Let meat eaters drown, Oxford philosopher argues
It is “plausible” that there is a moral case for letting meat eaters drown, according to an Oxford University philosopher. Read more
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Congressional Democrats want legal review of OPMs
The lawmakers want the Education Department to go beyond what a federal watchdog recommended in reviewing 2011 guidance for online program managers. Read more
Meta threatens to remove US news content if new law passes
Meta has threatened to remove news content from Facebook in the US. It objects to a new law that would give news organisations greater power to negotiate fees for content shared on Facebook. Read more
FBI director defends investigations of Chinese academics in front of university audience
Speaking at one of America’s leading public universities, FBI Director Christopher Wray offered a full-throated defense Friday of the Justice Department’s efforts to investigate and prosecute academic fraud linked to China, saying that there is no “more serious, more persistent threat to our innovation, our ideas and our economic security than the Chinese Communist Party and the Chinese government.” Read more
What Will Happen to ‘U.S. News’ Rankings?
Some think (and many hope) that the move of law schools away from the publication will prompt undergraduate colleges to do the same. But no new challenges have emerged on undergraduate rankings … thus far. Read more
Professor under fire for teaching gender is a spectrum
A professor is under review for teaching her students that gender is a spectrum and that sex is not a dichotomy. Read more
UChicago announces ‘The Problem with Whiteness’ course
The University of Chicago (UChicago) is offering a course to students titled “The Problem Of Whiteness” during the Spring 2023 semester, according to the school’s course catalog. Read more
Australian university combines PhD and MBA in national first
Joint programme eyes trifecta of research skills, disciplinary knowledge and business acumen Read more
SKA: Construction to begin on world’s biggest telescope
One of the grand scientific projects of the 21st Century begins its construction phase on Monday. Read more
Giving Tuesday: Despite economic distress, colleges raise millions
Even at the height of the pandemic Giving Tuesday proved to be an overwhelming success for colleges and universities, with more than $10.5 million being raised in 2020 on the annual day of giving. Predictably, that trend hasn’t changed. Read more
