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Whip Smart Kids apply to Georgia Institute of Technology every year. But no one is like Caleb Anderson. He is 12 years old. “I’m not really smart,” he told correspondent Mark Strassmann. “I only get the information quickly, so the faster I learn, the faster I can move on.” Read more
The president of Muhlenberg College on Monday publicly apologized for its 2010 production of the operetta “The Mikado” and deleted all photos of the performance from its website. Read more
Facebook-owned Instagram has been criticised for keeping secret its internal research into the effect social media had on teenager users. Read more
In the latest development in a long-running case, a federal appeals court orders Southeastern Oklahoma State University to rehire and award tenure to a professor who says she was denied tenure and fired for transitioning to a woman. Read more
Inspectors tell Ministry of Education to ‘study deeply and systematically about Xi Jinping’s thoughts on education’ Read more
Women in Afghanistan will be allowed to study in universities as the country seeks to rebuild after decades of war but gender-segregation and Islamic dress code will be mandatory, the Taliban’s new Higher Education minister said on Sunday. Read more
Apple has issued a software patch to block so-called "zero-click" spyware that could infect iPhones and iPads. Read more
Syracuse University offers full-throated defense for a professor targeted for her views about Sept. 11, prompting other academics to wonder why more institutions don’t defend even divisive scholars in this way. Read more
Attempts to sanction scholars for their speech, research or teaching practices has skyrocketed since 2015, with about three in four campaigns leading to some form of professional sanction — including termination — according to a new report by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education. Read more
The Department of Indigenous Studies at a Canadian university will not 'use capital letters except to acknowledge the Indigenous struggle for recognition.' Read more
