ED Delays Again
The U.S. Department of Education has announced a delay in the release of an updated template colleges are required to use next year to make gainful employment disclosures. On Inside Higher Ed.
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Record High
The number of speakers who faced opposition or disinvitation this year reached a record high, according to a report from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education. On the Daily Signal.
Who Killed the Liberal Arts?
"It is simply a case of suicide for those institutions that didn’t stay ahead of the relevance curve and then sold out to the postmodern, multiculturalist, identity-studies junkies," writes Jim Windham. On See Thru Edu.
Student Aid Denied
The U.S. Department of Education will end access to federal student aid for the Charlotte School of Law, a for-profit institution, at the end of this month. In the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Funding at Risk
Two Wisconsin Republican legislators have threatened to withhold state funds from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in relation to a planned course on racism called The Problem of Whiteness. On Inside Higher Ed.
Battle Fatigue
Colorado State University’s administration has agreed to provide counseling for students who may be struggling with “racial battle fatigue.” On Campus Reform.
Cost of Default
Older Americans who defaulted on their federal student loans are increasingly having to repay them with portions of their Social Security benefits. In the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Liberal Professors are Ruining College
"In a perfect society, colleges and universities would be the last places where discourse should be allowed to crumble," writes Chris Sweeney. In Boston Magazine.
Oppression Olympics
According to a UCLA student, this year's University of California Students of Color Conference devolved into an "oppression Olympics" between different minority groups. On the College Fix.
We Shouldn’t Need Liberal Arts Colleges
"Most students today have to waste a lot of time on an unfocused and dumbed-down liberal arts curriculum in high school," writes Daniel Lattier. On Intellectual Takeout.