Hidden Figures In a sneaky but clever experiment, researchers at a United Kingdom university turned in AI-generated answers to real tests at their own institution, hoodwinking fellow professors and earning better grades than actual students. The study, done at Reading University and published in the journal PLOS ONE, exemplifies how AI is upending education overall […]
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Man convicted for role in 2001 stabbing deaths of Dartmouth College professors released from prison
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A man convicted for his role in the stabbing deaths of two Dartmouth College professors has been released from prison. James Parker was 16 at the time of his conviction stemming from the 2001 deaths of Half and Susanne Zantop in Hanover, New Hampshire. He was granted parole in April. Parker’s […]
Man convicted in 2001 double murder of Dartmouth professors released from prison
Jun. 9—James Parker, who spent about 24 years in prison for his role in the killing of two Dartmouth College professors in 2001, has been released from prison. Parker, then 16, murdered Susanne Zantop, 55, while his friend, Robert Tulloch, 17, killed her husband, Half Zantop, 62, in their Hanover home in January 2001. Cathy […]
Don’t flirt, Cambridge tells students as it bans sexual relationships with professors
Students at the University of Cambridge have been told to stop flirting with staff under a new policy that will ban sexual relationships with professors. The university has published a new set of rules due to come into force on July 1, which includes a warning against behaviour “that could be interpreted as flirtatious” towards […]
Texas professors sue to fail students who seek abortions
A pair of Texas professors figured out that their female students have sex and, boy, they do not like it. So now the philosophy professor and finance professor are suing for the right to punish their students who, outside of class, have abortions. “Pregnancy is not a disease, and elective abortions are not ‘health care,’” University […]
Man sentenced for forging Purdue professors’ signatures to change his grades
LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University student Mohamed Bouftas appeared to have a grade-point average of 3.85, until it was learned he was forging professors’ signatures to change grades of F, D, C and B+ to A. His real GPA is 1.68, and his legal status is convicted felon for forgery. Bouftas, 23, of West Lafayette, […]
ACLU of Indiana Files Lawsuit to Block Law ‘Undermining’ Professors’ Free Speech
This article was originally published in Indiana Capital Chronicle. A federal lawsuit filed Tuesday challenges a contentious new Indiana law that seeks to push speech and course content in college classrooms toward “intellectual diversity.” The litigation lodged by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Indiana asserts that Senate Enrolled Act 202 violates the First […]
Nearly 700 Jewish professors call on Biden not to sign controversial antisemitism legislation
A group of nearly 700 Jewish college faculty signed a letter to President Biden on Wednesday encouraging him not to back the controversial Antisemitism Awareness Act. The academics took issue with the act’s use of the International Holocaust Awareness Alliance’s (IHRA) definition of antisemitism, which has raised concerns that legitimate criticisms of the state of […]
Man convicted in killing of two Dartmouth professors is set to be released on parole
James Parker, a man who has spent more than half his life in prison for his role in the killing of Dartmouth College professors Half and Susanne Zantop in 2001, has been granted parole. Parker was just 16 when he and his 17-year-old friend Robert Tulloch fatally stabbed the two married professors, after planning for […]
Man granted parole for his role in the 2001 stabbing deaths of 2 Dartmouth College professors
University of Texas professors demand reversal of job cuts from shuttered DEI initiative
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A group of professors demand that the University of Texas reverse course on job cuts this week related to the shutdown of a diversity, equity and inclusion program impacted by one of the nation’s most sweeping bans on such initiatives. Officials at the 52,000-student university, one of the largest college campuses […]
Professors aren’t penalizing students for political affiliations. Stop pretending they are.
Judging by movement in the legislature, you’d think there’s a significant problem at Arizona’s three universities with students being punished with poor grades solely because of their political views or affiliation. Last month, the Arizona Senate passed a bill that would create “Grade Challenge Departments” at Arizona State University, University of Arizona and Northern Arizona […]