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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
AI Cyberattacks Shift Into Live Attack Chains as White House Prepares Classified Review
New Check Point and CrowdStrike research shows attackers using AI inside live operations, while universities face identi...
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...
Harvard Wins Dismissal of Trump Administration Antisemitism Lawsuit
A federal judge rejected the DOJ's Title VI suit against Harvard, finding the alleged antisemitic incidents too isolated...
Former Cambridge Professor Jason Arday Found Dead at 41
The 41-year-old academic resigned just over a week earlier amid plagiarism accusations; police are treating his death as...
UNAM 2026 Control Exam: Results Due Late August, Seat Allocation Explained
Results for UNAM's replacement entrance exam are expected by 31 August, before the delayed start of the 2026-2027 term; ...
Former Cambridge Professor Jason Arday, 41, Found Dead in South London
Police say the death is unexpected but not suspicious, nine days after Arday resigned amid plagiarism allegations.
Australia’s Higher Education Bill Clears First Hurdle as Ministerial Powers Draw Fire
The opposition will not block the funding overhaul in the lower house, but a Senate inquiry on 24 August leaves the fina...
French Mega-Universities Chase Shanghai Ranking Points Through Star Researchers
A Fields Medal for mathematician Hong Wang is boosting the institutions behind France's merged Paris-Saclay group as the...
Mozambican Author Puts Campus Sexual Harassment on the University Agenda Through a Novel
Sérgio Raimundo's new campus novel turns stories of sexual harassment and abuse of power into a public debate, with univ...
Fitch Warns New Student Visa Time Limits Could Hit US College Revenues
Fitch Ratings says the end of duration of status may raise revenue risks for colleges, particularly those with heavy int...
Academic Editors Warn AI-Generated Reviews Are Creating a 'Missing Middle' in Scholarship
Journal editors say generative AI submissions are surging and erasing decades of peer-reviewed research, hurting knowled...
McMahon’s Seven-Themed Reform Call Forces Colleges to Define Their Public Compact
Education Secretary Linda McMahon has asked colleges to publish commitments on admissions, speech, affordability, AI and...
Settlements, State Compliance and AI Tools Reshape a Higher-Ed Week
Haverford and Minnesota settle high-profile campus cases; South Carolina and Texas A&M face new legal and policy tests; ...
Record UK University Acceptances Mask a Widening Gap Between Elite and Lower-Tariff Providers
Ucas data shows record 446,690 acceptances, but higher-tariff universities gained share while first-choice success fell ...
Why Chinese Educators Want Gansu's Long March Story Taught in Close-Up
A Chinese higher-education commentary argues that pairing grand Long March narratives with local Gansu detail can move s...
Why a Business School Dean Argues Higher Ed Leaders Need a Research Doctorate
Shahnaz Hamid of the London School of Business and Finance argues that a Doctor of Business Administration can help seni...
Tyler Austin Harper on Race, Tokenism and What Went Wrong at Bates
The former Bates professor and Atlantic writer explains why he now sees the campus DEI consensus as a threat to academic...
AI-Cheating Tools Can Now Fake the Writing Process, Not Just the Essay
A professor's experiment shows auto-typers and 'humanizers' can counterfeit Google Docs version history—and why detectio...
Community College Issues Layoff Notices to All Counselors, Citing Budget and Outsourcing Plans
The unnamed college's move arrives as students lean on AI for mental health support and campuses face fresh legal and re...
Bentley University Reimagines Tech as a 'Learning Partner', Not Just a Tool
A lecturer and student from Bentley's CIS Sandbox argue that edtech is shifting from information delivery to interactive...
Inside the University of Chester’s assessment design that teaches students responsible AI use
Two academics detail how a task-based assignment for engineering management students sets clear AI boundaries, preservin...
High Court Rules Weekend-Only Students Are Distance Learners, Upholding Maintenance Loan Cuts
A High Court judge has backed the government’s classification of weekend-only courses as distance learning, meaning 22,0...
Singapore Graduate Employment Figures 'Not the Be-All and End-All', Experts Say
While three in four public-university graduates find full-time work, experts caution that such narrow metrics conceal un...
U. Michigan’s Freshmen Pass/Fail Pilot Fuels Heated Debate on Grading Reform
Starting fall 2027, Michigan’s LSA college will shield first‑semester grades behind a pass/no credit shield — sparking a...
How a 1999 Neuroscience Book Sparked Design Thinking and Reshaped Business Innovation
Antonio Damasio’s 'The Feeling of What Happens' catalyzed a cross-disciplinary movement that gave rise to design thinkin...