Pearson turns artificial intelligence attention to essay marking
New tool will learn how academics grade papers and replicate their approach
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Google is making a foray into college admissions
It can be one of the most important — and often stress-inducing — decisions of a young person’s life. And now, Google is getting involved.
Deepmind co-founder Shane Legg gives London teen top AI tips
A teenager from London has been given some extra homework for the school holidays by the co-founder of Artificial Intelligence firm DeepMind.
‘Straight A’s’
Authors discuss their new book on the experience of Asian American students at Harvard University
World ‘should follow Australia’s lead’ on staff-student sex
Ad hoc approaches inadequate to deal with a widespread issue, campaigners say
Call to rethink China branch campuses over academic freedom risks
Experts say long-running joint ventures should be seen as a ‘litmus test’
‘The University We Need’
Author discusses his critique of higher education as too liberal -- and the idea of creating a new university with another perspective.
President Trump signs bipartisan technical-education bill into law
President Trump signed legislation Tuesday that renews a federal workforce development program, sending $1.2 billion a year to states but with fewer requirements from Washington on how to spend the money and assess the success of programs.
Debates Differ on Completion Incentives
A growing number of states are experimenting with different ways to encourage students to take more credits.
For sale: Survey data on millions of high school students
Three thousand high school students from across the United States recently trekked to a university sports arena here to attend an event with an impressive-sounding name: the Congress of Future Science and Technology Leaders. Many of their parents had spent $985 on tuition.
