Under Pressure, CUNY Removes Palestine Scholar Job Posting
System leaders took down a job posting for a Palestinian studies professor at Governor Hochul’s insistence. Faculty say it’s an unprecedented breach of academic autonomy. Read more
What Students Value in Internships
New data from Handshake shows current students place value on trying out careers through internships and look for fair pay when choosing a role. Read more
AI: cheating matters but redrawing assessment ‘matters most’
Universities should prioritise ensuring that assessments are ‘assessing what we mean to assess’ rather than letting conversations be dominated by discussions around cheating Read more
$250,000 federal grant funds Central Washington U. project to ‘celebrate’ rural trans adults
The National Endowment for the Humanities granted $247,000 to Central Washington University to “digitally capture” the stories of transgender Americans over the age of 50. Read more
Department of Education takes down key student loan forgiveness and repayment applications
The Trump administration’s Department of Education abruptly removed two critical applications related to student loan forgiveness and repayment, throwing an already troubled federal student loan system into greater turmoil. Read more
Apple AI tool transcribed the word ‘racist’ as ‘Trump’
Apple says it is working to fix its speech-to-text tool after some social media users found that when they spoke the word "racist" into their iPhones it typed it out as "Trump." Read more
NIH Funding Cuts Could Have Ripple Effects on College-Town Economies
Deep cuts in federal research spending could reverberate beyond campuses, denting college-town economies and costing jobs outside academe. Read more
NIH Funding Cuts Could Have Ripple Effects on College-Town Economies
A federal judge temporarily blocked Elon Musk’s DOGE from access to sensitive Education Department information, saying the Trump administration’s cost-cutting arm hadn’t explained why it needs access to the records. Read more
Dozens of providers seek extension to English accounts deadline
The deadline for most 2023-24 financial accounts was the end of December Read more
North Dakota State U. removes ‘diversity’ engineering page that said ‘deadlines’ harm minorities
Minorities do best without “rigid rules,” “deadlines for assignments and exams,” and graded homework according to a since-deleted “diversity” page for North Dakota State University’s engineering department. Read more
