It’s no secret teachers are skeptical—fearful, even—about the explosion of generative AI like ChatGPT and its influence over the classroom. But futurist, business guru, and FETC 2023 keynote speaker Daniel Burrus believes these transformative times must be embraced. Read more

The British Antarctic Survey says it has seen nothing so far that would endanger its Halley research station, following Sunday's big iceberg calving. Read more

Proposed legislation would enforce financial transparency for public institutions after one university nearly collapsed. Some say the bills are redundant, others that they don’t go far enough. Read more

The University of Wisconsin-Madison paid $5,000 to a woman who faked her Native American ancestry so that she could help develop ‘a toolkit and curriculum around cultural appropriation.’ Read more

Sector faces years of uncertainty after a series of economic and political crises in the country Read more

Now more than ever, students are demanding more from their college or university of choice. And if we learned anything from the pandemic, it’s that education is becoming more and more about the student experience. Read more

Up to 80 percent of faculty and staff positions at Arizona’s three public universities now require applicants to subscribe to diversity, equity and inclusion statements, according to a new Goldwater Institute report. Read more

You definitely shouldn't panic but there is a biggish asteroid about to pass by Earth in the coming hours. Read more

North Dakota’s House majority leader has filed legislation that would let the presidents of Dickinson State, Bismarck State and perhaps other colleges review tenured faculty at any time—and fire them, with no employee power to appeal. Read more

A substitute teacher in California was fired -- and could be charged -- after a video showed him slamming a student to the ground for calling him a racial slur. Read more