Veteran professor-journalist sees signs of hope for higher ed: ‘Rising out of cluelessness’
Glenn Reynolds was sounding the alarm on higher education insanity before most Americans even realized it was a problem. Read more
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The companies that churn through young workers
Some employers look to hire and continually turn over junior employees – sometimes harming young workers’ careers before they’ve even begun. Read more
More relief for student borrowers could come under new rules
The Biden administration’s plan to wipe out billions of dollars in student-loan debt is in legal limbo, blocked at least temporarily by lawsuits. But a related proposal to lower monthly payments for millions of borrowers is taking a major step forward this week. Read more
ChatGPT Advice Academics Can Use Now
To harness the potential and avert the risks of OpenAI’s new chat bot, academics should think a few years out, invite students into the conversation and—most of all—experiment, not panic. Read more
Mellon Foundation pivots to DEI, awards millions to ‘social justice’ initiatives
The Mellon Foundation, which awarded over $500 million in grants in 2021, recently ended two of its social science fellowships ‘as part of a broader refocusing on social justice.’ Read more
Higher education should be wary of promising prosperity
Education helps a person escape poverty. It doesn’t directly, in the short run, combat poverty. Read more
How community colleges fit in to the promise of the CHIPS and Science Act
Congress’ CHIPS and Science Act was signed into law on the promise of jump-starting research and development and building a more inclusive technical workforce. Community colleges, which serve the majority of higher education’s low-income students and students of color, must be included in the conversation, experts say. Read more
Public universities across the country ban CCP-influenced TikTok
Public universities nationwide in the last month have moved to restrict access to the popular social media app TikTok, owned by Chinese company ByteDance, as their state legislatures have banned the use of the app on government-owned devices and networks. Read more
Cryptocurrency: UK Treasury considers plan for digital pound
The government is considering introducing a national cryptocurrency or "digital pound", the economic secretary to the Treasury has told MPs. Read more
Amid Backlash, Stanford Pulls ‘Harmful Language’ List
The university’s effort to remove racist, violent and biased language from its website morphed into a PR disaster. Other colleges’ initiatives have fared better—perhaps because they are less transparent in their practices. Read more
