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Technology
How ChatGPT Could Help or Hurt Students With Disabilities
Teaching experts urge professors and administrators to consider how artificial-intelligence tools can help students learn and succeed. -
Q. & A.
‘It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way’: One Scholar’s Front-Row Seat to Higher-Ed Battles in Wisconsin and Texas
Jeremi Suri, a historian, left Wisconsin because of legislation to strip faculty rights. He went to Texas, where similar efforts have been proposed.
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Duck and Cover
‘More Cowardly Than Cautious’: Faculty Decry College Leaders’ Silence on DEI Attacks
When speaking out carries political risks, but staying quiet seems like complicity, the leaders are caught in a bind. -
Reputation at Stake
Fighting Claims of Research Misconduct, Stanford’s President Isn’t Pulling Punches
Marc Tessier-Lavigne has been vocal in defying his critics, even amid an investigation into image-manipulation allegations. Experts say the strategy may be risky. -
Financing
State Support for Higher Ed Continues to Rise. Yet Public Colleges Still Face Headwinds.
Students are footing less of the bill for their education, a new report says. But enrollment challenges persist. -
Gazette
Transitions: New Leaders for Howard University and the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System
Ben Vinson III will be the next president of Howard University. -
Data
Undergraduate Enrollment Stayed Steady This Spring. It’s Still 1 Million Students Below Pre-Pandemic Levels.
Community-college attendance, after seeing years of declines, is inching up. -
Campus Safety
Colleges Acted on Demands to Rein In Their Police. Then They Backtracked.
Three years after George Floyd’s murder, campus safety hasn’t changed much. -
Giving Hope
How a Student Emergency-Aid Experiment Became a Lifeline
An initiative at Milwaukee Area Technical College that put faculty and staff members in charge of offering emergency assistance to students has spread to 28 institutions. -
Hiring Controversy
Diversity Statements Violate First Amendment, Professor Says in Suing U. of California
The faculty member, who applied unsuccessfully for a job at UC-Santa Cruz, says the statements are not a legitimate way to assess candidates but are efforts “to ensure dogmatic conformity.” -
The New Deal
The U. of Idaho Moved Fast to Acquire the U. of Phoenix. Now What?
The $550-million purchase comes weeks after the University of Arkansas system also considered a deal with Phoenix but faced opposition from its board. -
Research and Race
Following Colleague’s Comments on Racism, ‘JAMA’ Editor’s Resignation Came With $500,000 Payout
The money for Howard Bauchner, the former top editor, came from a separation agreement.