Meta-majors give students early momentum; a university's video omits its whites-only origins; and groups warn against surveillance of Chinese scholars
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The idea of the meta-major is for students to find momentum and get going in the areas they’re passionate about “before choice paralysis kicks in.” (PREMIUM)
A growing movement encourages colleges and universities to grapple with their racist legacies. So it was “odd, to put it mildly,” that the video didn’t mention that Louisiana Tech was segregated for 70 years, a professor said. (PREMIUM)
Many institutions have examined their exploitation of slaves. Now they are also looking at their complicity in segregation and other bigotries even as they fight off new white-supremacist threats. (PREMIUM)
Some college presidents, in recent letters, have signaled support for their foreign scholars. But scrutiny of foreign visitors has already escalated, as economic and political tensions flare between America and China. (PREMIUM)
An international science partnership between the United States and China that has grown stronger over 40 years suddenly seems to be decaying. (PREMIUM)
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