New College of Florida Was Progressive. Then Gov. DeSantis Overhauled It.
At the state school, gender studies is out. ‘The Odyssey’ is required reading. A Charlie Kirk statue is coming. Has one ideological bubble replaced another?
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She Studied the Health Effects of Wildfires, Until the E.P.A. Cut Her Grant
Marina Vance had an E.P.A. grant to help homeowners counter the impact of wildfire smoke, until the agency deemed the research “no longer consistent” with its priorities.
Sal Khan: A.I. Will Displace Workers at a Scale Many Don’t Realize
Companies benefiting from A.I. should donate a small percentage of their profits to retrain the workers the tech will displace.
More Student Loan Borrowers Are Shedding Debts in Bankruptcy
A new study suggests that distressed borrowers using a simpler bankruptcy process are succeeding — and that more people like them should try.
‘All children are still into Roald Dahl’
The Guinness Book of Records is a favourite with boys, but one author always tops the list.
Jury Declines Murder Charge Against Parent in Kentucky State Shooting
The grand jury received testimony that the man had acted to defend his son, who had faced bullying before the shooting, a local prosecutor said.
Should Colleges End Early Decision?
Readers respond to a guest essay arguing that it is an unfair “racket. Also: An attack on climate research and safety; the value of immigrants to America.
The $1.8 Billion Question in Arkansas: Who Won the Powerball Jackpot?
A single ticket sold in Cabot, Ark., won on Wednesday night the second-largest U.S. lottery jackpot ever.
A College Freshman Is the Unlikely Source of Alabama’s New Political Maps
Daniel DiDonato, 19, has loved elections since he was in fourth grade. He also loves maps.
Brown shooting suspect: gruelling academic climate may have taken mental toll, say ex-classmates
Cláudio Valente and one of victims, Nuno FG Loureiro, both studied at notoriously challenging Técnico in Lisbon
As investigators in Massachusetts work to piece together a motive for the murders of two Brown University students and an MIT physics professor, former classmates of the suspected gunman and one of the victims have been asking if the roots of the tragedy lie in their shared experience...
‘The hidden engine room’: how amateur historians are powering genealogical research
Wealth of datasets compiled as private passions are now a goldmine for those hunting for their ancestors
The autumn sunlight is filtering through quietly falling leaves as Louise Cocker stands in front of the gravestone of James Henry Payne and takes a quick photograph. Payne died at the age of 73 in October 1917 and was buried in the Norfolk town of North Walsham, along with his wife Eleanor...
‘Keeps your mind alert’: older Swedes reap the benefits of learning for pleasure
Retirees with ‘fantastic hunger for education’ taking part in university organised events in record numbers
Record numbers of Swedish retirees are enrolling in a university run “by pensioners for pensioners” amid increased loneliness and a growing appetite for learning and in-person interactions.
Senioruniversitet, a national university that collaborates with Sweden’s adult education...
John Carey, Literary Eminence Who Excoriated Snobbery, Dies at 91
An Oxford professor and renowned critic, he was pugnacious, fearless and disdainful of the received wisdom of his intellectual milieu.
The Class Where ‘Screenagers’ Train to Navigate Social Media and A.I.
New technologies are complicating efforts to teach the scrolling generation to think critically and defensively online.
Ukrainian refugee leaves UK sixth-form college that urged her ‘to study Russian’
Kateryna Endeberia says teachers made the ‘hurtful’ request when she had difficulty with other subjects
A Ukrainian refugee has been forced to drop out of sixth-form college after she said she was put under pressure to study Russian.
Kateryna Endeberia moved to Stoke-on-Trent after fleeing Ukraine in 2022, after the start of Russia’s invasion.
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They Were Supposed to Protect Young Workers. Instead, They Cashed In.
Profit-seekers co-opted America’s premier cultural exchange program, the J-1 visa, which brought young people to work in the United States. Some sponsors charged thousands in fees.
Biggest school in Highlands to become a ‘no-phone zone’
Inverness Royal Academy said in a message to pupils and parents the new rule would start in February.
New York school board investigates wooden ‘timeout’ box allegations
Governor calls accusations that students with disabilities may have been confined in boxes ‘highly disturbing’
A school district board in upstate New York is investigating school officials amid accusations that the district may have confined elementary school students inside wooden “timeout” boxes.
Images of the boxes, which resemble tiny padded cells, first spread on social media last week,...
University threatened with legal action after protest at academic’s talk
Prof Alice Sullivan says her talk at the University of Bristol became like a “zombie apocalypse” during the protest.
Head serves school dinners amid ‘catering failings’
Malmesbury School’s Christmas dinner was under threat due to staffing issues, according to its head.
Regulator ‘asleep at the wheel’ over University of Greater Manchester investigation, MP says
Office for Students accused of ‘glacial’ response to allegations of fraud, bullying and mismanagement
England’s universities regulator has been attacked for being “asleep at the wheel” over its delays in investigating suspected fraud, bullying and mismanagement at the University of Greater Manchester.
Phil Brickell, the MP for Bolton West whose constituency includes the campus, has accused the...