Microsoft says cyber-attack triggered latest outage
A global outage affecting Microsoft products including email service Outlook and video game Minecraft has been resolved, the technology giant said in an update. Read more
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Mizzou Dissolves DEI Office
Facing pressure from conservative lawmakers, Missouri’s flagship university is disbanding its inclusion, diversity and equity division, undoing a keystone achievement of the 2015 campus protests over racial equity. Read more
Automatic green cards for overseas graduates of US HE is a bad idea
In a recent podcast, Donald Trump reacted to an invitation to “promise us that you will give us more ability to import the best and brightest…to America” by saying: “You should get automatically, as part of your diploma, a green card to be able to stay in this country.” Read more
Black nationalism on rise due to white supremacy, Rice University study says
Black nationalist tendencies are on the rise, due to “white supremacy,” according to a study from Rice University. Read more
An AI walks into a bar… Can artificial intelligence be genuinely funny?
We asked a professional comedian to deliver some jokes written by artificial intelligence on stage. What happened reveals a lot about just how much machines understand the very human sense of humour. Read more
Damages to college athletes to range from a few dollars to more than a million under settlement
Thousands of former college athletes will be eligible for payments ranging from a few dollars to more than a million under the $2.78 billion antitrust settlement agreed to by the NCAA and five power conferences, a deal that also paves the way for schools to directly compensate athletes while attempting regulate payments from boosters. Read more
How the Education Department Wants to Police Online Education
The department says it needs more data about online education to hold those programs accountable. Institutions say the agency is overcorrecting. Read more
‘Urgent review’ of TPS needed as more universities seek exit
New government told to consider post-92s’ legal obligation to participate in scheme as some consider setting up subsidiary companies to opt out Read more
Which musical instrument is the easiest to learn?
The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts Readv more
Conservative professor disciplined for criticizing DEI gets $2.4 million to settle lawsuit against college
A Bakersfield College professor who was investigated and disciplined after he questioned the use of grant money to fund social justice initiatives at his school has agreed to a $2.4 million settlement to resolve his lawsuit. Read more
