By Elizabeth Redden. The Swedish Academy will not award a Nobel Prize in literature this year because of a crisis over sexual abuse allegations against a photographer with close ties to the academy, The New York Times reported. More...
22 mai 2018
No Nobel Prize in Literature This Year
Student Visa Data Show Overall Declines
By Elizabeth Redden. The total number of international students in the U.S. on F and M visas declined by 0.5 percent between March 2017 and March 2018, according to a new biannual report on student visa data compiled by the Department of Homeland Security’s Student and Exchange Visitor Program. More...
In China, Alleged Attempt to Intimidate a Student Activist
By Elizabeth Redden. A Peking University student who filed a request for records related to an alleged rape of a student by a professor 20 years ago said university officials tried to intimidate her after she submitted the request, National Public Radio reported. More...
New Approach to Apprenticeships
By Elizabeth Redden. Federal task force releases "roadmap" for alternative federal system for apprenticeships, with calls for more industry involvement and criticism of higher education. But questions remain about how the new system would work. More...
Gambling on Sports Legal
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. The Supreme Court has opened the way for states to legalize betting on athletics, a defeat for the National Collegiate Athletic Association and professional leagues. More...
Student Wants to 'End Affirmative Action for Women'
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. The U.S. Education Department is investigating whether Yale University discriminates against men, stemming from an unusual complaint from a doctoral student completely unaffiliated with institution. More...
Education Department Criticized for Investigating Yale
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. The National Women's Law Center on Monday blasted the Education Department for investigating Yale University for potentially discriminating against men, saying the Trump administration appears hostile toward a key federal gender discrimination law. More...
Michigan State Settles Nassar Lawsuits for $500 Million
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. University officials won't say where they'll get the money, which will be distributed among the former doctor's hundreds of victims. More...
Campus Cops Handling Racism
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. In the past few weeks, a black student at Yale University had the police called on her for napping in a common room, and two Native American teenagers, prospective students at Colorado State University, were stopped on a campus tour after another parent was reportedly nervous, calling them “creepy” in a 911 call. More...
This Film's a Party, No College Lessons
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. Life of the Party, the newest Melissa McCarthy movie, fails to capture any of the struggles of an adult learners, though it's full of sophomoric laughs. More...
