Coronavirus: Amazon removes overpriced goods and fake cures
Amazon has banned more than one million products which claim to protect against the coronavirus - or even cure it.
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Senate passes bill for higher education autonomy
If a bill that passed the Senate Tuesday also wins approval in the House, Bluefield State College may see more autonomy in the future.
Betsy DeVos orders probe after USA TODAY finds college evidently without faculty, students
The U.S. Department of Education has launched an investigation after a USA TODAY report showed an accredited college apparently had no faculty or students
Colleges face pressure from all sides to drop facial recognition technology
More than 150 college faculty members signed a letter urging colleges to drop facial recognition technology.
More colleges eye AI to track, monitor students
There’s a growing trend on college campuses nationwide to use tracking apps on students to monitor their attendance and compel them to go to class, underscoring the ever-increasing scuttlebutt to deploy facial recognition software on them, too.
To pay for college, more students are promising a piece of their future to investors
One day in 2017, Lauren Neuwirth sank into a chair in her university’s financial aid office feeling out of options.
England’s regulator consults on post-qualification admissions
As part of its admissions review, OfS also proposes options that could spell the end of unconditional offers and personal statements
Google asked to justify Toronto ‘digital-city’ plan
The "appropriateness" of Google's sister company's plan for a "digital city" in Toronto has been questioned.
Even ‘Valid’ Student Evaluations Are ‘Unfair’
New study says student evaluations of teaching are still deeply flawed measures of teaching effectiveness, even when we assume they are unbiased and reliable.
WMU student demands school apologize for white people singing ‘negro spirituals’
At Western-Michigan University, a student is calling out a choir performance for singing African-American spirituals.
