By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Laptop Theft Prompts a Student-ID Shift at Oklahoma State U.
According to this article, staff at Oklahoma State are scrambling to implement a new student ID system after a laptop containing 37,000 student social security numbers was stolen from the school's career services department. University officials can lament now, but we have to ask, what were these records doing on a laptop in the first place. More...

They were invited to the official opening ceremony of the IX Meeting of Networks of Higher Education and Councils of Rectors of Latin America and the Caribbean organized by the UNESCO International Institute for Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (IESALC), with the support of the UNMSM and the National System of Evaluation, Accreditation and Certification of Educational Quality (SINEACE). More...

As recently as last year, nearly one in five students who committed to attending Georgia State University (GSU) never showed up for classes in the fall. This problem isn’t unique to GSU, and it’s commonly referred to as the “summer melt.” But GSU has taken an innovative approach to solving this challenge, using an artificially intelligent (AI) chatbot that has led to a significant increase in student enrollment. More...

The state of Oklahoma has reached a settlement with drugmaker Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family, for US$270 million to fund opioid addiction treatment. More...

When I was asked to support a federal lawsuit that says Detroit’s deteriorating schools were having a negative impact on students’ ability to learn, the decision was a no-brainer. More...