By Scott Jaschik. DeVos accusation that faculty members seek to tell students what to think renews debate, on which research is plentiful. Studies say professors lean left but challenge idea that this results in indoctrination or harms conservatives. Read more...
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En préparation de son colloque « Pensons l’Université pour l’avenir », la CPU a élaboré un texte d’ « Adresse à un futur Président de la République » qui présente ce que les Présidents d’université et directeurs d’établissements d’ESR attendent de l’engagement de notre futur Chef d’Etat concernant la place des universités dans la société française, l’organisation de l’enseignement supérieur et de la recherche et le cadre de régulation qui doit accompagner l’autonomie de nos établissements. Voir l'article...
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. The Trump administration is set to issue an executive order on historically black colleges and universities, and it could go beyond the standard renewal of the White House Initiative on HBCUs issued by every president since Jimmy Carter, according to Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., the president and CEO of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. More...
By . Back in the fall, the Canadian Alliance of University Teachers (CAUT) published an interesting little guidebook called CAUT’s Guide to Analyzing University & College Financial Statements, written by Cameron and Janet Morrill, two profs at the University of Manitoba’s Asper School of Business. Stripped to its essentials, it purports to be a DIY guide for faculty to help hold their institutions to account over finances. More...
By Rick Seltzer. As Texas debates bill that would require regulation of how transgender people use facilities in public higher education, most system leaders aren't saying much. Read more...
By Colleen Flaherty. The American Association of University Professors and the American Federation of Teachers have published an FAQ-style guide addressing common concerns among professors in the wake of the 2016 election. Read more...
Submitted by Steven Wyman. Policies that prohibit college students from drinking alcohol are lethal. Binge drinking, which produces a blood-alcohol concentration to more than 0.08 percent, is popular among American college students, even though few of them are old enough legally to imbibe. More...
By . The results of PISA 2015 have just been released – and Australia has slipped down the rankings, again.
The Australian Council of Educational Research has called it, and Australia is now in absolute decline in reading, mathematics and science.
A close reading of the full 472 page report from PISA does indeed offer some salutary lessons for Australia. More...
By Colleen Flaherty. Is “identity liberalism,” widespread on college campuses, to blame for Donald Trump’s rise? Scholars are divided. Read more...
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