Growing enrollment, shrinking future
Undergraduate enrollment rose for the first time since 2020, stoking hopes for a long-awaited recovery. But surprising areas of decline may dampen that optimism. Read more
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State issues guidance to address equity on college campuses
Two of the state’s top elected officials are newly encouraging colleges and universities in Massachusetts to find new approaches to “advance diversity, break down barriers, and increase access for historically underrepresented groups” in light of the Supreme Court’s ruling that restricted the use of race by college administrators in admissions decisions. Read more
Stop crediting us when we didn’t fund you, NIH tells researchers
Leading supplier of basic research funding says scientists complicate its accountability systems by routinely attributing publications to it Read more
High-risk prisoners sit GCSE English – and many outperform peers on outside
Inmates at HMP Frankland in County Durham, some of ‘hardest to reach people in society’, did course in a year with no internet access Read more
UCLA study: Convince white people racism exists by showing them old photos
A study recently published by UCLA researchers suggests that showing white people historical photos of racism toward black Americans in the healthcare system helps them believe racism exists today. Read more
US orders immediate halt to some AI chip exports to China, Nvidia says
Tech giant Nvidia says the US has told it to stop shipping some of its advanced artificial intelligence chips to China immediately. Read more
U.S. bans most withholding of transcripts
The Education Department strengthens its oversight of institutions with a sweeping set of rules finalized this week. Read more
Education key to unlocking gateway to future growth
Sheng Laiyun, deputy head of the National Bureau of Statistics, recently shared his views on the population contraction in China with the media. Read more
US pushes integration of indigenous knowledge in science
Effort mirrors similar efforts in Canada and New Zealand, and attracts corresponding doubts about whether the pursuit promises meaningful value to research Read more
Professor’s pro-Hamas tweet aligns with academic focus on Israel criticism, terrorist ‘rights’
University of California, Santa Barbara professor Lisa Hajjar recently tweeted an image that suggested support for attacks on Israel. Read more
