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More Medical Schools, Examiners Embrace RFK Jr.’s Nutrition Push

At a news conference Monday, Kennedy insisted that the nutrition education pledges were voluntary and that there “was no coercion or pressure from my agency.”

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Iowa Undergrads Will Have to Take History Courses Picked by Civics Centers

Future undergraduates at Iowa’s three public universities must take a “comprehensive survey of all American history” course, plus a second...
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University Scraps Sexuality Textbook for Containing ‘Graphic Images’

The University of Nebraska at Kearney investigated several complaints in May, including one from Gov. Jim Pillen calling a training module about empowering transgender students evidence of a “woke disease” degrading higher ed.

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Florida Lawmakers Aim to Give Statewide Boards Power to Amend Gen Ed

The state Board of Governors and Board of Education already banned sociology from public institutions’ core course offerings. Legislation awaiting the governor’s signature would increase their authority to further change core curricula.

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Opinion

3-Year Degrees Misread the Future Job Market

Cutting electives and general education will leave students ill prepared for an AI-impacted job market.

The Key Podcast: The ROI of a Humanities-Based Core Education

General education courses have come under criticism recently from those concerned about the cost of college, others who argue they...
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Opinion

We Say We Believe in Free Inquiry—but Our Classrooms Tell a Different Story

If we want to prepare students to participate in American civic life, we need to start teaching differently.

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Opinion

Why Fascists Hate Sociology

The anti-sociology politicians are on to something in grasping the field’s power.