The Homework Tax
The second in a three-part series about courseware. Part 1 is here. Montoya Thomas recalls sleepless nights in college, crushing energy drinks from the local Smoothie King as…
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The University of California Is Reversing Course on Its ‘Data Science’ Admissions Standard
A University of California academic-governance panel has voted to undo a controversial admissions standard that professors fear is not preparing students for college-level math, just as it is…
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Students and Faculty Fear Tenure and DEI Bills Could ‘Destroy’ Texas Colleges
As a law student at the University of Texas at Austin, Sam Jefferson worked in the school’s diversity office. Jefferson said he learned firsthand just how essential the…
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How ChatGPT Could Help or Hurt Students With Disabilities
User-friendly artificial-intelligence tools like ChatGPT are new enough that professors aren’t yet sure how they will shape teaching and learning. That uncertainty holds doubly true for how the…
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A Florida Professor Lost His Job After Complaints About His Lessons on Racial Justice
A professor of English at Palm Beach Atlantic University, a private Christian institution in Florida, had his contract terminated this week after a parent complained to the university…
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As Colleges Focus on Quality in Online Learning, Advocates Ask: What About In-Person Courses?
As colleges’ online catalogs grow, so too has the push to develop standards of quality for those courses. But are in-person classes getting the same attention? If you…
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9 Humanities Majors Are On the Chopping Block at Marymount U.
Marymount University, in Virginia, plans to make a sharp turn away from the humanities, eliminating nine liberal-arts majors for undergraduate students. The move highlights tough decisions that many…
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Students Say Mental-Health Breaks From Class Help Them Succeed. Here’s How Colleges Are Responding.
Eric Enriquez is a determined student. But some days, his mental-health challenges make it difficult for him to participate in class. “There are some days for me, personally,…
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How Heterodox Academy Hopes to Change the Campus Conversation
Heterodox Academy is starting a new program that will provide support for a network of groups on college campuses to further the organization’s mission of promoting “open inquiry,…
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A Florida University Is Quickly Assembling a List of Courses on Diversity. Why? DeSantis Asked.
At least one Florida university has been asked to report its “expenditure of state resources” on programs and courses related to critical race theory and to diversity, equity,…
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Teaching Experts Are Worried About ChatGPT, but Not for the Reasons You Think
Is the college essay dead? Are hordes of students going to use artificial intelligence to cheat on their writing assignments? Has machine learning reached the point where auto-generated…
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