Category: Academic Reportage

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Lori Hunter, Professor of Sociology, Director of the Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado Boulder Edith Schaecher, center, and her daughter and granddaughter look at a photo album recovered from her tornado-damaged home in Greenfield, Iowa, in May 2024. AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall Hurricanes, tornadoes…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Paula de la Cruz-Fernández, Cultural Digital Collections Manager, University of Florida Variety is the sauce of life. Suzanne Kreiter/Boston Globe via Getty Images At its heart, pizza is deceptively simple. Made from just a few humble ingredients – baked dough, tangy sauce, melted cheese and…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Massimo Ruzzene, Vice Chancellor of Research and Innovation, University of Colorado Boulder Federal funding cuts to the University of Colorado Boulder have already impacted research and could cause even more harm. Glenn J. Asakawa/University of Colorado The Trump administration has been freezing or reducing federal…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By John V. Winters, Professor of Economics, Iowa State University Education rates are rising; marriage rates are falling. But the relationship between those two trends isn’t straightforward. Ugur Karakoc/E+ via Getty Images The longer someone stays in school, the more likely they are to delay getting…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By John Weigand, Professor Emeritus of Architecture and Interior Design, Miami University Rethinking the college major could help colleges better understand what employers and students need. Westend61/Getty Images Colleges and universities are struggling to stay afloat. The reasons are numerous: declining numbers of college-age students in…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Maria S. Floro, Professor Emerita of Economics, American University The world is witnessing the consequences of climate change: long-lasting changes in temperature and rainfall, and more intense and frequent extreme weather events such as heat waves, hurricanes, typhoons, flooding and drought. All make it harder for…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Jimmy Aguilar, PhD Candidate in Urban Education Policy, University of Southern California An executive order seeks to remove ‘discriminatory ideology’ in universities. Critics contend it politicizes the accreditation process. Abraham Gonzalez Fernandez via Getty Images President Donald Trump on April 23, 2025, signed an executive…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Jeanne Beatrix Law, Professor of English, Kennesaw State University Studies have shown that many students are using AI to brainstorm, learn new information and revise their work. krisanapong detraphiphat/Moment via Getty Images I’m a writing professor who sees artificial intelligence as more of an opportunity…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Steven Matome Mathetsa, Senior Lecturer at the African Energy Leadership Centre, Wits Business School, University of the Witwatersrand South Africa’s state-owned electricity company, Eskom, has applied to the National Energy Regulator of South Africa to approve a 36.1% electricity price hike from April 2025, a 11.8%…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Olasunkanmi Habeeb Okunola, Senior Research Associate, United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), United Nations University Extreme climate events — floods, droughts and heatwaves — are not just becoming more frequent; they are also more severe. It’s important to understand how communities…