By Elizabeth Redden. The University of Rhode Island is closing its Confucius Institute, the local news broadcaster WPRI 12 reported. Rhode Island is at least the sixth U.S. university to announce plans to close its Confucius Institute in the last year as the Chinese government-funded centers for language and cultural education have come under increased scrutiny from lawmakers and intelligence officials. More...
By Emma Whitford. A spiritual leader of the Eastern Orthodox Church is suing Princeton University to regain possession of three Byzantine-era texts in Princeton’s collection, The New York Times reported. The university received the texts as a gift from a trustee and alumnus who bought them through a German auction. More...
By Emma Whitford. Attending a more selective college may be linked to increased odds of working, decreased odds of marriage for women, but not men, study suggests. More...
By Emma Whitford. College leaders often aren't the top hindrance to campus protests that have proliferated in recent years -- holiday breaks, finals week and graduation tend to be the biggest challenge for student activists. More...
By Emma Whitford. After months of discussion, the boards of two Portland, Ore., art schools, the Pacific Northwest College of Art and the Oregon College of Art and Craft, voted Friday against a merger proposal put forward in early November, The Oregonian reported. More...
By Colleen Flaherty. Students at Northwestern want controversial visiting scholar who muses on race, intelligence and beauty, and who has been accused by colleagues of "bad science," off their campus. More...
By Colleen Flaherty. After controversies involving two professors, Fresno State wants its "community" to be "respectful," "kind" and accountable. Many faculty members are on board, and university says principles won't be enforced. Others are skeptical. More...
By Colleen Flaherty. How do professors respond to regrade requests? One department encourages instructors to pass them up the chain. More...
By Colleen Flaherty. A 2018 paper by members of the Stanford History Education Group called out historians for failing to value evidence of student learning as much as they value evidence in their historical analyses. More...
By Colleen Flaherty. Dartmouth College on Thursday announced a new Campus Climate and Culture Initiative aimed at curbing sexual harassment and misconduct. The announcement comes weeks after Dartmouth was sued by seven female former students who said the college mishandled their misconduct complaints about three former professors of psychological and brain sciences who resigned or retired last year. More...
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