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'One Big Book' doesn't seem like much
Reading "One Big Book" over a semester won't be too hard, English professors tell college students. It's "deep reading."

Joanne Jacobs
7 days ago2 min read
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Studying the humanities is hard, and that's a good thing
Professors won't persuade students the humanities are relevant and practical. Tell them "all things excellent are as difficult as they are rare"

Joanne Jacobs
Dec 17, 20253 min read
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Dubious disabilities: 'It's rich kids getting extra time on tests'
At elite universities, growing numbers of students receive special treatment for ADHD, anxiety, depression and other conditions now considered disabilities.

Joanne Jacobs
Dec 3, 20253 min read
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Resist the AI apocalypse: Students want to be 'capable humans, independent thinkers'
Humanities professors can teach students to resist AI cheatbots and learn to read, write, converse and think.

Joanne Jacobs
Dec 2, 20252 min read
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Rebels turn right: Questioning leftist ideas is 'dangerous, alluring'
Rebelling against left-wing conformity, college students are moving to conservative spaces where debate and disagreement is welcome.

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 26, 20252 min read
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Harvard profs say students don't speak up in class (if they show up at all)
Harvard students skip class, don't do the reading and, if they do show up, are afraid to express dissenting views, say professors.

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 12, 20252 min read
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Dogs -- and decorators -- in the dorm
College students want all the comforts of home, including their pets, when they go to college.

Joanne Jacobs
Aug 31, 20252 min read
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College conformists: 88% of students say they fake progressive views to get along
Most college students pretend to agree with left-wing views to fit in on campus, concludes a new survey.

Joanne Jacobs
Aug 14, 20252 min read
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A college degree with no heavy lifting: Ohio State will require 'AI fluency'
Ohio State will require students to use AI. Pomona students have formed a no-tech "Luddite Club."

Joanne Jacobs
Jun 11, 20252 min read
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At an average university, the average student is 'functionally illiterate'
College students can't read well and don't try, writes a philosophy professor.

Joanne Jacobs
Mar 31, 20253 min read
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College students are young adults - not fragile children
Stop babying college students and teach them that they're living in a diverse, pluralistic democracy.

Joanne Jacobs
Nov 24, 20242 min read
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71% of students say they'd report a professor for 'wrongthink'
College students are unwilling to tolerate professors with "offensive" opinions.

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 29, 20242 min read
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Virtue signaling turns nasty at Stanford, silly at Vanderbilt
"Aggression and abuse" are now "an accepted part of campus activism," writes Theo Baker, a Stanford sophomore, in The Atlantic. When...

Joanne Jacobs
Mar 28, 20242 min read
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College students aren't all that smart: IQ average falls to 102
The average college student has average intelligence, concludes a meta-analysis by Canadian researchers, writes Ross Pomeroy on Big...

Joanne Jacobs
Jan 25, 20242 min read
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When inclusion isn't enough: The new buzzword is 'belonging'
"Belonging" has joined "diversity," "equity" and "inclusion" (and sometimes "access") as the newest buzzword on college campuses, writes ...

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 21, 20232 min read
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College kids turn away from free speech, tolerance for dissent
"Young Americans are turning their backs on basic American principles of free speech, tolerance and due process," writes Brad Polumbo of...

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 14, 20232 min read
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Teaching fragility: 1/5 of undergrads are 'disabled'
Colleges are disabling students, teaching them that they need not show up in class, complete assignments on time or give an oral...

Joanne Jacobs
Jul 30, 20232 min read
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Malice: STEM students mock trans survey
Asked their gender, race and disability status, a surprising number of engineering and computer science students identify as military...

Joanne Jacobs
Jul 22, 20233 min read
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'The Runaway Bunny' goes to college
A "dramatic mental health crisis" is challenging colleges and universities, writes Mary Dana Hinton, president of Hollins University, on...

Joanne Jacobs
Jul 15, 20232 min read
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College students don't study, say classes are too hard
Most four-year college students don't spend much time studying, yet complain that classes are too hard, according to a recent survey by...

Joanne Jacobs
Nov 28, 20222 min read
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