Concerns about online cheating decline
A new survey found instructors are less concerned about students cheating in online courses than they were at the start of the pandemic. But experts say there is still plenty to worry about. Read more
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A new survey found instructors are less concerned about students cheating in online courses than they were at the start of the pandemic. But experts say there is still plenty to worry about. Read more
An assignment shows an instructor directing students to locate someone that they can accuse of 'racism,' 'ableist racist or homophobic use of language,' or 'micro-aggressions.' Read more
U.S. News published its 2022 rankings of online college programs today. This year’s rankings include more than 1,700 online bachelor’s and master’s degree programs, an increase from the approximately 1600 rated last year. Read more
TikTok has rolled out new measures to combat Holocaust denial on its platform in partnership with Unesco and the World Jewish Congress (WJC). Read more
In a fresh upset to international students hoping to enter Japan, government officials said the country will let in only 87 overseas learners next month.
Visit the University of California at Irvine’s admissions page, and a box pops up in the bottom right corner. Click on it, and there’s Peter the Anteater, a chatbot affectionately named after the university’s mascot, clad in a varsity jacket and grinning. Read more
Two Duke alumni created a “Space Medicine” course that continues to be popular with the university community and the general public. Read more
On Jan. 20, one University of Pittsburgh professor claimed that "anti-Semitism is White supremacy" in reference to the Colleyville, Texas, synagogue taken hostage this month by a man of Pakistani origin. Read more
Administrators at a public university in Utah reopened investigations into several incidents on campus after a student created a social media post that merged two stories into one. Read more
Fifteen months after it was revealed that students could end up leaving school in England without studying a single piece of literature by a Black or minority ethnic author, research has found that teachers are still crying out for more diverse texts on the English syllabus. Read more