Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Public or private, rural or urban, college museums are tackling ambitious projects like never before, promoting academic curators—who were once part of a sleepier, insular art world—to be lead actors on the cultural stage. More...

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Since 2013, seven small, highly selective liberal arts colleges not known for diversity have for the first time chosen college presidents who are black— just as students are demanding a better racial mix on their campuses. More...

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. The term “artificial intelligence” means different things to different people, but broadly speaking, it refers to computers and advanced machines that can think, reason and communicate like humans, respond to novel or nuanced situations as a person might, and most critically, learn from experiences as a human would. According to a recent survey, 80 percent of AI researchers believe that computers and advanced machines will eventually achieve levels of artificial intelligence that rival human intelligence. More...

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Makerere University, one of Africa’s oldest and most prestigious universities, has been closed by Uganda’s president Yoweri Museveni. It follows weeks of student protests and a months-long strike by lecturers who say the government hasn’t paid their allowances since February. More...

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. The backyard fraternity party was in full dancing, drinking mode on a recent Saturday morning. To the sounds of “No Problem” by Chance the Rapper, Breanna DeCocker, 20, a junior at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich., ducked through the crowd holding a clipboard. More...

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. SUNY Oswego plans to open a new student lounge, run a poster campaign, present a networking event with alumni, and hold a bonfire to help celebrate national Non-Traditional Students Week, Nov. 7 to 11. More...

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. At a recent conference, I listened to a university president boast about a program she had developed in partnership with several local high schools. She told the story of one teenager who lived in a rural area and worked full time on his family’s farm in addition to attending high school. More...

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Most college and university students who use closed captions and transcripts on video and multimedia find them helpful as a learning tool, despite them not regularly being made available, according to new research from Oregon State University. More...

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Community colleges have received substantially less funding from states and localities over the past decade — and to a smaller degree from the federal government — and have had to make up the lost revenue through tuition, a new College Board report shows. More...

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Tutoring used to bring to mind a vision of elementary school children needing assistance to keep up with their classmates in learning the three “R’s” – Reading, Writing and Arithmetic. But today, that’s just a small part of the $7 billion market for tutoring services. More...