Cruz closes in on Yale, demands key docs on alleged faith discrimination
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is demanding that Yale Law School turn over documents related to the alleged discrimination against students of faith.
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Female-voice AI reinforces bias, says UN report
AI-powered voice assistants with female voices are perpetuating harmful gender biases, according to a UN study.
Grade inflation: English universities asked to report next year
Move follows agreement over ‘statement of intent’ on tackling issues linked to rise in firsts and 2:1s in UK
Teaching Evals: Bias and Tenure
New studies on student evaluations of teaching say a simple intervention can fight gender bias, at least in the short term, and that perceived teaching effectiveness declines after tenure.
Disturbing number of students say hate speech is not free speech, report says
A new report shows some shocking statistics about how college students feel about free speech.
More colleges are adopting pet-friendly policies
“I grew up as an only child in a very pet-friendly household. We’ve never not had a dog in the house,” says 20-year-old Colin Hilliard, a junior at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Fla. “College was the first time that I’d been away from home … so it was extremely challenging for me to adjust.”
Robots on the road – how close is our driverless future?
It was on the motorway near Phoenix, Arizona, that I realised fully driverless cars might be quite a distant dream.
Online learning has a chief administrator — signaling a trend in distance education
A recent surge of higher ed chief administrator positions that involve spearheading web initiatives reveals that online learning is now mainstream
Austin College students solve real world problems
Austin College science, technology, engineering and math students are putting their classroom ideas to the test.
Lawrence Jones: SAT ‘adversity score’ is ‘insulting,’ implies ‘people like me’ can’t make it
Campus Reform Editor-in-Chief Lawrence Jones joined Fox & Friends Friday morning to discuss, among other topics, the SAT beginning to assign students an "adversity score," which will factor in students' social and economic hardships.
