An English Professor's Case for Splitting Literature and Composition
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An English Professor's Case for Splitting Literature and Composition

A CUNY community college professor argues the AI cheating panic exposes a deeper problem: courses like "Literature and C...

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Third-Generation Silva Runs for UDD Student Federation Presidency in Chile
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Third-Generation Silva Runs for UDD Student Federation Presidency in Chile

Ernesto Silva Álamos, grandson of Universidad del Desarrollo's founding rector, is running for president of the UDD stud...

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UK Employers Cut Student Work Experience Roles Amid Rising Demand
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UK Employers Cut Student Work Experience Roles Amid Rising Demand

A major survey reveals a reduction in internships and placements, casting doubt on universities' pledge to offer opportu...

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Is Meritocracy an Idea Worth Saving? Experts Weigh In on the Concept's Limitations and Future
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Is Meritocracy an Idea Worth Saving? Experts Weigh In on the Concept's Limitations and Future

A panel of experts, including Anastasia Berg, Ross Douthat, Thomas Chatterton Williams, and Caitlin Zaloom, gathered to ...

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UK's Higher Education System Criticized for Misleading Students
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UK's Higher Education System Criticized for Misleading Students

Former Ofsted chief inspector Amanda Spielman and other experts question the value of many university courses, citing hi...

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US Student Loans: Trump Rule Cuts Off Funding for Low-Earning Degree Programs
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US Student Loans: Trump Rule Cuts Off Funding for Low-Earning Degree Programs

A new rule from the US Department of Education may cut off federal student loans for students in degree programs with lo...

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Why the Neo-Academic Cold War Is Tightening Even as Europe and Open Science Push Back
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Why the Neo-Academic Cold War Is Tightening Even as Europe and Open Science Push Back

US universities keep winning court battles but losing the funding war, while political shifts in Hungary, Poland and Swe...

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McMahon Highlights West Virginia Literacy and CTE Programs on 50-State Tour
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McMahon Highlights West Virginia Literacy and CTE Programs on 50-State Tour

U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon visited West Virginia to showcase literacy, science and career-technical progr...

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France Opens 2027 Applications for School Artist Residencies in Priority Areas
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France Opens 2027 Applications for School Artist Residencies in Priority Areas

Applications close 30 September 2026 for 50 six-month artist residencies in CM1-CM2 classes in France's rural and priori...

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Slovak Mother Turns Her Son's Letter Confusion Into a Visual Alphabet Learning Method
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Slovak Mother Turns Her Son's Letter Confusion Into a Visual Alphabet Learning Method

Mária Zimová built a visual alphabet technique after noticing her preschooler mixed up letter sounds and shapes. The met...

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Okayama University Venture Gives High Schoolers a Hands-On 3D-Printed Bridge Engineering Course
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Okayama University Venture Gives High Schoolers a Hands-On 3D-Printed Bridge Engineering Course

MOSAdemy, a student-led venture from Okayama University, ran an applied 3D printing workshop where high school students ...

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How French Schools Are Using Cultural Projects to Teach Differently
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How French Schools Are Using Cultural Projects to Teach Differently

France's education portal outlines school actions in reading, heritage, sport, science and languages, framing cultural p...

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Malaysia Hosts South-east Asia's First Women's Liberal Arts College
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Malaysia Hosts South-east Asia's First Women's Liberal Arts College

AWLUC in Penang is using scholarships and flexible study to close Malaysia's female leadership gap, with undergraduate c...

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France Targets Top OECD Ranking by 2033 After PISA 2025 Reading and Maths Slide
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France Targets Top OECD Ranking by 2033 After PISA 2025 Reading and Maths Slide

Paris has announced a national recovery plan after PISA 2025 showed OECD-wide learning fragility. It aims for a 20-point...

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A Month After the Education Department's 'Call to Action,' Most Colleges Are Still Waiting
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A Month After the Education Department's 'Call to Action,' Most Colleges Are Still Waiting

Florida and North Carolina have answered the Department of Education's August 3 letter, but most institutions are holdin...

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South Africa's Academic Xenophobia Warning: Universities Must Choose Between Exclusion and Internationalisation
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South Africa's Academic Xenophobia Warning: Universities Must Choose Between Exclusion and Internationalisation

A Stellenbosch professor tells an IEASA conference that xenophobia and internationalisation cannot coexist, and that uni...

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Technovation Wins PIEoneer of the Year as 2026 Awards Honour Global Education Innovation
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Technovation Wins PIEoneer of the Year as 2026 Awards Honour Global Education Innovation

The 10th PIEoneer Awards recognised winners in 21 categories at London's Guildhall, with US-based Technovation taking th...

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How a Guangzhou Law School Is Building Generative AI Into Legal Practice Courses
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How a Guangzhou Law School Is Building Generative AI Into Legal Practice Courses

A Guangdong law school has made AI-assisted legal practice a compulsory undergraduate course, combining role-playing sim...

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AI won’t replace those who keep learning, says GOPAS chief Andrea Horáčková
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AI won’t replace those who keep learning, says GOPAS chief Andrea Horáčková

The director of Slovakia’s largest IT training firm argues companies should reskill employees rather than fire them as A...

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AI Could Help Lecturers Spot Learning Gaps Before Exams Do
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AI Could Help Lecturers Spot Learning Gaps Before Exams Do

A university instructor argues that AI-generated checkpoints and micro-learning can reveal what students miss before end...

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A 60-Year Johns Hopkins Professor Says He Can Spot AI Student Work 'Blatantly'
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A 60-Year Johns Hopkins Professor Says He Can Spot AI Student Work 'Blatantly'

Steve Hanke says he relies on knowing students' writing and economics baseline, not AI detectors. A former Harvard and C...

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Academics Role-Play an Artificial Superintelligence Future in a Zoom Forum
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Academics Role-Play an Artificial Superintelligence Future in a Zoom Forum

Bryan Alexander's Future Trends Forum asked about 70 higher-ed professionals what a 2027 ASI announcement would mean for...

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Tenure-Track Hiring Rose 7% While Campus Staff Jobs Shrank
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Tenure-Track Hiring Rose 7% While Campus Staff Jobs Shrank

New CUPA-HR data from 900+ colleges show tenure-track faculty up 7% — the biggest rise since 2016 — while full-time staf...

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Columbia's Two-Year Campus Lockdown Is Now Policy, Not a Protest Response
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Columbia's Two-Year Campus Lockdown Is Now Policy, Not a Protest Response

Two years after pro-Palestinian encampments, Columbia's Morningside Heights campus is still closed to the public — a sta...

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CBSA Checks End Calgary PGWP Protest; 12 Possibly Inadmissible
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CBSA Checks End Calgary PGWP Protest; 12 Possibly Inadmissible

A 22-day Calgary protest by international graduates ended after CBSA identified 12 attendees as possibly inadmissible. T...

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Google Opens Gemini AI to K-12 Students in Classroom, Expanding School AI Race
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Google Opens Gemini AI to K-12 Students in Classroom, Expanding School AI Race

Google now lets school administrators enable Gemini for students of all ages inside Classroom, adding AI study tools whi...

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End of UGC-CARE List Pushes Indian Universities to Build Their Own Research Quality Systems
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End of UGC-CARE List Pushes Indian Universities to Build Their Own Research Quality Systems

The withdrawal of India’s UGC-CARE journal list has shifted research evaluation to universities, creating new risks arou...

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BIST Textile Club Launches to Strengthen Bangladesh’s Industry-Academia Link
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BIST Textile Club Launches to Strengthen Bangladesh’s Industry-Academia Link

BIST Textile Club launches at BGIFT, linking students with BTMA leaders and mill executives to build practical skills in...

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Knowledge Alone Won't Change Behaviour, Virginia Tech Outreach Chief Warns
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Knowledge Alone Won't Change Behaviour, Virginia Tech Outreach Chief Warns

Mike Gutter says universities must close the gap between understanding and action by designing outreach around community...

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Durham and UEL Advertise Academic and Digital Roles in 136-Listing UK Higher Education Jobs Roundup
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Durham and UEL Advertise Academic and Digital Roles in 136-Listing UK Higher Education Jobs Roundup

A THEunijobs listing shows 136 UK university vacancies, spanning Durham academic posts and University of East London dig...

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