The acceptance of a $3.69 million grant from the Charles Koch Foundation for the Eudaimonia Institute sparks controversy at Wake Forest.
Category: Education
Dueling Diagnoses: The Causes and Societal Effects of Medication for ADHD and Anxiety
As our medication of ADHD and Anxiety have changed, so has our culture. The long-term social effects are immense.
Aligning Organizations with Local Conditions: Lessons from Three Global Non-Profits
The most common criticism of Teach for America is the teachers’ lack of connection to the communities they are serving, but by examining the methods of three non-profits they can fix this problem.
Richmond schools improve from tax increase, restaurants pay the cost
The Richmond experiment has tested the community’s ability to maintain an environment favorable to education and business interests. If the policy becomes successful in the long-term, many other cities and municipalities may consider new mechanisms such as a sales tax to improve public schools.
Number One Dining’s Food Insecurity Problem
‘Number one dining’ has become a point of hypocrisy and the extravagant events UMass Dining holds have become a source of annoyance. They believe UMass should divert funds that go towards throwing extravagant dining events and instead be used to help lower the cost of meal plans.
Food Insecurity in Maine Sparks Summer Meal Programs for Students
Hunger is a persistent and growing problem throughout Maine. According to USDA statistics released earlier this month, 6.4 percent of the state’s households have faced very low food security—the highest figure in New England and the fifth-highest nationwide.
Save Student Newsrooms campaign draws attention to campus journalism
Changes in journalism have hit independent newspapers-harder than those which are financially dependent on the colleges and universities that house them. The Student Press Law Center reports that only 30 such independent papers exist in the country.
Why are professors striking at universities across the United Kingdom?
As university finances dwindle and the trend toward martketization continues, strikes like these across the United Kingdom will likely continue and grow.
Latino faculty lacking at UT Austin and nationwide
UT was desegregated in the 1950s and did not begin to actively hire faculty of color until the 1980s.