By Scott Jaschik. Mary Baldwin University last week shut down an art exhibit after some students said that the art was racist. The artists involved say their art wasn't racist at all -- but has been misunderstood. More...
27 novembre 2018
27 novembre 2018
Stanford's (Now Truthful) Aid Policy for M.B.A. Admits
By Scott Jaschik. A year after revelation that university's business school lied for years about how it used aid to build its class, a new approach is announced. More...
26 novembre 2018
2 Shot, 1 Fatally, After Voorhees Homecoming Event
By Scott Jaschik. Two men were shot, one of them fatally, after a homecoming event Friday night at Voorhees College, in South Carolina. A statement from the college said that the men were not affiliated with the college. The campus has been placed on lockdown. More...
26 novembre 2018
Mass Shooting at Bar 'Packed With College Students'
By Scott Jaschik. At least 12 people were shot and killed at a bar in Ventura County in Southern California Wednesday night, the Los Angeles Times reported. More...
26 novembre 2018
‘Making Up Your Own Mind’
By Scott Jaschik. Mathematics scholar turned college president discusses his new book on problem solving. More...
26 novembre 2018
Tokyo Medical U Admits Women It Discriminated Against
By Scott Jaschik. Tokyo Medical University has offered spots to 101 women who were discriminated against when they applied, The Washington Post reported. The women were rejected during a period in which the university lowered the scores of women on entrance exams to assure that a majority of new students each year would be men. More...
26 novembre 2018
Another Mass Shooting With Student Victims
By Scott Jaschik. Southern California campuses shaken by attack in bar full on "college night." 2 students and recent graduate are among those killed. Plus links to background on some of the many other mass shootings with victims tied to academe. More...
26 novembre 2018
Racist Social Media Posts Roil Davidson College
By Scott Jaschik. Many students at Davidson College have been alarmed by the release by an activist group of racist and anti-Semitic social media posts that the group linked to students at the college, The Charlotte Observer reported. The posts praised Hitler and the Ku Klux Klan. More...
26 novembre 2018
Confronting 'It's OK to Be White' Posters
By Scott Jaschik. “It’s OK to Be White” is the message that has periodically appeared on campus posters over the past two years, typically placed by people or organizations who haven't taken credit for doing so, and who are believed to be from off-campus groups. More...
26 novembre 2018
New Criticisms of GRE
By Scott Jaschik. Study questions utility of the test in doctoral admissions for STEM programs. ETS says the study isn't about what the exam is intended to do. More...
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