US Vice President Kamala Harris to speak at College of Charleston
United States Vice President Kamala Harris will visit the College of Charleston as part of her “Fight for Our Freedoms” college tour, the school announced Thursday. Read more
Fired leftist New College of Florida professor tells socialists to bring ‘fugitive pedagogy’ to the state
‘Come to Florida,’ Erik Wallenberg said during the ‘Fighting Fascism in Florida’ session at the Socialism 2023 Conference in Chicago. ‘Bring your fugitive pedagogy. Bring it with you. Incite some fire.’ Read more
HKU faculty blame ‘culture of opacity’ as v-c denies misconduct
Scholars say accusations of mismanagement against University of Hong Kong leader suggest ‘deep resentment and frustration’ in the ranks Read more
‘This is the most stressed city in India’: the dark side of coaching capital Kota
For the 300,000 students who flock to Kota every year, this hot, dusty city in the Indian state of Rajasthan is a pressure cooker of performance, where 18 hours of study a day is common and where your exam marks are everything. Some will become India’s next generation of doctors and engineers; but for others, it will break them. Read more
HotSat-1: UK spacecraft maps heat variations across Earth
A novel UK satellite has returned its first pictures of heat variations across the surface of the Earth. Read more
Gettysburg College shutters acclaimed literary journal
Administrators say The Gettysburg Review does not fit the college’s new curriculum, which focuses on student experiences. Staff—and former interns—disagree. Read more
Children’s book put on watch list in Alabama because its author’s last name is ‘Gay’
An illustrated children's book about siblings who build a dog house together was errantly placed on a watch list of books to be potentially removed from the Huntsville-Madison County Public Library (HCPL) system in Alabama simply because its author's last name was "Gay." Read more
Artificial intelligence creates a robot from scratch in seconds at Northwestern University
For the first time to date, researchers out of Northwestern University developed an artificial intelligence that can design a robot completely by itself. The team gave the AI a prompt, “design a robot that can walk across a flat surface.” Seconds later, the AI created this purple block Read more
Disruptive behaviour in English schools worse since Covid, says outgoing Ofsted head
Behaviour in schools in England has deteriorated since the pandemic, with pupils refusing to comply with rules, talking back to teachers and walking out of class mid-lesson, the head of Ofsted says. Read more
ASU’s use of tax dollars for DEI training flouts state law, think tank argues
Arizona State University has a mandatory diversity, equity and inclusion training for current and incoming staff and faculty using taxpayer money, and one conservative think tank in the state argues this flouts a state law banning some forms of DEI training. Read more
