Over the course of two weeks, one group of University of Michigan students was tasked with fighting the opioid crisis. During the semester, another class determined the fates of students seeking admission to universities. More...
07 juillet 2019
Educational simulation helps students tackle real challenges
Alaska’s governor is trying to destroy its universities. The state may never recover
We rarely devote much attention to what happens in the largest state of the US. No, not Texas – Alaska, which is bigger, geographically, than the next three states combined (Texas, California and Montana). More...
06 juillet 2019
Colorado shooting eerily recalls Columbine massacre
This one took place on May 7 at the STEM School Highlands Ranch – just a few miles from Columbine High School. The high school was the site of a shooting in 1999, which – at the time – was the nation’s worst school shooting in history. It also took place just a couple of weeks after the 20-year anniversary of the Columbine shooting. More...This Canada Day, we need a new citizenship oath
This Canada Day might be a good time for Canadians to think about the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Calls to Action. At least three of those (No. 46, 47 and 49) call on Canadians, including newcomers to Canada, to reject concepts used to justify European sovereignty over Indigenous lands and peoples. More...Why Jason Kenney’s ‘common sense’ education platform gets it wrong
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney wants to “bring common sense to education.” He has insinuated teachers are not already accountable to their students and suggested that “failed teaching fads” including “inquiry learning” are responsible for the decline in student scores measured by the Program for International Student Assessment, better known as PISA. More...Alaska Isn't a Bellwether...
By John Warner. ...it's a swan song.
There is wide, justifiable concern about the recently announced cuts in state funding to the University of Alaska, cuts described as “shocking” by the chancellor of the system's main campus. More...
Higher Edonomics
By Steven Mintz. Understanding higher education’s rising price tag.
College affordability is back in the headlines. Walmart just announced that it will recruit high school students with free SAT prep and $1 a day college tuition. Virginia has frozen its tuition for the first time in two decades. Private colleges continue to increase their discount rate, while many Democratic presidential candidates call for a public college education to be free. More...
More on Alaska
By Barbara Fister. The cuts for higher ed in the state are bad, but there are a lot of things going on up north we need to think about. More...
