By Emma Whitford. Purdue University students who were hoping to sneak in an episode of Queer Eye during their economics lecture are out of luck. The university recently debuted a pilot program that restricts access to five popular streaming sites -- Netflix, Hulu, Steam, Apple Updates and iTunes -- during class time in four of its biggest lecture halls. More...
‘Learning to Be Latino’
By Emma Whitford. Author discusses new book on what it means to be Latino at three distinctly different institutions: a liberal arts college, a research university and a regional public university. More...
How Undergrads Think About Law School
By Emma Whitford. New report sheds light on what students are thinking when they consider law school. More...
‘Rhodes Must Fall’
By Emma Whitford. Editors discuss new book about drive to remove honors for Cecil Rhodes from universities in Britain and elsewhere. More...
Study: Students With a Job After Graduation Earn More
By Emma Whitford. A new analysis by Gallup and Strada released today shows that students who have a good job upon graduation earn more money immediately after graduating and in the long-term scope of their careers than students who take between two and 12 months to secure a good job. More...
Labor Disputes at Political Science Event Hotels
By Emma Whitford. The American Political Science Association (APSA) issued a statement Friday addressing expired union contracts at two Boston hotels where APSA conference attendees were planning to stay or hold events at the association's annual meeting starting this week. More...
Study: Students Worldwide Pay to Cheat
By Emma Whitford. Contract cheating is taking place around the world. Since 2014, nearly 16 percent of students have reported paying someone to complete an assignment for them, according to a new study. More...
Ripon Falsely Accused of Banning Student Posters
By Emma Whitford. Ripon College was falsely accused of banning posters depicting terrorist acts, the Associated Press reported. Young Americans for Freedom (YAF), a national conservative student organization with a chapter at the Wisconsin college, planned to put up posters with images of terrorist acts, including the beheading of American journalist James Foley, the shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando and the attack on U.S. compounds in Libya. More...
Rutgers Revisits Finding on Professor
By Emma Whitford. Rutgers University ruled that a professor's supposedly satirical comments on white gentrification violated university policy. In response to public backlash, the university is reviewing its initial decision. More...
Revoking Honors in the Wake of Abuse
By Emma Whitford. Roman Catholic colleges are rescinding honorary degrees and renaming buildings in response to grand jury investigation into sex abuse and cover-ups. Marquette's former president asks that building honoring him be renamed. More...