Students can now minor in “Creative Placemaking” starting this next semester at the University of Maryland. Read more

Key figures in artificial intelligence want training of powerful AI systems to be suspended amid fears of a threat to humanity. Read more

The size of the global edtech market will approach $1 trillion by the end of this decade, according to one forecast. As for market share, edtech’s slice of the pie will increase to $133.05 billion by 2026, accelerating at an annual growth rate of nearly 18%, another analysis found. Read more

Trans-activist students said they were “not interested in conversation” with Cabot Phillips as they protested his speech inside the venue at the University of Pittsburgh. Read more

Learners who earn verifiable, nondegree online offerings targeted to specific industries sometimes struggle to enter the information into employers’ hiring platforms. Read more

US administrators wary of losing millions in government funding over risky China ties, scholars say Read more

Columbia University students will have an opportunity soon to learn about the “decision-making” process on foreign policy issues from Presidential Fellow Hillary Clinton. Read more

Artificial intelligence (AI) could replace the equivalent of 300 million full-time jobs, a report by investment bank Goldman Sachs says. Read more

With every passing day, it seems like our politicians and leaders are drawing deeper allegiances to their party. Now, it looks like students are, too. A new report uncovered that one out of four college-eligible students are crossing off schools they were previously considering based on its state’s political climate. Read more

At least three students are dead from gunshot wounds suffered at the Covenant School in Nashville, Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt tells CNN affiliates, WTVF, WZTV. Read more