There is an association between mass shootings and structural racism according to a new paper in JAMA Surgery. Read more

The exam was changed to a pass-fail model, ostensibly to relieve student stress. Critics say the change has not reduced stress but has amplified inequities among students. Read more

University professors in Florida are leaving in droves, and blaming the state’s fight against woke policies. Read more

Research by UCLA psychologists shows that, astonishingly, the artificial intelligence language model GPT-3 performs about as well as college undergraduates when asked to solve the sort of reasoning problems that typically appear on intelligence tests and standardized tests such as the SAT. The study is published in Nature Human Behaviour. Read more

A committee that oversees the University of California system’s admissions standards recently voted to stop accepting high school data science classes as advanced math courses, saying students who take these classes are not fully prepared for college-level STEM courses. Read more

The newly minted university is just the latest institution attempting to reframe its image at a time of enrollment declines and public skepticism about higher education. Read more

The 2019-20 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:20) is the survey’s first iteration to ask students about food insecurity and homelessness, and it may have unearthed a different kind of pandemic students have long been struggling with in pursuit of postsecondary education. Read more

The exams pass rate in Scotland has fallen for the second successive year after the grading system became stricter after the Covid pandemic. Read more

The university ended a requirement that all students sign faith statements. Other Christian campuses are also taking measures to broaden their reach. Read more

The China Writers Association has been promoting literature works that feature depictions of grassroots life, the achievements of poverty alleviation and prospects of rural vitalization. Read more