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Mobile phones are nearly ubiquitous in schools today, even among the youngest students. According to the National Library of Medicine, 53% of children have a smartphone by age 11, with more than 95% of teens 13 to 17, with access...

It’s been less than a year since ChatGPT, the popular chatbot app from OpenAI, hit the market. Just two months after its release, in January 2023, ChatGPT’s user base topped 100 million, officially making it the...

College students are prone to doing wild things on their off time. One such rite of passage at many colleges and universities around the country is “naked parties.” These parties are organized by different individuals looking...

Most colleges value the exchange of knowledge, growth, and mutual respect—you might even say that colleges, as a whole, are predicated on this. And when it comes to the exchange of knowledge and facilitating student growth, a...

Where is the line between the exercise of free speech and participating in or instigating bullying? University of Chicago Sophomore Accused of Cyberbullying for Including an Instructor’s Photo and Email Address in His...

Whether your school’s sports team is consistently lauded as one of the nation’s best, or an underdog that’s just come from behind to beat the best, a winning score after the final buzzer will resound across...

The president of Thomas Jefferson University and dean of the university’s medical school Mark Tykocinski resigned in July 2023 after being rebuked for liking certain tweets. The tweets in question criticized coronavirus...

The company Chegg has been around since 2005 and originated as an affordable college textbook rental company. As the years progressed, the company evolved into an on-demand tutoring company with tons of learning resources from...

The Student Government Association (SGA) represents the interests of the student body on campus. The initiation of such an association by colleges and universities around the United States was intended to give students a voice...

Racial disparities are becoming a significant and growing problem in special education. A recent article pointed out three fundamental issues. First, it highlights the nearly 100% jump in the number of school districts pinpointed...

A recent article in Campus Safety, a periodical for the ​​school, university, and healthcare facility protection professionals, outlines some of the clues and signs someone is wearing or carrying a concealed weapon. The piece,...

There’s no gray area: cheating on tests or homework is wrong. Schools consider cheating academic misconduct, and it violates all schools and colleges’ codes of ethics. It can even be grounds for expulsion. All students...

The right to free speech is guaranteed in the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, an indication of the importance the Founding Fathers assigned to this fundamental freedom. Ever since the Constitution became operational in...

In recent years, AI has taken the world by storm. Suddenly, asking a computer – that talks back – for help on your homework, projects, and take-home exams is easier than ever. This new reality has forced many institutions to...

Special education needs can be challenging to identify and navigate, both for parents and educational institutions. But you don’t have to navigate the complexities alone. Whether you’re an educator, a concerned parent,...

The new topic of concern in education today is ChatGPT. This is a natural-language OpenAI tool that lets users enter a query in natural speech, and, through a series of guided questions, “talk” to the AI and receive a...

If it weren’t so tragic, the irony might make you laugh – a Harvard Business School Professor who specializes in dishonesty was recently accused of cheating and placed on leave . Never mind the fact that Francesca...

Recently, there’s been a buzz surrounding potential ideological biases and methodological errors in social science research. These biases and errors could be running rampant within the studies some social science researchers...

As the nature of toxic masculinity is increasingly discussed, more calls are being made for collegiate-level programs to initiate social change. Colleges and universities have a vested interest in doing so. As the federal...

In a move that shocked many, 130-year-old Seattle Pacific University said it would cut its budget for academic programs by 40 percent, expecting most of this to take the form of massive faculty layoffs in the next year. Though SPU...