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50 professors decry Murdoch ac...

Nov 8, 2019 by University World News

Geoff Maslen – More than 50 of Australia’s most distinguished professors have written to the vice-chancellor of Perth’s Murdoch...

Tulane University selects gend...

Nov 8, 2019 by The Advocate

Tulane University honored seniors Albert Howell and Lauren Gaines as homecoming “royalty” on Nov. 2, as the student organization...

The power of the purse threate...

Nov 8, 2019 by The Conversation

The commercialisation of universities in Kenya poses a serious threat to academic freedom. This article is part of a global series on...

Rubio wants NCAA to allow athl...

Nov 8, 2019 by Miami Herald

Marco Rubio is drawing up plans to compensate NCAA college athletes for their name, image and likeness weeks after a similar bill in...

Part time jobs for students – ...

Nov 8, 2019 by Carol Moore

With many students resorting to getting a part time job whilst at university, the lifestyle of studying, nights out, and little sleep...

How I found my vocation: ̵...

Nov 7, 2019 by The Guardian (UK)

I thought I’d blown any hope of having a normal life, but going to uni gave me a second chance When I was 18, I was convicted of a...

More students apply to study m...

Nov 7, 2019 by British Broadcasting Corporation

A record number of 23,710 students have applied to study medicine at UK universities, Ucas figures show. New figures from the...

How Academic Researchers Can R...

Nov 7, 2019 by Carol Moore

In the academic world, language barriers are a significant challenge between fellow multinational academics. In the early to mid 20th...

Prime Minister of Antigua and ...

Nov 6, 2019 by The Harvard Crimson

Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister Gaston Browne demanded reparations from Harvard for the University’s historical ties to slavery...

Universities ‘undermined...

Nov 6, 2019 by British Broadcasting Corporation

MPs warn academic freedom in the UK is under pressure from autocracies. Universities in the UK are failing to recognise the...

As aid to illegal students inc...

Nov 5, 2019 by Campus Reform

Whose education are we paying for? According to a new report, college students are bearing more of the costs for public colleges and...

Survey of college professors s...

Nov 4, 2019 by Accuracy In Academia

Despite the advances and improvements in online learning, college professors still resist online learning and prefer in-person...

Harvard admits its preferences

Nov 4, 2019 by The New Criterion

Heather Mac Donald on On Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard College & racial preferences in college admissions. On September...

Krispy Kreme not sweet on coll...

Nov 4, 2019 by Pioneer Press

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts took a bite out of a St. Paul college student’s plan to sell their product to hungry Minnesotans, telling him...

Education Secretary Betsy DeVo...

Nov 4, 2019 by Diverse

by Sara Weissman – U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced the finalized rule for accreditation and state...

Millennials With Student Debt ...

Nov 3, 2019 by Zero Hedge

A personal finance technology company has published a new study that identifies certain US metropolitan areas with the highest...

Losing sight not enough for sp...

Nov 3, 2019 by British Broadcasting Corporation

A young woman who lost her sight cannot get funding for a specialist college for the blind. If a young person lost their sight, you...

Bristol University Hires Profe...

Nov 2, 2019 by Breitbart

The University of Bristol has hired its first Professor of the History of Slavery, in order to research its ties to the slave trade...

Academic freedom: repressive g...

Nov 2, 2019 by The Conversation

Kirsten Roberts Lyer – Universities around the world are increasingly under threat from governments restricting their ability...

Nation’s only all-male histori...

Nov 2, 2019 by The College Fix

Georgetown law professor decries ‘Morehouse Man’ mentality Morehouse College, the only all-male historically black college or...

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