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The words of the First Amendment are emblazoned on the side of Syracuse's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communication. The university's... Read More
The university accused 17 students of cheating on remote exams, raising questions about data mining and sowing mistrust on campus. At... Read More
Students complained online about how the Geisel School handled cheating allegations. Days later, the school unveiled a restrictive new social... Read More
Disruption of higher education is not inevitable. The higher education industry has weathered online education, for-profit schools and the... Read More
Our universities have been uniformly corrupted by neo-Marxist political ideology. They no longer teach the great wealth of knowledge of... Read More
March marked an all-time monthly high in solo youth crossings at the U.S. southern border. Those children and teenagers could be an... Read More
A study of 99 colleges found 1 percentage point improvements attributable to test-optional policies before the pandemic. Read More
An Oxford University study shows that smartphone use does not cause terrible effects on kids and teens: there is no significant correlation... Read More
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Bottom Line: Six reviewers critique portions...
Our point of departure is the Benjamin...
Student Journalism
An anonymous student is suing Northwestern University for unlawfully collecting students' biometric data through online test proctoring tools... Read More
Harvard Business School students, some of the only Harvard affiliates who experienced in-person classes last fall, praised the hybrid... Read More
After nearly seven years of employment at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, Dena Simmons resigned from her post as the Assistant... Read More
More than 57,000 students applied for a spot in Harvard College's Class of 2025, marking a record high and forcing the Admissions Office to... Read More
More than 900 Harvard Law School affiliates signed a statement denouncing Sen. Ted Cruz — a Republican from Texas who graduated from... Read More
Research and Reports
Historically, public education spending in the United States has risen at a steady rate. In 2017-2018 alone, policymakers spent over $780... Read More
Researchers in Hungary say children who start using digital devices at a young age pay more attention to tiny details and less to the whole... Read More
The new classification system considers both relative net prices and repayment outcomes to identify (1) low-price, high-quality institutions,... Read More
FutureEd has produced a national school-opening trend line by aggregating weekly status reports on the 200 largest U.S. school... Read More
Teachers leave the profession because of stress. And COVID-19 exacerbated stress levels by forcing teachers to work more hours and navigate... Read More
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This past fall, the Core Strike Collective, a collection of student groups at Bryn Mawr College, submitted a list of 16 demands to the... Read More
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Teacher Appreciation Week comes on the heels of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell accusing Education Secretary Miguel Cardona of... Read More
It's a mad commencement scramble to deliver some pomp to the Class of 2021. Universities are changing their plans the very week that wider... Read More
Disruptions to education during the pandemic are turning people away from a profession that was already struggling to attract new recruits. Read More
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