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Climate Optimism in an Anxious Classroom
To reach more students, environmental sciences and studies should rework curricula to focus more on solutions, not (just) problems, Stephen Porder writes.
It’s Fun to Study the YMCA
Springfield College students can minor in YMCA studies, one of the few programs in the country that prepares graduates for working at a specific organization.
Academic Success Tip: Use Pop Culture Metaphors to Aid Student Interests
Ohio State professors use superheroes to make human anatomy courses more interesting to students, increasing their motivation and understanding of the material.
Grad Worker Unionization Is Booming, Even Down South
Organizing is surging into private universities, and strikes have increased as well.
All in a Day’s Work: Professor as Student
Joe Hoyle, an accounting professor at the University of Richmond, enrolls in classes—particularly in subjects he knows little about—so that he can be a better teacher himself.
Gen Z and the Humanities
Post-pandemic cohorts of incoming students may have unique reasons for being drawn to the humanities, Randy Laist writes.
Behind Declining Standards in Higher Ed
A “broke-woke-stroke” convergence may be to blame, Mark Horowitz, Anthony L. Haynor and Kenneth Kickham write.
Hundreds of Students Protest WVU’s Proposed Program and Faculty Cuts
West Virginia University students staged a walkout Monday to oppose the university’s significant proposed employee layoffs and program cuts.