Billions being spent in metaverse land grab
Nearly $2bn (£1.75bn) has been spent on virtual land in the past 12 months, as people and companies race to get a foothold in the metaverse, research shows. Read more
#AcademicTwitter will endure—for now
Academics who tweet are weighing the opportunity costs of leaving Twitter while looking into other social media platforms. But few are fleeing the digital gathering space in which they have invested so much—at least not yet. Read more
Supreme Court doubts Harvard’s claim of ‘little discrimination’
Oral arguments for STUDENTS FOR FAIR ADMISSIONS, INC. V. PRESIDENT & FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE began at 1 p.m. on Monday after the earlier affirmative action case against the University of North Carolina (UNC) ran long. Read more
Pupils block London council’s attempts to remove play space near school
A group of pupils in east London have seen off – temporarily at least – the workers who had come to dismantle their school street. Read more
Man Pretended to Be Stanford Student for 10 Months
Stanford University officials removed a man from the basement of a campus housing unit last week, the Los Angeles Times reported. William Curry, from Birmingham, Ala., had been living in Stanford dormitories for 10 months, despite not being a Stanford student. Read more
UVA refuses to divulge race of vandal who attacked Office of African-American Affairs
More than a month after the University of Virginia determined that vandalism at the Office of African-American Affairs was “unrelated to racial bias,” officials still will not provide further details on the suspect. Read more
Universities can’t yank financial aid from students who get private scholarships, new law says
As Dixie Samaniego prepared for her first semester at California State University Fullerton, she had one focus: finding a way to pay. Read more
Climate change: Kilimanjaro’s and Africa’s last glaciers to go by 2050, says UN
Glaciers across the globe - including the last ones in Africa - will be unavoidably lost by 2050 due to climate change, the UN says in a report. Read more
What does a bachelor’s degree signify in 2022?
As college students have come back to campus, most have returned to the conventional pursuit of the long-lauded bachelor’s degree, the prerequisite qualification since time immemorial to apply to nearly every job with a decent wage and reliable career path. Read more
NUS president ousted over antisemitism allegations
The National Union of Students has ousted its president after a long-running independent inquiry into allegations of antisemitism found “significant breaches” of the organisation’s policies. Read more
