Beijing’s call for foreign R&D investment ‘a signal’ to West
US is the ‘elephant in the room’ in a policy that seeks to attract overseas talent and money, says academic Read more
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ABA votes to uphold LSAT requirements
The House of Delegates (HoD) of the American Bar Association (ABA) voted down a resolution that would have made LSAT testing optional. Read more
North Dakota bill would make it easier to fire tenured professors
A Republican lawmaker in North Dakota has proposed legislation codifying new responsibilities for tenured professors at two public colleges and making it easier for their presidents to fire them. Read more
Ditch the Degree? Many employers are just fine with that
Between 2011 and 2021, the percentage of people aged 25 and older who completed a bachelor’s degree or higher increased by 7.5 percentage points from 30.4% to 37.9%, according to the latest data from the Census Bureau. Read more
Google launches ChatGPT rival called Bard
Google is launching an Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered chatbot called Bard to rival ChatGPT. Read more
Protests Planned for First Day of Sasse’s Presidency
On his first day as president of the University of Florida, former Republican senator Ben Sasse faces a list of demands that call for him to defy Governor Ron DeSantis’s pledged reforms. Read more
Fauxcahontas: White female scholars keep pretending to be Native American
A headline Jan. 24 in the New York Post trumpeted: “‘Native American’ novelist praised by GMA, NYT accused of being a ‘Pretendian.’” It tells the story of Erika Wurth, an English professor at Western Illinois University, whose claims to Native American ancestry have been meticulously debunked by activists and researchers even as the scholar maintains her claims. Read more
Speaking Russian banned at leading Ukrainian university
NaUKMA head defends dropping ‘language of aggressor’, despite concerns over freedom of expression Read more
Florida Rep. seeks to stop CCP from infiltrating American universities
Florida Congressman W. Gregory Steube recently introduced a bill amending “the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit the award of Federal funds to institutions of higher education that employ instructors funded by the Chinese Communist Party.” Read more
‘Disappointing’ actions lead to indefinite suspension of Vanderbilt’s Sigma Chi fraternity
The Executive Committee says it comes amid “accountability issues” and “disappointing” actions among members. Read more
