Counterpoint: Government funding must support research that represents all Canadians
As the president of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, I'm concerned about polarization from the right and ...
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Tell it to SunStar: Unfiltered truth matters
By Herman M. Lagon There’s a peculiar art in wielding words with intention — especially words that cut deep, provoke thought, ...
The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier5d
Iowa lawmakers float bills on what should be taught on campus
DES MOINES — Two weeks after it launched, the new Iowa House Higher Education Committee has introduced a spate of study bills ...
London Review of Books3d
Peter Phillips: On Charles Villiers Stanford
Stanford was among the first composers in Britain to write church music that was not automatically relegated to ...
When free speech clashes with university authority: What a student’s legal victory means for US First Amendment rights
Kimberly Diei, a pharmacy student at the University of Tennessee, faced expulsion threats after posting racy rap lyrics on ...
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We Need New Ways to Protect Academic Freedom
Protecting professors from university discipline for their extramural speech is necessary, but no longer sufficient, Austin ...
6 Lessons From Uni That Shaped The PTV Staff’s Lives And I’m Not Crying, You Are
Our very own staff at Pedestrian share the life lessons they learned at uni so that you can get an idea of what to expect.
Select Committee Treaty Principles Bill submissions hearings begin
Views ranged from it being an attempt to "oppress iwi Māori" to providing the chance to ease New Zealanders' anxiety over the ...
University of Iowa 'school of intellectual freedom' among bevy of GOP bills battling 'woke'
A new "school of intellectual freedom" at the University of Iowa was among the sprawling higher ed priorities Iowa lawmakers ...
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Researchers Engage With Policy Makers at Evidence Week
Researchers from the University of Plymouth have engaged directly with policy makers on a number of the key environmental and educational challenges facing modern society. Academics ... up a paywall – ...
Bill to establish UI school of ‘intellectual freedom’ moves to committee
During the subcommittee meeting, former Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad called "some" University of Iowa professors "socialists." ...
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NAEP scores show disheartening trends for the lowest-performing students
The National Assessment for Educational Progress results show a dispiriting and growing gap between students who are academic ...