New Swiss technology university aims to solve global problems
Schaffhausen Institute of Technology will work closely with industry and focus on interdisciplinary research and education
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South Dakota legislator suggests Board of Regents is ‘slow walking’ free speech reform
A South Dakota lawmaker wrote a letter to the executive director of the state’s Board of Regents, accusing him of “slow walking” free speech reforms.
‘Don’t leave campus’: Parents are now using tracking apps to watch their kids at college
The post on the Reddit board r/insaneparents was titled “18m in college.” It purported to be a screenshot of a text exchange between a mother and her adult son.
Job interviews with a face-scanning algorithm
The Washington Post published an article Tuesday on a hiring system from the firm HireVue, which uses artificial intelligence-driven assessments to rank job applicants' hireability based on their facial movements, word choice and speaking voice.
Some universities are putting expansive gag orders on professors under suspension. Is it legal?
Two public universities in the last year have suspended professors and placed gag orders forbidding them from communicating with students during their suspensions.
Warren’s Education Plan Promises Billions for Low-Income Schools and Desegregation
The long-awaited proposal breaks from Obama-era Democratic priorities by critiquing charter schools and testing.
Subscribing to Open Monographs
Could subscriptions create a pathway to sustainable open-access monograph publishing? MIT Press plans to find out.
Conn students ARRESTED for ‘ridiculing’ speech in viral video
Two University of Connecticut students were arrested Monday after video allegedly showed them using racial slurs.
Asian universities contend with their #MeToo moment
Social media posts by students at home and abroad push universities to address harassment and assault
Veteran accuses instructor of marking grade down due to anti-military bias: report
An Arizona State University student reported his instructor, a female Ph.D. student, for discriminating against him for his status as a military veteran, according to a complaint lodged with the school’s misconduct reporting system in February.
