Category: Academic Reportage

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By JT Cornelis, Associate Professor, Applied Biology (Soil Science), University of British Columbia Modern crops are often excessively fertilized, which boost yields in the short term but also harms the environment due to nutrient runoffs and greenhouse gas emissions. Additionally, fertilizers are often inefficient because much of…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Michael Vazquez, Teaching Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Students take a philosophy test in Strasbourg, France, on June 18, 2024. Frederick Florin/AFP via Getty Images Philosophy majors rank higher than all other majors on verbal and logical reasoning, according…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Megan Gaucher, Associate Professor, Department of Law and Legal Studies, Carleton University Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada’s recent announcement that it’s accepting 10,000 sponsorship applications under the Parent and Grandparents Program (PGP) comes with an important caveat. Due to persistent backlog, invitations will only be sent…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Louis P. Masur, Distinguished Professor of American Studies and History, Rutgers University Bruce Springsteen performs in Atlanta on Aug. 22, 1975, during the ‘Born to Run’ tour. Tom Hill/WireImage via Getty Images I was 18 when Bruce Springsteen’s third album, “Born to Run,” was released…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Nancy L. Weaver, Professor of Behavioral Science, Saint Louis University Grocery stores are a common source of tantrums and meltdowns. Cavan Images/Cavan via Getty Images A friend offhandedly told me recently, “It’s so easy to get my daughter to behave after her birthday – there…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Doug Sackman, Professor of History, University of Puget Sound Farmworkers harvest celery on March 9, 2024, in Yuma, Ariz. John Moore/Getty Images The Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign has not spared the U.S. agricultural industry, with agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement frequently raiding farms across…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Michael Vazquez, Teaching Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Students take a philosophy test in Strasbourg, France, on June 18, 2024. Frederick Florin/AFP via Getty Images Philosophy majors rank higher than all other majors on verbal and logical reasoning, according…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Carey Durkin Treado, Associate Teaching Professor of Economics, University of Pittsburgh When more than 1,300 people at the U.S. State Department lost their jobs in a mass firing this summer, most headlines focused on what it meant for American diplomacy. But the layoffs are about…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Reid Kress Weisbord, Distinguished Professor of Law and Judge Norma Shapiro Scholar, Rutgers University – Newark The outspoken wrestler attends a news conference in 2014. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images When professional wrestler and former reality TV star Hulk Hogan died on July 24, 2025, he left…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Sidney Shapiro, Professor of Law, Wake Forest University While the White House’s fight with elite universities such as Columbia and Harvard has recently dominated the headlines, the feud overshadows the broader and more far-reaching assault on K-12 public education by the Trump administration and many…