2024-02-10 Dartmouth Will Again Require Standardized Tests
Dartmouth College, the Ivy League university in New Hampshire, announced last week that it will again require standardized tests from…
2024-02-06 US Schools Use Surveillance to Catch Students Vaping
Schools around the United States are installing sensors and cameras to identify possible use of vaping devices. Some administrators are…
2024-02-03 Student Academy Awards Provide ‘Momentum’ for Young Filmmakers
While most people know about the Academy Awards in Hollywood — the awards known as the Oscars — few know…
2024-02-01 Why Is Canada Limiting Foreign Students?
Canada recently announced a two-year limit on the number of foreign students given permission to study in the country. The…
2024-01-27 Apple’s Computer Launch Leads to Study of User Experience
Many people first heard about Apple’s Macintosh computer through a television commercial during the American football Super Bowl game in…
2024-01-23 Defining Plagiarism, How to Avoid It
It has become easy for students to find and copy published material. But copying another person’s writing without giving them…
2024-01-20 US Businesses Concerned about Hiring Young, ‘Gen Z’ Workers
A recent report from a higher education advising organization says nearly 40 percent of American employers avoid offering jobs to…
2024-01-16 Playground Provides Learning, Safety for Kids with Autism
At first look, the playground at the Children’s Guild-Transformation Academy in Baltimore, Maryland, looks like any other. It has swings,…
2024-01-13 Minnesota Named Second-most Educated US State
Minnesota has the second-highest education level in the U.S. as measured by the scholarship research website Scholaroo.com. A representative from…
2024-01-09 Young People’s English Language Skills Decreasing
A recent index that measures English language ability around the world finds that young people’s English language proficiency is decreasing.…
2024-01-06 Harvard President’s Ouster Leads to Concerns about Academic Freedom
Harvard University’s Claudine Gay recently became the second Ivy League president to step down under pressure from alumni, political activists…
2024-01-02 Early Childhood Education Programs at Risk
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) says “The period from birth to eight years old is one…
2023-12-30 Affirmative Action Decision Tops Higher Education News in 2023
As 2023 comes to a close, we take a look back at the top stories and developments in higher education.…
2023-12-27 Afghan Girls Banned from Education after Sixth Grade
Bahara Rustam is 13 years old. She took her last class at Bibi Razia School in Kabul, Afghanistan, on December…
2023-12-26 Three Years after Pandemic, Students Still Far Behind
In the third full school year since the COVID-19 pandemic began, students continued to feel the effects of school closures.…