The AI avatars—which can look like students’ professors—are intended to answer course questions 24-7. Read more

For some it's a trip of cultural discovery filled with awe-inspiring moments; for others it's a journey to seek heritage and identity, which can be intense and sometimes emotional. Read more

Increased discrimination may be hangover from pandemic, say researchers behind International Student Barometer Read more

Northwestern University’s law school deliberately avoided hiring highly qualified white male legal scholars in an effort to develop a more diverse faculty makeup in violation of federal anti-discrimination laws, alleges a lawsuit recently filed by a prominent conservative legal group. Read more

After a 2023 measure increased penalties for making errors when registering voters, some student groups have decided the risk of doing so is too high. Read more

Chemistry laureate Sir Fraser Stoddart claims University of Hong Kong leader is victim of ‘tall poppy syndrome’ Read more

Figure suggests 32,000 students could walk away, mostly over costs and fears of burnout Read more

Beginning this fall, Colorado students can have the first two years of their college tuition reimbursed as a tax credit under a new state law. Read more

American Transparency publishes spending investigations under the moniker OpenTheBooks but doesn’t say where it gets its own money. Its definitions of DEI positions are way too broad, says one targeted university. Read more

Educators on the cutting edge of generative AI and its application in the classroom are discovering fascinating new ways to assess learning, uprooting centuries-old reading- and writing-based assessments as more and more students employ ChatGPT and related tools. Read more