposition to fossil fuels
Columbia University announced it has halted investments in fossil fuel companies.
Have COVID’s pricing and learning disruptions opened a Pandora’s box?
College students want the gap between cost and value closed
Third of academics ‘want live lectures to stay online’ post-Covid
Survey for regulator finds teaching staff more likely to lack access to right technology and support compared with students, and are less confident in their skills
Drought hits Taiwan chip supply as Biden asks for more
Plans to ramp up production of chips in Taiwan have been hampered by droughts, affecting factories' water supplies.
Professor punished by kangaroo court asks Supreme Court to let him punish university officials
Can a professor hold university officials personally accountable for violating his constitutional rights when they deliberated with lawyers before doing it?
Liberal arts meets Women’s leadership in health
Women’s liberal arts college is not the first to orient its curriculum around a singular topic, and experts say it likely won't be the last.
University suspends professor for tweets criticizing slavery reparations, racial bias training
Gregory Manco, a math professor at St. Joseph’s University, has been suspended by administrators for tweets in which he argued against slavery reparations and racial bias training.
PepsiCo, Danone and Kellogg’s share ingredients for global food system transformation
We will need help from the biggest food companies in the world to transform the food system into one that is sustainable while also feeding the almost 9 billion people on the planet.
