Keep tabs on consultancy work to avoid ‘Uber-style controversies’
Clearer separation between peer-reviewed and corporate work would help protect academic integrity, expert says Read more
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Presidents at 16 colleges in DC area form coalition to tackle gun violence
University of Maryland, Georgetown and others launch 120 Initiative to prevent 'mass slaughter of citizens' in future. Read more
Federal Judge Blocks Title IX Guidance on Transgender Students
The temporary injunction issued in Tennessee will apply to the 20 Republican-led states that joined the litigation. Read more
Amazon targets 10,000 fake review Facebook groups
Amazon is taking legal action against the administrators of more than 10,000 Facebook groups, the BBC has learned. Read more
Stanford sustainability school faces pushback for potentially taking oil money
Stanford University’s new Doerr School of Sustainability has recently faced backlash for being open to fossil fuel company donations. Read more
Direct Admissions Takes Off
At West Texas A&M, at Minnesota’s colleges and with the Common App, colleges are dropping applications as a requirement to be admitted. Read more
Students protest Christian university for upholding its religious values
Controversy erupted at Anderson University in Anderson, South Carolina, after the university decided not to renew the contract of a queer professor. Read more
Does attending your college increase students’ chances of getting hired?
A recent report shows that hiring managers care about which higher ed institution potential employees attended. Read more
Gender activists push to bar anthropologists from identifying human remains as ‘male’ or ‘female’
As soon as ancient human remains are excavated, archaeologists begin the work of determining a number of traits about the individual, including age, race and gender. Read more
Microsoft launches simulator to train drone AI systems
Microsoft has launched a platform to train the artificial intelligence (AI) systems of autonomous aircraft. Read more
