New book aims to empower readers to ‘call bullshit’ on data
Authors Carl Bergstrom and Jevin West put the case for scepticism at a time when science has become deeply polarising
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‘Unacceptable’: The Story Behind the Admissions Scandal
New details emerge on the scandal.
Amazon, Google and Wish remove neo-Nazi products
Amazon, Google and Wish have removed neo-Nazi and white-supremacist products being sold on their platforms following an investigation by BBC Click.
Toxicity in esports is a potential Title IX issue for colleges
Academic institutions must actively lead the industry to combat cyberbullying.
College student visa: Trump admin bars new foreign students taking online classes in US
New international college students — incoming first-year undergraduates and graduate students and the like — won't be allowed to come to the U.S. this fall if their courses are only online, President Donald Trump's administration said in guidance issued Friday.
University earmarks $1 million for COVID-19 hardships of ‘Black and Hispanic’ students
Indiana University created a “Pandemic Health Disparities Fund” for black and Hispanic students, because they are supposedly more likely to catch COVID-19 when they return in the fall.
New York Times podcast argues ‘white parents’ main problem with public education system
Why is the public education system failing students of color? A new podcast from The New York Times claims to have the answer — “white parents.”
Pandemic crisis touted as time to finally embrace older students
Campus-focused plans show US colleges still too age-limited, says job-centric pioneer
Hong Kong Seeks to Attract International Students
It is offering scholarships and more to recruit those who would have gone to the West in past years.
Have we seen our AI future?
It could be evidence that artificial intelligence has made a great leap forward and human writers and software developers will soon be redundant.
