By Emma Whitford. An art piece at the University of Kansas featuring a U.S. flag with illustrations on it is stirring up a decades-old debate: Should the flag get special protection under the First Amendment? The Supreme Court says no and has affirmed the right to burn the flag, but the Kansas dispute is one of many in which colleges have been questioned for uses of the flag to make art and/or political points. More...
Clipping Study of Male Organ Size
By Emma Whitford. A Missouri State University professor announced Thursday that she would discontinue her study on penis size and self-esteem after public response to the study threatened the reliability of the research. More...
Report on Censorship of Art on Campus
By Scott Jaschik. "One Man's Vulgarity" is the name of a report being issued today by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education on censorship of art on campus. More...
AAUP Censure for Nebraska
By Colleen Flaherty. AAUP censures Nebraska-Lincoln for alleged violations of academic freedom in Courtney Lawton case. Iowa and Stillman removed from lists of sanctioned and censured institutions. More...
Snowflakes and Free Speech on Campuses
Shawna Shapiro surveys students in the wake of a controversy at her institution and discovers insights into what’s missing in the discourse. More...
5 Free Online Machine Learning Courses
Techno-News Blog. “Data scientist roles have grown over 650 percent since 2012, but currently 35,000 people in the US have data science skills, while hundreds of companies are hiring for those roles – even those you may not expect in sectors like retail and finance – supply of candidates for these roles cannot keep up with demand,” the report said. More...
Where can teachers find free audiobooks for their students
Techno-News Blog. Audiobooks are fantastic ways to bring stories to life in your classroom and keep students engaged. More...
Can Online Programs and Digital Tools Help Students Spend Less Money? #DLNchat
Techno-News Blog. Even when tuition is free, attending college can be expensive. Many students need to cover the cost of housing, food and family care in addition to their educational expenses. More...
Free MOOCs Face the Music
Techno-News Blog. In its quest to find a sustainable business model, online course provider edX will test charging users for access to previously free content. Observers say the move was inevitable. Massive open online courses got a little less open with edX’s recent announcement that it is introducing support fees for some of its MOOCs. More...