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Under UT’s New Core Curriculum, Humanities Benefit but Faculty Are Limited

Under UT’s New Core Curriculum, Humanities Benefit but Faculty Are Limited Emma Whitford Tue, 08/18/2026 - 03:00 AM The new core will include a list of approved authors that faculty must select from to build their syllabi for certain courses, including Great Questions of Human Life and Masterworks o...

Report: Benchmarking Online Ed

Report: Benchmarking Online Ed colleen.flaherty Tue, 08/18/2026 - 03:00 AM Byline(s) Colleen Flaherty

AI Helped Researchers Win NIH Grants. Will Science Suffer?

AI Helped Researchers Win NIH Grants. Will Science Suffer? kathryn.palmer… Tue, 08/18/2026 - 03:00 AM A new analysis of thousands of NSF and NIH grant applications—including some confidential rejected submissions—illuminates new patterns in generative AI’s relationship with federally funded research...

DOJ Targets William & Mary in Latest Race-Based Admissions Investigation

DOJ Targets William & Mary in Latest Race-Based Admissions Investigation jessica.blake@… Tue, 08/18/2026 - 03:00 AM Byline(s) Jessica Blake

Northwestern’s African Studies Program Loses Research Status but Will Continue

Northwestern’s African Studies Program Loses Research Status but Will Continue Olivia.sanchez Tue, 08/18/2026 - 03:00 AM Byline(s) Olivia Sanchez

Black Academics Condemn ‘Ridicule and Vilification’ of Arday

Black Academics Condemn ‘Ridicule and Vilification’ of Arday Susan H. Greenberg Tue, 08/18/2026 - 03:00 AM Coverage that went beyond “legitimate questions of academic integrity” should be investigated, says group of Black leaders. Byline(s) Seher Asaf for Times Higher Education

How UGA Made Submitting Transcripts Simpler

How UGA Made Submitting Transcripts Simpler Johanna Alonso Tue, 08/18/2026 - 03:00 AM Starting this application cycle, Georgia students applying to their state’s flagship will no longer have to manually enter courses and grades. Administrators say the improvement was simple, but maybe not easily rep...

What New Research Reveals About Student Success

What New Research Reveals About Student Success Joshua.Bay Tue, 08/18/2026 - 03:00 AM Recent studies on subjects including mental health, financial vulnerability and career preparation challenge assumptions about what students need to succeed. Byline(s) Joshua Bay

Plagiarism, Even if Proven, Does Not Deserve Moral Prosecution

Plagiarism, Even if Proven, Does Not Deserve Moral Prosecution sara.custer@in… Tue, 08/18/2026 - 03:00 AM Jason Arday, neurodivergence and what happens when academic accountability becomes public punishment. Byline(s) Bankole Johnson

The Heritage Foundation’s ‘Project Censorship’

The Heritage Foundation’s ‘Project Censorship’ Sara Brady Tue, 08/18/2026 - 03:00 AM The worst combination of mindless bureaucracy and authoritarian control. Byline(s) John K. Wilson

Congress steps up attack on NTA over UGC-NET retest, seeks white paper on cancelled exams

Expanding Chhatron Ki Goonj and youth outreach, alleged theft at Raman Mandir in Ayodhya and Assembly polls on CWC agenda

School closures: Misfortune or a step towards holistic development?