University of Washington investigation discovers race was wrongly considered in faculty hire
The University of Washington found race was “inappropriately considered” in a recent faculty hire, it admitted last month. Read more
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The University of Washington found race was “inappropriately considered” in a recent faculty hire, it admitted last month. Read more
Texas A&M University’s governing board agreed Sunday to pay $75 million to buy out the remaining years on the contract of Jimbo Fisher, the football coach it fired after winning 45 of 70 games over the six years he was its coach. Read more
The student newspaper at Ashland University won greater editorial control following the intervention of a national free speech group. Read more
Aberdeen’s proposal to close language degree programmes might save money but it will impoverish international understanding Read more
The number of students from the United States heading to China to study is likely to increase in the years to come due to their sustained interest in the country, a US State Department official said, as both Washington and Beijing agreed to ramp up people-to-people exchanges. Read more
The goal of the model, started at Loyola University, is to get low-income students to and through college with little to no debt. Read more
Artificial Intelligence could save lives by warning where a hurricane will hit land much sooner than traditional forecasting systems, researchers say. Read more
International student enrollment continues to rebound since travel restrictions laid waste to foreign student prospects. Three years removed from the pandemic, enrollment has once again topped 1 million students, according to Open Doors, the primary data tool for international students in the U.S. and those studying abroad. Read more
The idea is to expose students to an interdisciplinary framework that centers art and visuality, helping to destabilize our relationship to a future with incarceration imagined inside of it,’ professor says Read more
University investigates Berislav Zlokovic after his lab members describe image and notebook manipulation, and warn of danger to stroke patients from resulting medical trial Read more