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HBCUs have been underfunded for decades. A history of higher education tells us why

February 13, 2023

The state of facilities at historically Black colleges and universities, also known as HBCUs, again made headlines in recent weeks. Student protests broke out at Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona, Fla., over unsanitary conditions, as well as mold and rat-infested dorms. Listen to the interview on WRKF.

Possible removal of diversity initiatives to have negative effects on university communities, higher education faculty say

February 13, 2023

The potential elimination of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts throughout Florida’s public universities could result in losses in students’ success and their ability to excel in a transnational context, according to special advisor to the College of Arts and Sciences Dean on DEI (SADEI) Tangela Serls and Middlebury College vice president for DEI Khuram […]

U.S. joins international partnership to shine light on growing cyberattacks

Micah Ward | February 12, 2023

The U.S. joined Australia, India and Japan in the Quad Cyber Challenge, a resource-sharing initiative to raise attention around cyber threats against education and government institutions. Education is a key focus of the initiative, as it is now the single-most targeted industry for cyberattacks.

“The Florida of today is the America of tomorrow”: Ron DeSantis’ New College takeover is just the beginning of right’s higher ed crusade

February 10, 2023

Big-money donors on the right like the Olin and Koch foundations have been establishing “beachhead” academic centers in universities across the country since the 1970s, as a means of shoring up academic arguments for right-wing policies, creating a pipeline of conservative talent, and endowing professorships for right-wing scholars—some of whom, more moderate academics suggest, are unemployable on […]

UArizona named No. 1 producer of Fulbright Scholars

February 10, 2023

The University of Arizona has been ranked the nation’s top producer of Fulbright Scholars, setting a new university record for the number of faculty and researchers to receive Fulbright U.S. Scholar awards. A total of 17 UArizona faculty members and researchers received Fulbrights in 2022-2023, besting the university’s previous record of 11, set in 2020-2021. […]

Doctor ChatGPT? AI-bot almost passes the US Medical Licensing Exam

February 10, 2023

Increasingly it seems there is nothing that ChatGPT cannot do, even consulting judges in cases and boosting research. Now, the AI chatbot has been found to score at or around the approximately 60 percent passing threshold for the United States Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE), “with responses that make coherent, internal sense and contain frequent insights.” This is according […]

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HBCUs have been underfunded for decades. A history of higher education tells us why

Possible removal of diversity initiatives to have negative effects on university communities, higher education faculty say

U.S. joins international partnership to shine light on growing cyberattacks

“The Florida of today is the America of tomorrow”: Ron DeSantis’ New College takeover is just the beginning of right’s higher ed crusade

UArizona named No. 1 producer of Fulbright Scholars

Doctor ChatGPT? AI-bot almost passes the US Medical Licensing Exam

Strikes and unions: Graduate students marshal their forces nationwide

Mentorship program bumps retention rates of minority male students, study finds

Inclusive classrooms: 3 ways tech creates belonging in higher ed

International security and student safety: Why schools are banning TikTok

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