Colleges continuing their march to new online learning initiatives
But teaching with online and digital courseware poses challenges, including accessibility and inclusion
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Facebook unveils its plan for oversight board
Facebook has unveiled its plan to create an independent "oversight" board to make decisions over how the network is moderated.
Scaled-Back HEA Plan Coming Soon?
Senate GOP leader mulls piecemeal update to Higher Education Act tied to HBCU funding, which could include short-term Pell, student data, FAFSA simplification and lifting prison Pell ban. But plan might be tough sell for Democrats.
New journal to publish ‘negative’ results and reproducibility disputes
Open access journal will publish results from studies sometimes dismissed as ‘failures’ as well as replication attempts
Students ‘afraid’ to use university mental health services
Nearly one in five first-year UK undergraduates tell Unite Students survey that they have a mental health condition
Student says professor nearly flunked her after she made pro-life brochure for pregnant men
In 2017, a Fresno State University professor told his class to erase pro-life chalking that was expressly permitted by the public university.
As the world warms, the call for climate-friendly cooling heats up
The Climate Group’s EP100 smarter energy management initiative, which the nonprofit runs in partnership with the Alliance to Save Energy, crossed an important milestone over the summer — surpassing more than 50 members worldwide after gradually building momentum since the launch three years ago.
Facebook to use Met Police videos to recognise shooters
Facebook is to use footage from police body cameras to train its algorithms to recognise videos of real-life shootings.
Arizona State Moves On From Global Freshman Academy
ASU's for-credit MOOC experiment with edX didn’t meet expectations for completion or certification. The university has quietly moved in a new direction.
Boise State rewards students for ‘unpacking white identity,’ ‘recognizing their privilege’
A book circle at Boise State University asks, "what does it mean to be white?"
