By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. Most queer teen athletes are not out to their coaches, and many transgender youth don’t feel comfortable in a locker room, according to a sweeping new survey. More...
A Deep Dive into the Effects of Concussions
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. The Washington Post has featured one of the plaintiffs in an ongoing legal battle over concussions and their lingering effects against the National Collegiate Athletic Association. More...
Lindenwood Student Journalists Allege Censorship
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. Lindenwood University will no longer print its student-run magazine, The Legacy, a decision student journalists believe was prompted by unflattering pieces they ran in the publication. More...
Michigan Fires Back on Free Speech Lawsuit
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. The University of Michigan blasted a Justice Department-backed free speech lawsuit against it Friday, calling it “a false caricature” of the institution’s rules on free expression. More...
The 'Confusing' Case of UNC's Title IX Violations
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. The Education Department initially told the university its appeals process was out of compliance with temporary Title IX rules -- now the department is correcting itself. More...
University of Kansas Removes Controversial Flag Art
By Emma Whitford. The University of Kansas has taken down a controversial work of art in which images are placed on an American flag. More...
The Flag and Free Expression
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...
Les enjeux emploi-formation des territoires vus par le travail temporaire en 2017
Ajoutées à la connaissance et l’expérience du lecteur, elles ont pour but d’aider à établir un bilan du marché du travail temporaire et de ses dynamiques. En effet, l’ambition de ces portraits est de fournir des éléments d’aide à la décision et de partager un état des lieux des problématiques de recrutement entre partenaires afin de déterminer ensemble des priorités d’action. Plus...
Report on State Spending and GOP Tax Policies
By Emma Whitford. A new report by the American Federation of Teachers shows that 41 states spend less money per higher education student today than they did before the 2008 recession. The report, titled "A Decade of Neglect: Public Education Funding in the Aftermath of the Great Recession," details the effects of austerity measures taken in the last 10 years. More...
Reaching Beyond Ivory-Tower Science on Twitter
By Emma Whitford. Worried about "preaching to the choir" on her Twitter account, Isabelle Côté, a professor of marine ecology and conservation at Simon Fraser University, analyzed the Twitter followings of over 100 ecology and evolutionary biology faculty at 85 institutions in 11 different countries. More...