The College Fix

Even prayer rooms can ‘feel unwelcoming’ A social and political psychology lecturer at University College London says “many” Muslim women have indicated that various “university spaces” make them feel “unsafe, marginalized and out of place.” In the UCL Institute of Education blog, Amena Amer writes that based on “walking interviews and participatory photography,” she found “f...

‘Some of you felt like your own history, your identity or your community was left out or erased‘ A Massachusetts middle school principal is under fire for apologizing to Arab students after they said they felt “unseen” during a lesson on the Holocaust. In an email sent to seventh grade students, Diamond Middle School Principal Johnny Cole explained that the lesson was meant t...

Waddya mean it’s not like how we’ve worked so hard to portray?? The media and academic set are trying so hard to rationalize the positive reactions to everyday, average America expressed by World Cup visitors coming to experience the planet’s biggest sporting event. Americans — welcoming? Friendly? Polite? Courteous? In the Age of Trump?? How can this be? Patrick Ryan’s June ...

Articles in recent months describe how professors across the nation have whittled down their reading lists to respond to students’ inability to focus. But one recent college grad argued educators should be doing the opposite. An op-ed in The Wall Street Journal on July 1 was headlined: “How to Get College Students Reading Again: Assign full books and kick anyone out of class ...

2025-26 academic year brought announcements of new civics degrees, growing student interest Civics education is having a moment and it shows no signs of slowing. The 2025-26 academic year brought new plans to expand civics education in a handful of states, including required courses on American history and degree programs focused on liberty, military strategy, and more.