Private Colleges Are Pitching Free Tuition for Middle-Class Students. Will It Make a Difference?
When it came time to decide where to enroll for college, Maggie Stearns hit a crossroads. Read more
An AI became a crypto millionaire. Now it’s fighting to become a person
Over the past year, an AI made millions in cryptocurrency. It's written the gospel of its own pseudo-religion and counts billionaire tech moguls among its devotees. Now it wants legal rights. Meet Truth Terminal. Read more
House Dem Leader Demands Hearing Over Political Out-of-Office Emails
The Department of Education is facing more pushback after furloughed employees had politically charged out-of-office notifications placed on their email without their consent. Read more
London move a ‘natural step’ for remote Australian university
UK offers reassuring familiarity for Charles Darwin’s TNE ‘push’ but vice-chancellor says its MBA courses will be unlike anything already available Read more
New poll: Students say free speech matters until someone says something offensive
71 percent of students would report a professor for saying something offensive, according to results Read more
How off-campus housing support builds student success at this university
At Colorado State University, off-campus housing is viewed as the foundation of academic success. Off-Campus Life, a department within the university, helps students find stability and community. T Read more
With Compact, Universities weigh whether to give up freedoms for unknown payout
Higher ed organizations have raised alarm over a federal government document that asks universities to agree to significant restrictions without specifying what they’ll gain—or what they’ll lose for refusing. Read more
Scammers using AI to lure shoppers to fake businesses
Unscrupulous foreign firms are using AI-generated images and false back stories to pose as family-run UK businesses to lure in shoppers. Read more
What It’s Like to Be an Autism Scientist Funded by the Trump Administration
When President Trump told pregnant women last week to avoid Tylenol, citing the unproven claim that it can cause autism in children, experts around the world were aghast. Read more
Regulate ‘inflated’ v-c salaries, Australian senators told
Institutional autonomy ‘not threatened’ by proposal to more than halve executive pay, academics say, as universities insist councils should maintain control Read more
