I n May 2023, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, a Republican, signed a bill preventing colleges in the state system from spending money on diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and banning ...

When students click accept on their offer of admission into the University, they typically don’t plan on learning about weather patterns in meteorology, Shakespeare on film or death rituals. But ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jamie Merisotis writes about education, human work, and philanthropy. The end-of-year news retrospectives are over, and the ...

Born between 1997 and 2012, Generation Z is currently 13 to 28 years old. While many have already started or finished college, some are just getting ready to apply, and the youngest have yet to begin ...

Higher education reforms in Florida under Governor Ron DeSantis have sparked criticism from today’s education establishment: tweeting professors, scholarly guilds, the American Association of ...

Although mandatory general education is necessary for a comprehensive education, these courses should be offered at a lower cost. Studying and completing endless coursework for classes that are ...

The Florida Board of Governors voted to remove hundreds of classes, many touching on race and gender, from general education offerings at all 12 state universities. Students at Florida State ...

A proposed policy from the UW Board of Regents aims to standardize gen-ed course transferability. Gen-ed credits will range from 30 to 36 credit hours in 10 to 12 courses across six curricular ...

S tudents often sign up for general-education courses because they have to. And so they tend to be skeptical that such courses are relevant to their lives. Doug Duncan, an emeritus faculty member in ...

(WLUK) -- Universities of Wisconsin officials are considering a new policy that would ensure all core general education credits can transfer between each of the 13 schools within the system. The ...

Earlier this year, students across the country watched as wildfires devastated large parts of Southern California. Yet even as they watched — and, in some cases, lived through — a real example of what ...