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As the DEI Crackdown Escalates, Faculty Choose Between Silence and Resistance
While one professor says faculty are “pre-emptively censoring themselves” in response, others are defiant—while another is asking himself, “What would I be willing to lose my job for?”
Creating a Critical Mass of Engagement in a Gen Ed Lecture
A professor at the University of Oregon implemented an “active zone” in his physics course to promote interaction. The experiment resulted in more questions and feedback and a livelier classroom environment.
Listen: Increasing Access, Equity in Study Abroad Participation
A new initiative at Bucknell University seeks to bridge participation gaps between first-generation, low-income students and their peers in terms of who’s participating in study away global education.
Ruling Again Pulls Trump-Criticizing Professor From Classroom
Funding Student Success: Community Colleges Leaving Medicaid Reimbursement Untapped
A recent report finds fewer than three dozen community colleges nationwide received reimbursement from Medicaid in the past six years, leaving as much as $115 million in federal funding on the table.
Department of Education Reverts to Trump’s Title IX Rule
Advocates for victims of sexual violence said the decision would put students at greater risk of harassment while conservative lawmakers and advocates applauded the move, arguing it would make students safer.
A Need for Digital Resources on Media Literacy for College Students
College students say digital resources would help them improve their media literacy skills, but few examples are available for this group.
The Doctoral Dilemma
More than half of those who earn Ph.D.s now decide to leave academia after graduation. Why, then, do so many graduate programs still assume their students will become professors?