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As the nation marks the 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board, one of its most significant side effects − the large-scale loss of Black teachers − continues to affect America’s schools.
Students in windowless rooms are reporting anxiety, depression and fatigue. A professor of architecture says developers need to let the light shine in.
A philosopher and a psychologist break down the challenges of finding purposeful work that also pays well.
A former archivist at Mary McLeod Bethune’s last residence in Washington, DC, recounts how the experience led her to see Bethune as a global figure.
Divestment from Israel may violate state laws – at least for public institutions. Private universities with large endowments may face other obstacles.
These books shine light on a rich history of campus protests in the US that goes back to the 1960s.
More than 3 million children in the US are homeschooled. Are they getting a good education?
When students get unqualified teachers, it’s like missing one-third of the school year – and that’s what’s been happening with rural students in Texas.
An expert on the Columbia University protests of 1968 draws parallels between protests then and the ones taking place there in 2024.
Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, conservative activists led a counterattack against campus antiwar and civil rights demonstrators by demanding action from college presidents, the courts and the police.
A Miami nightclub owner and restaurateur has been adding star power to his class on entrepreneurship and hospitality.
Not all teachers comply when asked to adjust student grades. An education scholar takes a look at what happens when they don’t.
Legal rulings throw fate of special scholarships for ethnic minorities into doubt.
A rhetoric scholar says Columbia University President Nemat Shafik fared much better than her predecessors at a hearing about how her school was handling antisemitism on campus.
Nearly half of all students who enroll in college never finish. Are colleges and universities to blame?
The education technology sector constantly offers new products to solve old problems. Will anything be different this time?
College athletes have made substantial progress in being able to get paid for the use of their name, image and likeness − except in one realm.
While the COVID-19 pandemic spurred significant progress in expanding rural home internet access, these gains are proving temporary as resources dwindle.
The legalization and ease of online sports betting is fueling a rise in gambling disorders among young people.
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