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Joanne Jacobs

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

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

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

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

'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

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

College students lost learning too, but how much?

Universities aren't even trying to figure out how much students lost when classes went remote, writes Jonathan Zimmerman, who teaches...

Joanne Jacobs

'Student-centered learning' means less learning

Student-centered learning is supposed to be inclusive, democratic, personalized and accessible, write Rebekah Wanic and Nina Powell in...

Joanne Jacobs

It's college, not kindergarten

Of the three million students who will start college this fall, one million won't make it through the first year on campus or won't...