College admissions scandal meets foreign bribery
A Chinese national has pleaded guilty to bribery after paying to have her son admitted to UCLA.
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ournalism school claims professor ‘voluntarily’ stepped down after comparing ‘OK, boomer’ to n-word
A journalism professor who equated the dismissive phrase “OK, boomer” with the n-word in class will step down for the rest of the semester and has agreed to play pupil in racial sensitivity courses, the administration said.
Cheats ‘exploiting false sense of security’ in exams
Students who admit that they cheat say they are most likely to do so in exams, even though staff mostly detect cheats’ handiwork in written assignments.
White House to Promote Alternatives to the Degree
New Ad Council campaign will tout alternatives to the four-year degree. Led by CEOs of Apple and IBM, the project comes from a White House-convened task force on workforce policy.
Why Silicon Valley is taking a big interest in trees
From the set of investors in Pachama’s $4.1 million seed round, which closed earlier this year, you wouldn’t think it’s a company that specializes in analyzing forests.
How higher ed rallies around the environment
Saint Leo University hosting summer sustainability conference where higher ed can share ideas
Oxford accused of dumbing down as it plans to cut classics
The ancient wisdom and spellbinding poetry of Homer’s Iliad and Virgil’s Aeneid have formed the backbone of the Oxford classics degree for centuries.
USC offers free tuition to ONE THIRD of students
USC has adjusted the financial bracket for students who qualify for free tuition.
Wake Forest University president apologizes for slavery
The president of Wake Forest University has issued an apology on behalf of his institution for the university’s role in promoting and engaging in the institution of slavery some 160 years ago.
Facial Recognition Surveillance on Campus
UCLA was the first university to openly consider facial recognition technology for security surveillance. The university abandoned that plan, but other colleges may be using the software.
