5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (594+ words) Gates open onto the campus of Harvard University; Jan Yuan/Shutterstock Support for a viewpoint diversity initiative is not very high among Harvard University faculty, particularly liberal professors, according to a new survey by the student newspaper. Published today, results…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (396+ words) Ohio State University has agreed to pay the government $2.1 million to settle claims that it did not properly report connections between its federally funded researchers and China. The settlement states that OSU failed to report that former professor C.K. Shum and…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (659+ words) Mary Pope Hutson, president of Sweet Briar College; Sweet Briar College/Facebook OPINION: Most women’s colleges now admit transgender students, but not Sweet Briar A small but mighty-in-character rural Virginia women’s college has refused to be swayed by politics, protests,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (817+ words) ANALYSIS: Women’s studies departments are closing or downsizing across U.S. Only six students were signed up for the 21-seat class “Indigenous Feminisms 101” with Professor Shelbi Meissner as of Monday afternoon, the first day of classes at the public university, according…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (703+ words) Program is run by ‘Marxism-Leninism’ organization with CCP ties A Chinese government program at 83 U.S. colleges is part of an “ongoing effort … to influence American students’ perceptions of the communist country,” according to a recent report by a conservative…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (626+ words) Steve Hilton / YouTube screenshot Top California Republicans have now joined thousands of University of California professors in calling for the rapid return of standardized tests as part of the admissions application process. The concerns stem from the fact that many…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (316+ words) Professors in America and Europe are locked in a debate over whether the university silenced a whistleblower or enforced ethical standards against a controversial figure who holds racist views. Nathan Cofnas, a postdoctoral scholar, was suspended by the Belgium-based Ghent…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (551+ words) A new micro-credential on workplace 'inclusivity' offered at CU Boulder; CU Boulder College of Arts and Sciences The University of Colorado Boulder is offering a new micro-credential about workforce preparation skills that, based on its description, appears to take a…...

3+ week, 13+ hour ago   (776+ words) Heterodox Academy panelists discuss a survey on faculty viewpoint diversity; Heterodox Academy A sizable minority of college faculty are not regularly engaging with people who disagree with them, a recent national survey found. Heterodox Academy, an organization advocating for viewpoint…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (1374+ words) Reactions to research are mixed, with one expert saying, ‘Indoctrination can happen in class even when the curriculum and assignments appear neutral‘ Peer pressure rather than instructors may be what makes college students more politically liberal. That’s according to a…...