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‘Feminist Collective’ took over political science journal, prioritized DEI: report
4+ hour, 13+ min ago (563+ words) Covers of recent issues of the American Political Science Review; Cambridge University Press Academic papers by women and racial minorities were prioritized for publication by the American Political Science Review, according to a new report from the Goldwater Institute. The…...
College students choose: Family or career?
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (44+ words) College students choose: Family or career?The College Fix The College Fix's Hannah Brady spoke to University of Alabama Birmingham students about whether they think it's more important to have a successful career or to have a family. Don't Miss…...
Gen Z students unable to read sentence, Pepperdine professor says
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (545+ words) There's so much they can't process,' professor says Gen Z students are struggling to read and comprehend a sentence, one Pepperdine University professor recently said." "It's not even an inability to critically think," Humanities Professor Jessica Hooten Wilson told Fortune....
WATCH: Students at this school have embraced the back-to-the-land movement
1+ week, 1+ day ago (93+ words) The College Fix's Simon Olech explored the booming back-to-the-land movement at the Franciscan University of Steubenville, where the Agrarian club is booming as students have been driven by their Catholic faith to embrace an old fashioned, back-the-land lifestyle. " The College…...
AI teaching tool used at 32 colleges raises $1.1M to expand, boost student engagement
4+ week, 1+ day ago (635+ words) An artificial intelligence platform aimed at assisting educators with various tasks has raised $1.1 million to scale its operations across the U.S. It is "already used in 32 universities, helps educators generate classroom questions, track participation, and automate grading and feedback," according to…...
Universities report boom in AI courses, degrees amid surging ’employer demand’
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (765+ words) Students are rapidly enrolling in newly created AI programs and majors at schools such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of California San Diego, and University of South Florida." Educators and experts told The College Fix that the boom…...
Loyola Maryland English dept. says literature built on ‘white supremacy,’ may rename program
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (585+ words) Loyola University Maryland sign; The College Tour/ Youtube "Literature and the literary canons have been used to validate white supremacy," the department's website states. As a result, the department will "reflect on what it means to be called an "English…...
Student clubs host ‘paddle painting,’ ‘erotic’ Christmas cookie decorating events
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (350+ words) The University of Wisconsin at Madison student club Sex Out Loud promotes an upcoming 'paddle painting' event; Sex Out Loud/Instagram UW Madison club has received $1.1 million in student fees for similar events over past decade A student club at…...
Oregon questionnaire asks 6th graders if they’re ‘genderfluid,’ ‘trans,’ ‘pansexual,’ and more
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (610+ words) Question #18 of the Oregon Health Authority's Student Health Survey; OHA Upset father: "My son had no idea what any of this meant, but he knew that it was weird and sick and gross" A 6th-grade student survey created by the…...
Harvard report warns of ‘damaging’ grade inflation, 60% of grades are A’s
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (695+ words) Grade on math exam; Leminuit/ Canva Pro Harvard University's Office of Undergraduate Education is raising concerns about mounting grade inflation, reporting that the school's grading system is "damaging the academic culture of the College." The office sent a 25-page report…...