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Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights once again saw a record-breaking number of complaints in 2023 against K-12 and higher education institutions, surpassing the previous all-time high set just a year prior, according to…
This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on July 22, 2019 © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. Humor has a place in education. College teachers can use it to create a welcoming classroom environment, increase learning, improve attendance, and reduce test anxiety (Banas, Dunbar, Rodriguez, & Liu, 2011). Such results should encourage all who teach to…
My first and only fully online class taken as an undergraduate student was a complete disaster. Aside from a bare-bones syllabus, the professor never showed up. Most of our grade was supposed to come from a single class project, but no assignment instructions were ever posted. I emailed the professor and waited…and waited…and waited—silence. Eventually,…
Going green is a major theme in higher education these days. “A growing number of universities and colleges are committed to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050,” says Jenay Robert, a senior researcher at EDUCAUSE. To that end, they are “finding and using renewable sources of energy, adopting green technology and making curriculum changes.”…
Find the ‘Why’: What Is This Network Upgrade Accomplishing? There’s no denying that the speed and density improvements offered by the latest wireless standards, Wi-Fi 6E and Wi-Fi 7, are significant. Both standards introduce new frequency bands to decrease interference and allow for greater density, and each offers a significant increase in the maximum…
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: The University of Lynchburg plans to eliminate 12 undergraduate majors, 25 minors and five graduate programs as it restructures around its most popular programs, the institution announced Thursday. With those changes, the private Virginia university…
UPDATED (May 30, 2024): As the Supreme Court rules on these cases, we will update this article accordingly. The 2023-2024 Supreme Court term will be remembered as one that redefined the rules by which Americans interact online. It features eight cases that will have far-reaching implications for the ways we interact online, both with elected…
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: The U.S. Department of Education will conduct a full-scale review of its Federal Student Aid office, following a chaotic rollout of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. On Thursday, U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona…
The Supreme Court reaffirmed the bedrock First Amendment principle that a “government official cannot coerce a private party to punish or suppress disfavored speech on her behalf.” Those words were written by Justice Sonia Sotomayor for a unanimous Court on Thursday. And they precisely describe the claims at issue in National Rifle Association v. Vullo. The NRA argued…
A new project by the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) explores how states fund community colleges based on the enrollment for their students. Dr. Walter G. Bumphus“There is no national data set that reflects the true scope of community college enrollments and curriculum,” said Dr. Walter G. Bumphus, president and CEO of the American…