ChatGPT Advice Academics Can Use Now
To harness the potential and avert the risks of OpenAI’s new chat bot, academics should think a few years out, invite students into the conversation and—most of all—experiment, not panic. Read more
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Mellon Foundation pivots to DEI, awards millions to ‘social justice’ initiatives
The Mellon Foundation, which awarded over $500 million in grants in 2021, recently ended two of its social science fellowships ‘as part of a broader refocusing on social justice.’ Read more
Higher education should be wary of promising prosperity
Education helps a person escape poverty. It doesn’t directly, in the short run, combat poverty. Read more
How community colleges fit in to the promise of the CHIPS and Science Act
Congress’ CHIPS and Science Act was signed into law on the promise of jump-starting research and development and building a more inclusive technical workforce. Community colleges, which serve the majority of higher education’s low-income students and students of color, must be included in the conversation, experts say. Read more
Public universities across the country ban CCP-influenced TikTok
Public universities nationwide in the last month have moved to restrict access to the popular social media app TikTok, owned by Chinese company ByteDance, as their state legislatures have banned the use of the app on government-owned devices and networks. Read more
Amid Backlash, Stanford Pulls ‘Harmful Language’ List
The university’s effort to remove racist, violent and biased language from its website morphed into a PR disaster. Other colleges’ initiatives have fared better—perhaps because they are less transparent in their practices. Read more
University students experience Lunar New Year in Egypt
Over 50 professors and students from Beni-Suef University attended an activity to experience the culture of Chinese Lunar New Year at the China Cultural Center in Cairo, Egypt, on Jan 4 Read more
Let Confucius Institutes on US campuses with conditions – review
Expert panel requested by Congress suggests conditions under which universities could be exempted from its general ban on partnerships with Chinese government-backed educational programme Read more
College degrees could become obsolete—and it could be the first step in giving your job to someone else
Colleges are dropping the SAT. Law schools are dropping the LSAT. And now, workplaces are dropping bachelor degrees—and experts think that should become the norm this year. Read more
Preaching to, and Challenging, the Liberal Arts Choir
In a conversation with presidents of small private colleges, tech company executives praise graduates’ leadership and critical thinking ability but say they need to develop skills for a first job, too. Read more
