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The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression opposes H.R. 7521, which would grant the president a dangerous degree of power over speech platforms used by Americans. H.R. 7521 empowers the president to declare that a website or app presents a national security threat if the platform offers basic communications features and has certain connections to a…
Published: 4/1/2024 Reading Time: 3 minutes Emails, texts, social media, oh my ― distractions, distractions. According to a study by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), 65% of students said they get distracted by digital devices, while 59% get distracted by other students using devices. No matter how you teach, whether online, in-person…
Peer endorsement is a major influence on today’s college-going population. Put simply, in an age of authenticity, the messenger matters. Forward-thinking colleges are approaching getting students to engage with campus services with this in mind and implementing student success strategies that leverage peer mentorship to foster sense of belonging and uplift critical resources. Here’s why…
Every year, millions of students embark on their college journey, only to be met with staggering student loan debt, regret over their choice of major and underemployment upon graduation. For institutions, declining enrollment from the demographic cliff is compounded by decreased confidence in the value of higher education creating fiscal crises on campuses across the…
In the Fairfield Community School District in Iowa, an eighth-grade social studies teacher quit his job after he couldn’t get the superintendent to clarify whether a new education law allowed teachers to say that slavery was wrong. In Florida, the state board of education adopted social studies standards that ignited an uproar by calling for…
As generative artificial intelligence (AI) continues its rapid ascent, higher education institutions are pondering strategies for adapting and equipping their students with the skills necessary to thrive in an AI-oriented workforce. Despite the pressing need for AI literacy, a recent BestColleges survey found that just 53% of students say they have been assigned coursework that…
The Nigerian economy was severely impacted in 2023 by a national election, the subsequent devaluation of currency and the removal of the discount exchange rate for students studying abroad from the Central Bank of Nigeria, known as ‘Form A’. While Nigerian’s have become accustomed to fluctuating rates and shortages of foreign exchange, many students have…
TASK™, The Assessment of Sustainability Knowledge, was created to “make sustainability the new mainstream” and make it a common language, beyond sustainability advocates and experts, according co-founder Aurélien Decamps. “Everyone should be able to understand what is sustainability and how you can act on it,” he said. Decamps was speaking with The PIE News during a QS conference…
High impact practices (HIPs) have been in higher education for nearly two decades and include practices that are effective for a wide range of students, particularly students from historically underrepresented groups. HIPs help first-year students engage in deep-level approaches to learning that allow for increased retention, integration, and transfer of knowledge (Kuh, 2008). These varied…
When we envision the traditional classroom setting, we tend to visualize the power at the front of the room. The instructor is standing over a podium while the students are seated looking up at the one who holds the future of their course grade. The instructor asks a question and the student answers. The instructor…