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The U.S. Department of Education on Friday announced it has discovered a new calculation error that caused the wrong information for several hundred thousand student financial aid applications to be sent to colleges this month and will need to reprocess them. Read more
A staff member at a Florida college, posing as a student, hires a contract cheating firm to test the institution’s systems for preventing fraud. The outcome offers lessons for instructors and students as virtual learning expands. Read more
Rockets, planes, balloons and countless observers on the ground will be studying the North American total solar eclipse on 8 April in unprecedented detail. Read more
Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon’s flurry of vetoes last weekend included something unexpected: a line-item veto that allowed the legislature’s decision to axe $1.7 million in state funding for the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) but would allow the university to use its own funds for diversity-related programs. Read more
Mounting evidence of success leads to nationwide explosion of system that lets students take regular courses while filling gaps in their learning Read more
The National Science Foundation is paying universities using taxpayer money to create AI tools that can be used to censor Americans on various social media platforms, according to members of the House. Read more
Institutions leveraging out-of-state online learning may face deeper state regulation constraints due to a proposal from the Department of Education. While the proposal aims to increase consumer protection, some experts believe it could disproportionately hurt smaller schools and the students that they represent. Read more
American farmers are rapidly ploughing ahead with adopting artificial intelligence. The technology is as sophisticated as it is essential. Read more
Denied a lifeline from a tailor-made state loan program, the small, private Christian institution will close in May after years of financial issues. Read more
Prodded by conservative activists and politicians, several public universities are interpreting Supreme Court admissions ruling to include a ban on minority-focused aid Read more
