Category: Academic Analysis
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Baseball returns to a Japanese American detention camp after a historic ball field was restored to honor the resilience of those incarcerated
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Susan H. Kamei, Adjunct Professor of History and Affiliated Faculty, USC Shinso Ito Center for Japanese Religions and Cultures, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences In a 2024 exhibition game at Manzanar, players – many of them descendants of internment camp detainees –…
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Trump administration’s layoffs would gut department overseeing special education, eliminating parents’ last resort
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Joshua Cowen, Professor of Education Policy, Michigan State University A sign marks the outside of the Department of Education headquarters in Washington, D.C. J. David Ake/Getty Images A federal judge on Oct. 16, 2025, paused the Trump administration’s latest round of layoffs, which targeted more…
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AI-generated lesson plans fall short on inspiring students and promoting critical thinking
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Torrey Trust, Professor of Learning Technology, UMass Amherst When teachers rely on commonly used artificial intelligence chatbots to devise lesson plans, it does not result in more engaging, immersive or effective learning experiences compared with existing techniques, we found in our recent study. The AI-generated…
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Madagascar’s military power grab shows Africa’s coup problem isn’t restricted to the Sahel region
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By John Joseph Chin, Assistant Teaching Professor of Strategy and Technology, Carnegie Mellon University Military Col. Michael Randrianirina joins protesters as he announces that the armed forces are taking control of Madagascar on Oct. 14, 2025. AP Photo/Brian Ingang Those who rise to power through a…
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Academic freedom: how to defend ‘the very condition of a living democracy’ in France and worldwide
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – France – By Stéphanie Balme, Director, CERI (Centre de recherches internationales), Sciences Po Director of the CERI at SciencesPo, Stéphanie Balme conducted a study for France Universités, an organisation whose members are presidents of universities, titled “Defending and promoting academic freedom. A global issue, an urgent matter for France…
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The Life of Violet: three unearthed early stories where Virginia Woolf’s genius first sparks to life
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Jade French, Postdoctoral Researcher , Loughborough University BotaniHue/Shutterstock/Wikimedia Few feelings are more thrilling for a literature scholar than unearthing an archival gem. Urmila Seshagiri, professor of English at the University of Tennessee, got to experience such a jolt when she was told about previously unseen typescripts…
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Should the UK introduce targeted prostate cancer screening? The case for and against
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Pinar Uysal-Onganer, Reader in Molecular Biology, University of Westminster StanislavSukhin/Shutterstock.com Former UK prime minister Rishi Sunak has called for a targeted prostate cancer screening programme for men most at high risk of the disease, reviving a national debate on how to save more lives and tackle…
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AI ‘workslop’ is creating unnecessary extra work. Here’s how we can stop it
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Steven Lockey, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Melbourne Business School Richard Drury/Getty Have you ever used artificial intelligence (AI) in your job without double-checking the quality or accuracy of its output? If so, you wouldn’t be the only one. Our global research shows a staggering two-thirds (66%)…
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As social media age restrictions spread, is the internet entering its Victorian era?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Alex Beattie, Lecturer, Media and Communication, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Getty Images A wave of proposed social media bans for young people has swept the globe recently, fuelled by mounting concern about the apparent harm the likes of TikTok, Instagram and…
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With 83% of its buildings destroyed, Gaza needs more than money to rebuild
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By John Tookey, Professor of Construction Management, Auckland University of Technology The Gaza Strip is a tortured piece of land that is about 40km long and 11km wide. Some 2.3 million souls are crammed into a space of around 360 square kilometres. This is barely larger…