Rapper Fetty Wap freed from federal prison nearly a year early

Chart-topping rapper Fetty Wap is saying “hey, what’s up, hello” to freedom, as he has been released from federal prison earlier than expected. The New Jersey native — birth name William Junior ...
The Daily Tar Heel

Where A's become B's and B's become C's: Students voice opposition to chemistry grading curve

Over winter break, students who took UNC Professor Gary Pielak’s Chemistry 430: Introduction to Biological Chemistry course ...
ABC News

Trump administration moves to end major student loan forgiveness plan: 'We won't tolerate it'

"The law is clear: if you take out a loan, you must pay it back." The Department of Education has moved to terminate one of former President Joe Biden's most popular student loan forgiveness plans -- ...
New York Post

Student’s failing Bible-based essay on gender won’t affect final grade, trans instructor placed on leave after backlash

A University of Oklahoma student’s final grade won’t be affected after she controversially flunked a Bible-based essay on gender that was assigned by a trans instructor — triggering widespread ...
Wall Street Journal

The College Students Who Can’t Do Elementary Math

Kids in elementary school learn—or are supposed to learn—how to add fractions and round numbers. But many students at the University of California, San Diego—a top public university ranked sixth ...
U.S. News & World Report

Trump Administration Says Nursing Isn't a 'Professional Degree.' That May Impact Your Student Loans.

The Department of Education under the Trump administration is restructuring federal student loans and capping the amount graduate students can borrow. Graduate students in programs classified as ...
The Atlantic

‘A Recipe for Idiocracy’

For the past several years, America has been using its young people as lab rats in a sweeping, if not exactly thought-out, education experiment. Schools across the country have been lowering standards ...
Inside Higher Ed

The Other Engagement Problem

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Research links students’ involvement in life beyond the classroom—in extracurriculars such as ...
KQED

If You Want Students to Learn, Don’t Tell Them 'Pay Attention!' Try This Instead

Teaching is nearly impossible to do when students aren’t paying attention, especially when there are distractions like smart phones, other students and hallway banter. It’s easy to get frustrated, but ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

My Jewish studies students aren’t talking about Israel or antisemitism. They told me why.

I first noticed something was off on the first day of class. I had given my students in my “Sociology of American Jewish life” course at Tulane University blank index cards, asking them to write five ...
The Indianapolis Star

Indiana University orders student paper to stop printing. Editors say it's censorship

This story has been updated to add new comment from the IU administration and additional context throughout. Indiana University has ordered the Indiana Daily Student to end all print publication less ...
Inside Higher Ed

The Costs Students Don’t See Coming—and Why They Matter

New Student Voice data offers insight into students’ financial vulnerability and their grasp of cost of attendance amid a broader push for cost transparency. In another set of findings, 36 percent of ...