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Bowdoin to Offer AI Ethics Course in 2023
Bowdoin College will develop a new class focused on the ethical issues raised by artificial intelligence technologies that will be...
UC Irvine Restores Indoor Mask Mandate
The University of California, Irvine, is restoring an indoor mask mandate today. The university announced Friday that “all individuals on...
Emoji: Language or Communication?
What’s your favorite emoji? In today’s Academic Minute, part of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Week, Benjamin Weissman surveys this common form...
Harvard Lobbies Congress to Cut Endowment Tax
Harvard is pushing Senate Democrats to consider reducing the controversial tax that draws an estimated $50 million annually from its $39 billion endowment. Many wealthy private universities want the tax eliminated.
A Merger Doesn’t Happen, and an Art Institute Ends
San Francisco Art Institute ceases operations after an effort to merge into University of San Francisco is rejected.
Direct Admissions Takes Off
At West Texas A&M, at Minnesota’s colleges and with the Common App, colleges are dropping applications as a requirement to be admitted.
Opinion
A New Mind-Set for Recruiting Chinese Students
With pandemic lockdowns straining family budgets, it’s time for colleges to adopt a more inclusive strategy for recruiting and admitting Chinese students, Xiaofeng Wan writes.
Liberty Coach Takes Aim at Sex Assault Survivor on Twitter
Liberty University football coach Hugh Freeze has taken to Twitter to defend LU athletics from criticism around controversial hires, including...