WSJ: SAT set to assign ‘adversity scores’
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the SAT will begin assigning students "adversity scores."
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Researching the things that go bump in the night
Matthew Reisz reflects on the advantages and disadvantages of detachment for those pursuing ghostly research
This school is now offering college-level classes on dating
In South Korea, college-level classes on dating are both popular and competitive to get in.
The university where half the professoriate ‘has never published’
Nepotism and the isolation of war have left Kosovo’s oldest university battling poor research standards, but transparency campaigners hope this is changing
A Different Sort of Speech Suppression
Student journalists at Transylvania University say administrators have taken away their pay in an attempt to stop their work.
‘Revolutionary Communists’ descend on UCLA; advocate ‘overthrow of the system’
The Revolutionary Communist Party, USA distributed manifestos and featured displays at the University of California, Los Angeles.
US says it will not join Christchurch Call against online terror
The US has declined to join an international initiative aimed at tackling the spread of terror online.
In trying to protect American jobs, Trump is targeting the wrong visa programs
The foreign work visa programme at the top of Donald Trump’s hit list is the least harmful to American workers.
Cleaning up the carbon footprint of that Amazon Prime purchase
You know those recently-delivered boxes stacked up near your front door? They're more than piling up — they're shifting the tectonic plates beneath long-established shipping, logistics and last-mile delivery networks.
Drowning in Research Reading? AI Could Help
Artificial intelligence that reads journal articles and highlights key findings could help researchers stay on top of the latest research. But the technology isn’t ready for prime time.
