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Harvard may create a center for (viewpoint) diversity and inclusion (of conservatives)
Harvard may create a center for "viewpoint diversity" as it fends off government pressure to hire conservatives.

Joanne Jacobs
4 days ago3 min read
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If AI is doing all the thinking, what's college for?
If a bot does the work for your college degree, the bot will get the job.

Joanne Jacobs
May 83 min read
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College students don't spend much time studying
College students don't spend much time studying or working for pay, but expect high grades for little effort.

Joanne Jacobs
May 21 min read
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Free thinking at UATX
60 Minutes has a very positive story on the University of Austin , which admitted its first class of students this fall. Students are...

Joanne Jacobs
Nov 26, 20241 min read
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Is everybody cheating?
Cheating is common for college students. Many think A is the only acceptable grade.

Joanne Jacobs
Nov 14, 20242 min read
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Conservative students learn to argue in college -- liberals stay in their bubble
Conservative students sharpen their ideas and listen to alternative perspectives -- they learn -- on very liberal college campuses,...

Joanne Jacobs
Jul 11, 20243 min read
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Elite angst: The privileged hate (and hoard) privilege
Privileged college students accuse others of "privilege."

Joanne Jacobs
Jun 9, 20243 min read
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Training (and restraining) an AI writing coach
A new AI writing coach will work from a student's notes, turning ideas into sentences.

Joanne Jacobs
May 26, 20241 min read
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College students can't -- or won't -- read, say profs
Many college students don't do the work -- perhaps because they have trouble reading and understanding college-level texts.

Joanne Jacobs
May 20, 20242 min read
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In college, but not in class: Kids with 'snowplow parents' give up easily
Absenteeism -- physical and mental -- is high for college students too.

Joanne Jacobs
May 19, 20241 min read
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Gaza war is not top issue for college students
Only 8 percent of college students have protested the war in Gaza -- on either side -- according to a new Generation Lab survey, reports...

Joanne Jacobs
May 9, 20241 min read
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Include Jews -- or dismantle DEI?
The proposed Antisemitism Awareness Act is "profoundly misguided,"argue Christopher F. Rufo and Jenin Younes. The bill would allow...

Joanne Jacobs
May 8, 20241 min read
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How to succeed at college: Try doing the work
Anxious about their children's anxiety, parents are going into crisis mode when their 18-year-olds face the normal challenges of college...

Joanne Jacobs
Apr 14, 20242 min read
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Activism gives bored, lonely students something to do
Students who've worked hard to get into prestigious colleges don't seem to have enough to do once they get there, writes Rick Hess,...

Joanne Jacobs
Jan 2, 20243 min read
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Lonely on campus: Students are siloed, silenced
Afraid to offend each other, college students are "siloed and silenced," creating an epidemic of loneliness on campus, writes Samuel...

Joanne Jacobs
Nov 26, 20232 min read
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