Students’ advocates voice Ccncern as Education Dept. amps up ID verification
About 125,000 aid applicants will have their IDs checked this summer. The department says the move is necessary to protect taxpayers. Read more
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Is Google about to destroy the web?
Google says a new AI tool on its search engine will rejuvenate the internet. Others predict an apocalypse for websites. One thing is clear: the current chapter of online history is careening towards its end. Welcome to the "machine web". Read more
He Wanted a Presidency. He Became a Pariah.
How Santa Ono’s botched appointment became an allegory for a perilous political moment. Read more
Can anything save US science?
As the Trump administration proposes enormous cuts for the US’ world-renowned science agencies, Jack Grove looks into what is driving the attacks beyond political malice – and what, if anything, can be done to plug the huge funding gaps Read more
PSU professor placed on leave after ‘I am Hamas … we’re all Hamas’ comment
A Portland State University professor has been placed on leave and is under investigation after a short video clip circulated on social media of her saying ‘I am Hamas … we’re all Hamas” at an off-campus rally. Read more
The 3 timely things we learned from Columbia’s
Near the end of his New York Magazine cover story detailing more than 18 months of turmoil at Columbia University, writer Nick Summers recounts an embarrassing scene that crisis management leaders of other institutions can learn from. Read more
Small Colleges are banding together against a Higher Endowment Tax. This Is why.
Small private colleges are working together to lobby against the sweeping budget bill making its way through Congress that would hike taxes on endowments and land with particular force on their institutions. Read more
New species of dinosaur discovered that ‘rewrites’ T.rex family tree
Scientists have discovered a new species of dinosaur - in the collection of a Mongolian museum - that they say "rewrites" the evolutionary history of tyrannosaurs. Read more
Fulbright Board Resigns Over Political Interference
Nearly the entire scholarship board quit Wednesday in protest of the Trump administration’s intervention in the selection process, which they say was politically motivated and illegal. Read more
Asylum claims from students a ‘racket’, warns Jack Straw
The former home secretary said restrictions announced in the recent White Paper will ‘put a squeeze’ on some universities Read more
