Personal statements scrapped over growing ChatGPT use
Singapore Management University provost Timothy Clark says reforms will push students away from using generative AI in admissions statements Read more
Free lunches, brain breaks and happy teachers: why Estonia has the best schools in Europe
How did a small, relatively poor country become an educational powerhouse? Creativity, autonomy and a deep embrace of the digital age Read more
After Education Department botched FAFSA application season, fiasco gets worse
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
Sting operation fools a proctoring service—and results in blackmail attempt
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
North American eclipse 2024: How scientists will study it
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
DEI lives to fight another day at the University of Wyoming
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
Remedial education gets big overhaul in US
Mounting evidence of success leads to nationwide explosion of system that lets students take regular courses while filling gaps in their learning Read more
NSF paid universities to develop AI censorship tools for social media, House report alleges
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
Distance education via online learning may be in a for a huge shake-up due to this proposal
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
US farms are making an urgent push into AI. It could help feed the world
American farmers are rapidly ploughing ahead with adopting artificial intelligence. The technology is as sophisticated as it is essential. Read more
