University of Arkansas spends over $40k teaching offended students to say ‘Ouch!’
The University of Arkansas paid over $40,000 for a diversity training that teaches students how to say "Ouch!" when they hear stereotypes.
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Mainstream Stanford student journalists apologize for using racist imagery in tweet
The mainstream campus newspaper at Stanford University that has refused to run an op-ed critical of Black Lives Matter in the past is now apologizing for a tweet it posted that used racist imagery.
Google Earth time-lapse feature winds clock back 37 years
Google Earth has launched a time-lapse feature that lets users wind back the clock and see how the world has changed over several decades.
5 ways to help students overcome financial aid barriers
Students who most need financial aid are the least likely to have sufficient support, survey says
London universities attack ‘levelling down’ plans to cut funding
Universities in capital say proposals could create more inequalities than it addresses
Advances in deaf education
Colleges and individuals are endeavoring to make education for deaf people more inclusive and accessible by developing technical vocabulary, training interpreters of color and ensuring greater access.
Bullying up: academic ‘incivility’ exerts heavy toll on deans
Senior scholars increasingly victims of gossip, muttering and insubordination, researchers say
Weeks before Project Veritas report that CNN department director admits site is ‘propaganda,’ this prof called it a ‘reliable’ source
Weeks before CNN Technical Director Charlie Chester said that the network creates “propaganda,” a University of Georgia ecology professor recommended it as a reliable source.
Rejecting Remote Proctoring
University of Michigan Dearborn made a universitywide decision to reject remote proctoring and invest in faculty development instead.
UVA student government rejects resolution to say Pledge of Allegiance at beginning of meetings
The University of Virginia Student Council rejected a proposal from a conservative member of the body to make time for members to recite the Pledge of Allegiance at the beginning of each meeting.
