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The 2017 Survey of Admissions Directors: Pressure All Around
Only 34 percent of colleges met new student enrollment targets this year by May 1, the traditional date by which...
AI Gaydar Study Gets Another Look
A prominent journal that already accepted a controversial study about using computers to "read" sexuality based on a photo is further scrutinizing the paper after intense public backlash.
Poll Suggests Challenges for Liberal Arts Colleges
A survey of 418 high school seniors by Art & Science Group, which advises colleges on their admissions strategies, finds...
Carnegie Corporation Honors 7 Presidents
The Carnegie Corporation of New York is today honoring seven college and university presidents as "education visionaries" and awarding each...
Educating College Athletes
How can we better educate college athletes? In today's Academic Minute, part of Back to School Week, the University of...
How Good Is Your Gaydar? How Good Is Your Science?
New paper on artificial intelligence that can (mostly) correctly pick self-identified gays and lesbians based on photos has been called nearly everything -- from bad science to an important “wake-up call.”
The Next Yik Yak?
Islands app gains traction as it expands base of colleges. Its founder says he learned from the controversial (and defunct) Yik Yak, but the new app gives users ability to post anonymously -- a trait many believe was at the root of why Yik Yak caused so many problems on campuses.
‘Robot-Proof’
Northeastern president discusses his new book on how higher education can train students for careers where technology cannot make them redundant.