Stanford U.'s proposed cut of its press's subsidy draws outrage; how to teach students to read like fact checkers; and more news.
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Ten lecturers in the New Jersey university’s general-education department were told their contracts would not be recommended for renewal. Kean said the decisions weren’t retaliatory.
The conventional approach to helping students evaluate sources on the internet doesn’t work, research suggests. But “lateral reading” is a promising alternative.
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