ChatGPT better than undergraduates at solving SAT problems, study suggests
Researchers at UCLA found GPT-3 solved 80% of reasoning problems correctly compared with 60% of humans Read more
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Biden’s new billion-dollar student loan cancellation plan faces hurdles, critics
As President Joe Biden’s latest proposal to cancel billions of dollars in student loan debt winds its way through the administrative process, some cheer the plan while others pan it as just another attempt at circumventing Congress. Read more
Automation is top of mind as a means to combat shrinking dining service revenue
As colleges and universities continue to accommodate online learning and other emerging education programs amid the impending enrollment cliff and student preference, a big question mark remains on institutions’ financial spreadsheets. How will they make up for the loss of dining service revenue? Read more
WeChat: Why does Elon Musk want X to emulate China’s everything-app?
Earlier this week Elon Musk rebranded Twitter to X - another step in his plan to emulate Chinese mega app WeChat. Read more
Professors craft courses on ChatGPT with ChatGPT
While some institutions are banning the use of the new AI tool, others are leaning into its use and offering courses dedicated solely to navigating the new technology. Read more
Xi welcomes guests attending Chengdu Universiade
President Xi Jinping on Friday addressed a welcoming banquet ahead of the opening ceremony of the 31st summer edition of the FISU World University Games in Chengdu, capital city of Southwest China's Sichuan province. Here are the higlights. Read more
New College of Florida recruitment tactics challenged
After losing faculty and students because of partisan DeSantis reforms, campus described as paying recruiters despite federal ban Read more
Columbia University Press rejects book for being pro-police: report
Columbia University Press rejected a book for being “too sympathetic towards policing,” according to the author, a criminal justice professor. Read more
With new safeguards rule, cybersecurity programs become even more critical for higher ed
Federal regulators have enhanced their requirements that colleges and universities have a comprehensive cybersecurity program in place. Read more
Mark Zuckerberg: Threads users down by more than a half
Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg says its new social media platform, Threads, has lost more than half its users. Read more
