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The Homework Tax
[ad_1] The second in a three-part series about courseware. Part 1 is here. Montoya Thomas recalls sleepless nights in college, crushing energy drinks from…
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The University of California Is Reversing Course on Its ‘Data Science’ Admissions Standard
[ad_1] 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…
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Students and Faculty Fear Tenure and DEI Bills Could ‘Destroy’ Texas Colleges
[ad_1] As a law student at the University of Texas at Austin, Sam Jefferson worked in the school’s diversity office. Jefferson said he learned…
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How ChatGPT Could Help or Hurt Students With Disabilities
[ad_1] 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…
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A Florida Professor Lost His Job After Complaints About His Lessons on Racial Justice
[ad_1] A professor of English at Palm Beach Atlantic University, a private Christian institution in Florida, had his contract terminated this week after a…
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As Colleges Focus on Quality in Online Learning, Advocates Ask: What About In-Person Courses?
[ad_1] As colleges’ online catalogs grow, so too has the push to develop standards of quality for those courses. But are in-person classes getting…
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9 Humanities Majors Are On the Chopping Block at Marymount U.
[ad_1] Marymount University, in Virginia, plans to make a sharp turn away from the humanities, eliminating nine liberal-arts majors for undergraduate students. The move…
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Students Say Mental-Health Breaks From Class Help Them Succeed. Here’s How Colleges Are Responding.
[ad_1] Eric Enriquez is a determined student. But some days, his mental-health challenges make it difficult for him to participate in class. “There are…
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How Heterodox Academy Hopes to Change the Campus Conversation
[ad_1] Heterodox Academy is starting a new program that will provide support for a network of groups on college campuses to further the organization’s…
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A Florida University Is Quickly Assembling a List of Courses on Diversity. Why? DeSantis Asked.
[ad_1] At least one Florida university has been asked to report its “expenditure of state resources” on programs and courses related to critical race…
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Teaching Experts Are Worried About ChatGPT, but Not for the Reasons You Think
[ad_1] Is the college essay dead? Are hordes of students going to use artificial intelligence to cheat on their writing assignments? Has machine learning…