Engaging students in an age of distraction
Encourage your students to use their phones to lock into—rather than tune out—class
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Jeff Bezos: World’s richest man pledges $10bn to fight climate change
Amazon boss Jeff Bezos has pledged $10bn (£7.7bn) to help fight climate change.
Harvard prof calls Trump a ‘neo-fascist gangster’
Harvard professor Cornel West recently called Trump a "neo-fascist gangster" during a Sanders campaign rally.
Conservative group threatens to sue university over this 2019 incident
Alliance Defending Freedom is threatening to sue the University of Wisconsin-River Falls over an incident that took place in 2019.
Public Universities, Prison-Made Furniture
Public universities in several states are obligated to buy furniture and other products made in state prisons, which some students call exploitative.
Judge overturns Silent Sam settlement between UNC and Confederate group
A judge on Wednesday voided the settlement that requires UNC Chapel Hill to pay $2.5 million and give the Silent Sam Confederate monument to the Sons of Confederate Veterans.
Facebook removes ‘foreign interference’ operations from Iran and Russia
Facebook has removed two separate networks of fake accounts originating in Iran and Russia, for "engaging in foreign or government interference".
Academic paper argues crime-fighting dogs teach children to distrust government
Young children are being brainwashed to embrace misogynistic, racist, pro-police and anti-immigrant sentiments, according to a new academic paper.
Researchers ‘unaware’ of extent of assessment influence
Danish-Australian paper finds researchers unconsciously adjust to accommodate assessment exercise
Race on to create online courses for virus-stranded students
Institutional, pedagogical and workload issues more problematic than technological impediments, experts say
