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Virtual or In Person, Students Say Campus Tours Could Achieve More
COVID offered colleges an opportunity to consider how to maximize their online and in-person tours so that all students can be prepared to make their college choice.
Another Misconduct Scandal for Michigan State
An Indigenous scholar alleges that she suffered her supervisor’s abuse for years, only to face retaliation from both him and the institution after she reported him. Little has changed since the Nassar case, she says.
Application Trends Continue to Be Positive
The Common Application, which reported positive trends on applications through February, is also reporting positive trends for March. “Total application...
Brockport Moves Controversial Speech Online
The State University of New York is converting a controversial speech to be an online event. Last week, the university...
Can We Talk?
In view of the “cancel culture” discourse, Jim Ryan and Ian Baucom of the University of Virginia write that universities should train students to be empathetic speakers and generous listeners.
Opinion
Let’s Cancel ‘Cancel Culture’
Higher ed must stand against the real threats to free expression—the raft of legislation targeting the teaching of “divisive concepts,” Patricia McGuire writes.
Reed Professor Accused of Making Racist Statements
Reed College’s president, Audrey Bilger, and dean of the faculty, Kathy Oleson, have issued a statement on a video on social media “that shows a Reed faculty member making offensive and racist comments at a local business. We express our support for the employees insulted in the video."
Calvin and Research Center Split Over LGBTQ Rights
An employee quit in order to speak freely about her same-sex marriage. Now students and alumni are pressuring the evangelical university to reform its discriminatory policies on sexuality.