Are the humanities in crisis? If they are, how can we save them?
Rob Paige, provost emeritus of Arizona State University, has spoken of “indicators of clear and present danger to the humanities”.
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Another Setback for Programs Overseen by Troubled Accreditor
A large for-profit college chain fails in first attempt to find a new accreditor, potentially raising the stakes for the Trump administration's review of ACICS, its current agency.
Samsung AI centre to be based at Cambridge
Korean tech giant Samsung has announced a major investment in artificial intelligence research in the UK.
For years, Chinese students flocked to MSU. Now their numbers are declining.
All around the circular table that Jianshu Jian and Xi Chen occupied inside the Michigan State University Union, their fellow students were frantically typing away at final projects while pop hits from Halsey and Shawn Mendes played in the background.
With new space agency, Australian universities look to the stars
Australia’s long-awaited re-entry into space promises powerful payloads for universities, according to the woman appointed to head the country’s first space agency.
UK Universities under pressure to scrap use of nine-month contracts
UK higher education institutions are under increasing pressure to scrap their use of nine-month contracts after Durham University said that it would employ all teaching fellows for a minimum of 12 months from the coming academic year
Columbia College partners with Ed Map
Columbia College, a private non-profit college headquartered in Columbia, Missouri, has announced a new partnership with Ed Map, Inc. to serve as the official etext and book provider for the college's Adult Higher Education and Online Education divisions.
Universities quietly collaborate with Facebook
At the end of 2016, 16 universities entered into an agreement with Facebook to help the company quickly develop new technologies.
Greenwich University fined £120,000 for data breach
The University of Greenwich has been fined £120,000 ($160,000) by the Information Commissioner.
Artificial Intelligence: Hero or villain for Higher Education?
There’s often a fine line between hero and villain, and by most accounts, artificial intelligence (AI) is on the villain side, sucking jobs out of the economy.
