The University of Texas-Austin is offering a minor program in video game design, which will be housed in two different departments: Arts and Entertainment Technologies, and Computer Science.
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The University of Texas-Austin is offering a minor program in video game design, which will be housed in two different departments: Arts and Entertainment Technologies, and Computer Science.
A dean of admissions at Wake Forest University apologized after a photo surfaced where she posed with a Confederate flag, but an anti-racism coalition of students demanded more than the apology, among other demands.
The Andrew Mellon Foundation published research that attempted to claim that liberal arts degrees are valuable, but their research findings fell far short of their claims.
A non-credit course offered by the University of Arkansas apparently pushes for legalization of DACA recipients and it comes with a fee, if a student isn’t a member of the institute offering the course.
Black History Month leads to some sensitivities, such as cafeteria workers allegedly being told to not serve Southern food to avoid offending students.
A liberal arts college in Carlisle, Pennsylvania is embroiled in a controversy when one of its students slammed white male students for over-participating in classroom discussions.
Two transgender high school students won first and second place in an event at Connecticut’s state championships in track events.
A Dartmouth College-sponsored skiing trip for students will only pay for non-white students, while making white students pay for it.
A panel discussion brought up the idea that maybe government intervention in universities was a big mistake, taking into account issues facing higher education as of late.
A self-proclaimed Christian feminist professor at Elon University gave a lecture at Emory University, claiming abortion is a “moral good.”