By Colleen Flaherty. Just one in five readings assigned to political science graduate students is written by a woman, according to a new analysis of 840 syllabi and 65 reading lists published in The Journal of Politics and PS: Political Science & Politics. That's disproportionate to the rates at which women publish in the field and likely contributes to political science's gender citation gap, the authors say. More...
By Colleen Flaherty. The artificial intelligence industry boom is draining academe of AI experts and professors, at the expense of graduates' start-ups, according to a new working paper. The faculty departures also reduce the early-stage funding graduates receive, says the study, describing professor-to-student knowledge transfer as the "main channel for the negative effect of the human capital reallocation for innovation." More than 150 professors have left North American universities since 2004, along with 60-some professors taking on industry jobs while continuing to teach part-time. The field of deep learning is most impacted. More...
By Colleen Flaherty. Joi Ito, the embattled director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab resigned Saturday, just hours after The New Yorker published emails showing how he had attempted to conceal donations from the late sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein. More...
By Andrew Kreighbaum. The Center for Excellence in Higher Education, a for-profit college chain based in Salt Lake City, is halting enrollment of new students at physical locations as it looks to shift to mostly online instruction. More...
By Andrew Kreighbaum. Department of Justice lifts restriction on capital financing for faith-based historically black colleges -- part of White House effort to show commitment to HBCUs. But it's not clear how many colleges have been denied funding. More...
By Andrew Kreighbaum. Think tank survey finds majorities of Republicans view higher ed as valuable, but see individual students as benefiting from degrees. More...
By Andrew Kreighbaum. Education Corporation of America, which operated the Virginia College and Brightwood College chains, abruptly closed 70 campuses across the country in December after struggling for years with declining student enrollment. More...
By Andrew Kreighbaum. With deadline fast approaching for lawmakers, historically black colleges face a loss of $85 million in annual funding for STEM education. More...
By Andrew Kreighbaum. A New York University anthropologist argues in a new book that the middle class is increasingly defined by dilemmas over how to pay for college costs. More...
By Andrew Kreighbaum. Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet, one of 20 Democrats seeking the party's presidential nomination, backed free community college and debt-free four-year public college in an education plan his campaign released Thursday. More...
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