Community colleges should have a crisis management team in place and strong partnerships with law enforcement in order to be ready to respond to any threats of violence as well as to reassure the community after the fact. More...
In U regent debate, assassination of character (mine)
The Star Tribune Editorial Board, in “Value careful vetting in picking U regents” (April 19), restated its preference for sustaining the controversial Regent Candidate Advisory Council’s (RCAC) role in vetting prospective members of the University of Minnesota Board of Regents. More...
I grew up here, but Britain is doing all it can to stop me becoming a citizen
Applying to university turned into a humiliation because of my ‘status’. This why I set up Let Us Learn. More...
I never wanted to be a nurse but helping a suicidal patient changed my mind
I failed twice to get a nursing degree, but I’ve seen how my experience of mental health problems can help others. More...
Universities and identity checks
Academic institutions sometimes have different interpretations of their role in the ‘hostile environment’. More...
How universities were swept into the ‘hostile environment’
The same policies that mistreated the Windrush generation turned universities into state ‘enforcers’. More...
More university students are cheating – but it's not because they're lazy
Tuition fees and the stress of securing a job mean that students are fixated on exam results, rather than intellectual development. More...
Novelist Libby Page: want a creative career? Learn to see ideas through
When you have a creative idea, you need to do more than consign it to your notebook. Grasp it, and get to work. More...
I thought US universities were driven by profit – until I moved to the UK
I expected a culture shock when I crossed the Atlantic, but I didn’t anticipate how corporatised British universities would be. More...
Débat : Réforme du bac, compétences, méthode Singapour, formation des enseignants… tout est question d’évaluation
L’évolution du système éducatif français est indéniable et rapide. Les usages du numérique, les méthodes d’enseignement, l’introduction des compétences sont régulièrement mis sur le devant de la scène éducative. La pléthore de réformes apparaît parfois contradictoire, non cohérente et produit une fracture avec l’approche disciplinaire historique auxquels les enseignants sont habitués. Plus...