Big data era ‘overturns scientific paradigm’
With digital devices generating data from the world at an unprecedented rate, what it means to be a scientist has changed, conference hears
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Employer-Based College Programs Here to Stay
Companies like Chipotle and Amazon aren't scaling back educational benefits for employees.
Industry job cuts in pandemic ‘push postgraduates to academia’
Bleak economic outlook is swaying PhD candidates towards a university career despite sector difficulties, indicates a survey of UK research students
California fails to overturn ban on affirmative action in college admissions
On November 3, California voters had a chance to overturn the state’s ban on affirmative action.
Pitt medical students create new Hippocratic Oath to ‘fight racial injustice, misinformation’
First-year students at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine created a “new” Hippocratic Oath, one which includes promises to fight racial injustice and misinformation
Liberty University re-creates new leadership model
Liberty University’s Board of Trustees has announced it has voted to re-create the leadership model.
Duke computer science department offers new class on race and gender
Duke University this fall semester is offering a new class to its students titled: “Race, Gender, Class, & Computing.”
Most of Australia’s Chinese students now studying remotely
Shift reflects growing acceptance of online education
Likely Defeat for Affirmative Action
California voters are rejecting a proposal to restore affirmative action at the state's public colleges and universities.
Online cheating surges during COVID-19; universities struggle to find a solution
The full extent of online cheating inspired by the pandemic — illicit Googling, friends texting answers to each other or sharing screen shots of exam questions in advance — can’t be measured, despite the new popularity of camera-monitoring, online proctoring and artificial intelligence to track students’ computer moves.
