The Equity Trap
In the name of social mobility, colleges have tracked many students into dead-end degree programs.| Law & Liberty
In the name of social mobility, colleges have tracked many students into dead-end degree programs.| Law & Liberty
Six Dallas-Fort Worth universities, including Southern Methodist University, were just recognized on Forbes' new annual list of America's Top Colleges. The ranking highlights 500 colleges and universities throughout the country that "produce successful, high-earning and influential graduates from all economic backgrounds, with less student debt." Rankings are determined based on each school's "return on investment," the average student debt, and graduate outcomes. Massachusetts Institute of T...| CultureMap Dallas
Modern society needs mandarins| UnHerd
The University of Texas at Austin has scored a top-50 spot among Forbes' annual list of America's Top Colleges. Three more Austin-area institutions – St. Edward's University, Southwestern University in Georgetown, and Texas State University in San Marcos – were also recognized on the list. The ranking highlights 500 colleges and universities throughout the country that "produce successful, high-earning and influential graduates from all economic backgrounds, with less student debt." Ranki...| CultureMap Austin
Asa Briggs once came to my school to inspect the Combined Cadet Force (CCF). In retrospect, this should have surprised me in at least two respects. First, that a famously swotty Outer London day school maintained a CCF — albeit voluntary — at all (one schoolmate thought that weapons training might usefully prepare him for the service he planned in the IDF; in fact, he became a theatre director). Second, that Professor and soon-to-be Lord Briggs, then vice-chancellor of Sussex University a...| UnHerd
The University of Chicago is in crisis. Under extraordinary financial strain, it has diminished its faculty-student ratio and hired hundreds of “lecturers”: teachers whom it pays little and whom it does not expect to do research.| Compact
It can feel like there’s a lot riding on A Level, T Level and Vocational Technical Qualifications (VTQ) results day but if you don’t get your predicted grades, don’t worry - it doesn’t mean that your education journey stops here. …| The Education Hub
A Portuguese museum display features a bizarre assortment of objects.| Atlas Obscura
For four years, the company of Viktor Orbán's friend Lőrinc Mészáros may provide fleet services to the Hungarian University of Agricultural and Life Sciences fo| English
The Dallas Mavericks and Paul Quinn College are launching a first-of-its-kind Mavs Sports Management Major, providing students the opportunity to explore different aspects of the sports industry.| CultureMap Dallas
Cochise College in Sierra Vista, Arizona, has added three new simulators designed to help law enforcement get training behind the wheel.| EdScoop
The University of Arkansas Men’s Track & Field team is among the most decorated programs in NCAA history. Uber Higher Education supports them in one of their biggest hurdles: managing travel operations for a demanding schedule.| Serbia | Latest News & Stories | Uber Blog
Edinburgh University's 'Decolonised Transformations: Confronting the University of Edinburgh’s History and Legacies of Enslavement and Colonialism,' is Left-wing politics of the worst kind, says Professor James Alexander.| The Daily Sceptic
Today is an exciting day for reproducibility in computational sciences. Continuous analysis awakens with its publication in Nature Biotechnology. Continuous analysis is a method for automatically re-executing a study whenever its source code is updated. Any changes resulting from the update are tracked and visible. Once properly configured, continuous analysis makes a computational study fully reproducible at every state throughout its history. It works by combining two technologies. First, ...| Satoshi Village
The University of Arkansas Men’s Track & Field team is among the most decorated programs in NCAA history. Uber Higher Education supports them in one of their biggest hurdles: managing travel operations for a demanding schedule.| Latest News & Stories From Around The World | Uber Blog
The University of Arkansas Men’s Track & Field team is among the most decorated programs in NCAA history. Uber Higher Education supports them in one of their biggest hurdles: managing travel operations for a demanding schedule.| United Kingdom | Latest News & Stories | Uber Blog
College athletes struggle to balance packed schedules and nutritional needs. In Spring 2024, Uber Eats jumped in to help the Miami Hurricanes.| Uber Blog
The General Assembly of the Union of Mediterranean Universities (UNIMED) represents an important yearly event where rectors, presidents and representatives of UNIMED associated universities meet to exchange views and to determine policy for UNIMED, setting the stage for a full and rich year of initiatives, activities and conferences that shape the academic calendar around the Mediterranean.| CHARM-EU
America’s elite universities are taking further hits as a result of the federal government’s assault on anti-Semitism on campus| Radicalism of fools
Discover why leading medical schools across the United States partner with Uber to provide crucial support to the world’s future clinicians.| Uber Blog
The European Universities Initiative: 5 Years On – A Research and Practice Symposium, held on June 2–3, 2025, at Università della Svizzera italiana (USI) in Lugano, convened scholars, alliance leaders, […] The post Catalysts of change: CHARM-EU presents its work in Lugano appeared first on CHARM-EU.| CHARM-EU
From 1 July 2025, the UK’s new Foreign Influence Registration Scheme (FIRS) will come into force. The scheme aims to increase transparency around foreign powers’ activity in the UK, to help protect the country’s safety and interests.| educationhub.blog.gov.uk
It is of the utmost importance to take fire safety in schools and universities seriously and ensure your systems are appropriate.| Fireline
Historian Ellen Schrecker says the current assault is worse than the 1950’s anti-communist repression of higher ed.| Truthout
SCGA Insight Awards – supporting intergenerational dialogue and vocational training and giving young researchers a platform to exchange ideas| Scottish Council On Global Affairs
Philip Pettit’s writings about republicanism offer a valuable and distinctive perspective on individual freedom and the nature of a good society. He develops those ideas most fully in Republicanism : a theory of freedom and government. Pettit’s core idea is that we should conceive of freedom as “non-domination” — that is, that an individual is … Continue reading "Republicanism and multicultural democracy"| Understanding Society
Trump’s escalation of censorship and retaliation is terrifying. The groundwork for it was prepared years in advance.| Truthout
DEI programs in Canadian universities threaten academic freedom and fuel political bias. Here are 6 steps to restore intellectual diversity.| C2C Journal
Many American universities, widely seen globally as beacons of academic integrity and free speech, are giving in to demands from the Trump […]| Social Science Space
Recently, I was delighted to write ‘These courts were made for walking: rediscovering open spaces in the modern university’ for the Hidden Curriculum in Doctoral Education project.| Research Degree Insiders
"A university is special to the extent that it is a place where teaching and learning replace fighting and grandstanding." That's Agnes Callard (Chicago), writing at The Point. Are protests a good way to manifest political concern on college campuses? Do the purposes universities serve---or are supposed to serve---in society give us a reason to think| Daily Nous - news for & about the philosophy profession
Purdue University on Tuesday announced that Christian Theumer, who’d been serving as the university’s interim chief information officer and vice president for information technology, was named to the roles in a permanent fashion on Jan. 1. As CIO, Theumer is responsible for overseeing the university’s IT services, including cybersecurity, user experience, enterprise reporting, infrastructure services, […]| EdScoop
An event hosted by the university saw speakers accuse Jewish groups of being complicit in the spread of ‘racism, Islamophobia, and anti-immigrant sentiment’| The Jewish Chronicle
Conservatives have been frustrated with the direction of higher education for decades. Yet conservative responses like protecting free speech and ending racial preferences have not kept the higher education machine from veering ever leftward.| The American Way of Life
Elliott Cheu, University of Arizona's associate vice president for research centers and institutes, will soon serve as its new interim chief information officer.| EdScoop
University of Arizona Chief Information Officer Barry Brummund will retire early next year, the school has announced.| EdScoop
I took a break from the blog, and not for the first time. This blog, as I always say, is a gift and an extra—an act of generosity, but also an act of fun.| Research Degree Insiders
Make student loans dischargeable in bankruptcy and require universities to underwrite loans| Anand Sanwal » Trying to mess things up
The powerful documentary Rediscovering Home, produced in partnership with UEA University of Sanctuary and Olga Sovenko, was showcased at City Hall. The film intimately follows the stories of four individuals as they navigate forced displacement, exploring what it means to leave everything behind, start again, and rediscover the meaning of “home.” Following the screening, a Q&A […] The post Rediscovering Home – City Hall Showcase & Panel Discussion appeared first on Norwich City of Sa...| Norwich City of Sanctuary
Like ghost kitchens that exist only on delivery apps, these nonprofits exist only on college applications.| Anand Sanwal » Trying to mess things up
The horrific attack in Southport on 29 July 2024 and the violent disorder in its aftermath, have caused grave concern across the country. Following the attack, rioting coordinated by right-wing extremists was initiated by the spread of misinformation about the …| educationhub.blog.gov.uk
The University of California, Los Angeles has hired Chris Mattmann, a former innovation chief at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, as its first chief data and artificial intelligence officer.| EdScoop
You can’t plan for disasters, but avoiding these common mistakes will go a long way in ensuring you have a plan you can really use in an emergency.| EdScoop
The new academic year may have just started, but there's already a report card for TCU students to write home about. This time, their school's being graded. And don't worry, Mom and Dad - it made the honor roll.| CultureMap Fort Worth
The software firm Turnitin announced a new feature that helps detect whether AI has been used to paraphrase.| EdScoop
Instead of adhering to a corporate model based on individual achievement, the authors argue that universities need to shift towards co-operative governance that fosters collaborative approaches to teaching and research| Social Science Space
Student protests are roiling college campuses across the nation. Some of the goals of these protests are beyond what universities can deliver, such as a ceasefire in Gaza. But others—like divestment from companies doing business in Israel—are not.| Compact
The post Knowledge Unlatched Presents Open Access Heroes 2023 and Usage Increase of 30% appeared first on Knowledge Unlatched.| Knowledge Unlatched
Recent interview with Razib Khan. We've known each other IRL for about 20 years now, so this conversation has a slightly different charact...| infoproc.blogspot.com
Great conversation with Erik, a well-known SV Founder and investor. TIMESTAMPS: (00:00) Intro (02:01) Political polarization in academi...| infoproc.blogspot.com
Publishing an annual report can be a complex, challenging task. TCC has the skills and experience to take the stress out of the process.| TCC International
The Irish Times:| Women of History
