How my idea became Minecraft’s biggest tournament
Scott Major organises the biggest tournament in Minecraft - the world's best-selling video game. Read more
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Researchers Investigating Generative AI and Scholarly Publishing
A new study by Ithaka S+R seeks to gain insight into the technology’s potential to transform the production of academic scholarship. Read more
Experts condemn US tobacco firm’s sponsorship of doctor training as ‘grotesque’
Philip Morris International has supported non-smoking programmes around the world ‘to advance its own interests’, say health professionals Read more
UW-Milwaukee employs about one administrator for every five students
The University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee employs roughly 1.5 administrators for every 10 undergraduate students, according to an analysis conducted by The College Fix. Read more
Will Academic Freedom and Campus Free Speech Survive?
Faculty and free expression groups are sounding alarms about threatened limitations and crackdowns on professors’ speech and student protests. Read more
How the computer games industry is embracing AI
Andrew Maximov has been working in the computer games industry for 12 years, but despite all that experience he still marvels at the amount of money spent on building the biggest titles. Read more
How these colleges successfully de-escalated campus protests
A new wave of student-led campus protests demanding institutional divestment from Israeli-backed corporations has bled into May. College leaders, out of tremendous concern for their students’ safety and institutions’ operations, have permitted using campus and local law enforcement to clear student encampments and make arrests. As well-intentioned as these efforts seem, they might have an inverse effect. Read more
Third of UK students say they might drop out due to money worries
Apparent turnaround in nation’s finances has done little to alleviate financial pressure on students, according to new poll Read more
We know there are many benefits to writing by hand – in a digital world we risk losing them
Handwriting makes us better writers, free of the suggestions of spelling and grammar apps, and it represents something of our personalities Read more
Dueling petitions at Yale have faculty divided over classroom politics
Hundreds of Yale University faculty have taken sides in a battle over the future direction of the school ahead of coming changes in the top administration. Read more
