Today's Clips (1/24/24)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS
The higher education artificial intelligence (AI) tsunami broke at the University of Michigan on August 21, 2023 at 11:04 a.m.
IN OTHER NEWS

True learning can only happen on campuses where academic freedom is paramount — within and outside the classroom.

Five universities have agreed to pay $104.5 million to settle a lawsuit accusing them of violating an agreement to be “need-blind” when awarding financial aid.

Copying boilerplate language is not the same as stealing another person’s ideas or fine prose.

Professors and free speech advocates are protesting a decision by the college to monitor and remove pro-Palestinian statements and other speech the college deems too political.

Guess who the university picked to investigate antisemitism on campus?

New data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center shows a growth in college enrollment, the first increase since the pandemic.

The Education Department will update income guidelines used to calculate eligibility for college financial aid, reversing a decision that would led to some receiving less money in 2024-25.

Implementing class-conscious admissions could protect racial diversity on college campuses. But, unfortunately, this is easier said than done.

TRADES

The university reached out to Sidechat after student reports of “concerning” content. Harvard University has asked the leaders of a social media app that allows anonymous posting to tamp down on “concerning content” following student complaints of antisemitic messages. University officials met with the app Sidechat’s team this month, asking them to do more to monitor and moderate content, Harvard said in a statement to Inside Higher Ed. Sidechat assured Harvard that it will monitor posts to ensure they follow its terms of use and community guidelines.

And a worthy research subject, too.

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