AI is disrupting education, but it’s not out for our jobs
Technologies like AR, VR and AI are here to stay, but you don’t have to be scared of them.
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My high school’s transgender bathroom policies violate the privacy of the rest of us
Few students ever dream that they’ll sue their high school. But that is exactly what several of my peers and I had to do.
Minnesota’s tech colleges see surge in skilled-trades training
Kyle Vickerman recalls talking with his boss at Ziegler CAT construction about how he might someday advance in the company. The response was immediate — in a good way.
More boys apply to top universities; but more girls get accepted
The research, which reviewed 21,949 university applications from global IB students during the 2017-18 academic year, also revealed that female applicants are as much as 200% more likely to receive an offer for their chosen university, when compared to their male peers.
Gun advocate shoots down faculty union’s attempt at deterring would-be attackers
A gun advocate shot down the reasoning behind an Oakland University faculty union's decision to purchase and distribute hockey pucks to fight back in the event of an active gunman.
The growing loan burden for parents of College students
Parents are taking out bigger loans to pay for their children's college education, a new report finds, and having worse outcomes repaying that debt.
Former Dem mayor prof assigns essay about ‘offensive’ character, ‘Donald Rump’
UC Santa Cruz professor and former Democrat mayor Ryan Coonerty assigned his constitutional law students an essay prompt on “Donald Rump,” who “has been known to target women, minorities, and the disabled.”
Code Switch
A coding boot camp and a liberal arts university share instructors and accreditation to create a new computer science degree, aimed at making graduates of both institutions more employable.
DeVos paints doomsday student debt landscape
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos sounded the alarm on the state of higher education in a doomsday speech on the student debt crisis and vowed to use the tools at her disposal to make changes.
Scammers target UK students with fake tax refund emails
Thousands of university students have been targeted with fake tax refund emails in an attempt to steal their banking and personal details, HM Revenue and Customs has said.
