Academic scores and student engagement have been on a decline since COVID-19 brought changes to education, and first-year St. Thomas students are facing unprecedented academic challenges. Sabrina Thompson has the story.
U.S. News & World Report released its annual rankings of colleges and universities in the United States on Sept. 18. St. Thomas tied for No. 163 in this year’s rankings and received an overall score of 56 out of 100. However, St. Thomas officials, as well as others across the country, have begun to question the rankings’ importance.
A touch football game kicked off homecoming week, Gov.Tim Walz called for COVID-19 vaccine and testing requirements for teachers, and international enrollment is at an all-time high at St. Thomas. Annabelle Wiskus has today’s News in :90.
Rising COVID-19 cases across Minnesota are especially affecting middle and high school students, and some places across the U.S., including counties in Iowa, are having to turn down COVID-19 shipments due to low interest. Senior Reporter Emily Haugen has today’s News in :90.
After graduating its inaugural class last spring, the Dougherty Family College ushered its first group of students into St. Thomas this fall. Reporter Mia Laube has the story.
Here at St. Thomas, acts of racism have been all too common in the last two years. Columnist Grace Hallen argues diversity training should start with children, not when a person is grown up and established in their beliefs.
A liberal arts education is designed to expose students to other subjects: culture, history, human interaction, the physical world and more. Columnist Maddie Peters argues that a liberal arts education is valuable to finding new interests, learning various disciplines and becoming a more well-rounded person.
Offering foreign language education in schools is a way to open students’ minds to different cultures and prepare them for the future. Columnist Maddie Peters argues the United States should require foreign language lessons as early as elementary school.
OK Go Sandbox, an educational website created by St. Thomas’ Playful Learning Lab and rock band OK Go, was debuted last month at the National Science Teacher Association conference in Georgia.
Columnist Tam Kemabonta argues that the professor tenure system that pushes a culture of ‘publish or perish’ disadvantages students.
A university-wide book drive collecting supplies for schools affected by recent hurricanes ran through October at St. Thomas.
St. Thomas administrators say the university has not changed how it handles sexual misconduct on campus following the recent Trump administration cancellation of Obama-era Title IX guidances.
In response to concerns about anti-immigrant sentiment, some U.S. colleges are making new efforts to help international students feel welcome and reassure them of their safety.
Opinions editor Jeffrey Langan weighs the pros and cons of continuing your education after college.
The program focuses on better understanding of individuals who fall under one or both of the special education and gifted education labels.
