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America is slipping in higher education. The slide starts long before college.

Oct 23, 2025 - Once a global leader in higher education, the United States now finds itself spending more than nearly all of its peer nations while delivering outcomes that fall increasingly short of expectations.

America is slipping in higher education. The slide starts long before college.

Black enrollment is waning at many elite colleges after affirmative action ban, AP analysis finds

Oct 23, 2025 - An Associated Press analysis finds that the number of Black students enrolling at many elite colleges has dropped in the two years since the Supreme Court banned affirmative action in admissions.

Black enrollment is waning at many elite colleges after affirmative action ban, AP analysis finds

Columbia University’s operating income plunges by nearly two-thirds

Oct 24, 2025 - Costs at the Ivy League institution rose far faster than revenue, and "destabilizing" federal research cuts added pressure to its budget.

Columbia University’s operating income plunges by nearly two-thirds

Amazon launches $68 million AI PhD Fellowship program

Oct 21, 2025 - The initiative will fund over 100 doctoral students researching machine learning, computer vision, and natural-language processing at nine universities.

Amazon launches $68 million AI PhD Fellowship program

Uchicago DSI - Why Can’t Powerful LLMs Learn Multiplication?

Oct 24, 2025 - This paper’s key contribution is architectural insights and training techniques can overcome obstacles that scaling alone cannot address.

Uchicago DSI - Why Can’t Powerful LLMs Learn Multiplication?

Cultivating industry partnerships in agriculture: Plant breeding, Beck’s Hybrids and The Data Mine

Oct 24, 2025 - Beck's Hybrids recently partnered with 8 Purdue professors, several graduate students and The Data Mine to build a genetic-informed prediction service for their plant breeders and farmers.

Cultivating industry partnerships in agriculture: Plant breeding, Beck’s Hybrids and The Data Mine

TACC Celebrates 3rd Cohort of US National Science Foundation LCCF Interns

Oct 24, 2025 - Meet the third cohort of the U.S. National Science Foundation Leadership-Class Computing Facility (NSF LCCF) Internship.

TACC Celebrates 3rd Cohort of US National Science Foundation LCCF Interns

UTSA Studies Digital Models, AI to Combat Urban 'Heat Islands'

Oct 22, 25025 - Researchers at the University of Texas at San Antonio are using AI and digital twin technology, or digital replicas of physical homes, to study potential renovation options that could lessen heat's effects on residents.

UTSA Studies Digital Models, AI to Combat Urban 'Heat Islands'

Wayne State to Launch Institute for AI and Data Science

Oct 23, 2025 - A new research center at Wayne State University in Michigan will focus on ethical and safe artificial intelligence deployment, regulatory compliance and mitigating unintended consequences of AI systems.

Wayne State to Launch Institute for AI and Data Science

70% of Americans say feds shouldn’t control admissions, curriculum

Oct 24, 2025 - The Public Religion Research Institute poll comes as the Trump administration is pressuring colleges to change their policies.

70% of Americans say feds shouldn’t control admissions, curriculum

Chancellor Martin confirms WashU will not sign Trump’s proposed higher education compact

Oct 22, 2025 - In an email sent to faculty midday Wednesday, Martin wrote that WashU will not sign the compact “or any document that undermines our mission or our core values, perhaps highest among these our commitment to academic freedom, access, free expression, and research integrity.”

Chancellor Martin confirms WashU will not sign Trump’s proposed higher education compact

Asian American Students Increase at Harvard, as Black Students Decline

Oct 23, 2025 - The shift mirrors trends at other elite schools after a ban on affirmative action. The Trump administration has said it wants to scrutinize demographics to ensure schools aren’t using racial preferences.

Asian American Students Increase at Harvard, as Black Students Decline

Michigan State University lays off 99 employees

Oct 23, 2025 - Along with budget pressures from rising costs, the university has faced dozens of federal grant terminations, leading to another 83 job cuts.

Michigan State University lays off 99 employees

Teaching machines to doubt

Oct 21, 2025 - We must build safeguards against AI’s most dangerous feature: its ability to stop us thinking critically.

Teaching machines to doubt

UW-Madison Data Science Institute Welcomes New AI Faculty to Campus

Oct 22, 2025 - DSI recently hosted a reception welcoming new RISE-AI faculty to UW–Madison, providing them with an opportunity to meet and identify shared research interests with DSI’s faculty and staff affiliates.

UW-Madison Data Science Institute Welcomes New AI Faculty to Campus

University of Virginia strikes deal to pause Trump administration investigations

Oct 22, 2025 - The U.S. Justice Department has announced an agreement with the University of Virginia to pause civil rights investigations.

University of Virginia strikes deal to pause Trump administration investigations

University of Northern Colorado plans to lay off 50 employees

Oct 23, 2025 - State budget cuts and a smaller-than-expected fall class contributed to millions of dollars of pressure on the public institution’s budget.

University of Northern Colorado plans to lay off 50 employees

Emma Briant 'Exposing the Propaganda Machine'

Oct 22, 2025 - This episode of The New Abnormal podcast features Dr Emma Louise Briant, an internationally recognised expert and professor of information warfare & propaganda.

Emma Briant 'Exposing the Propaganda Machine'

The informational disciplines

Oct 22, 2025 - The history and contours of the informational disciplines - information science, LIS, library studies. It notes the ongoing blurriness of identity, nomenclature and boundaries.

The informational disciplines

Lucy Family Institute Graduate Scholar Austin Wyman Receives Best Paper Award at International Data Science Conference

Oct 20, 2025 - Emotion detection AI is an emerging tool with applications across the fields of advertising, the automotive industry, education, human resources, and mental

Lucy Family Institute Graduate Scholar Austin Wyman Receives Best Paper Award at International Data Science Conference

Berkeley Institute for Data Science partners with 2i2c on open source infrastructure

Oct 22, 2025 - BIDS is the first premier member of 2i2c’s new community network, recognizing Berkeley’s longstanding contributions and commitment to the development of open source tools and infrastructure.

Berkeley Institute for Data Science partners with 2i2c on open source infrastructure

US PhD admissions shrink as fears over Trump’s cuts take hold

Oct 21, 2025 - Some doctoral programmes are admitting no students at all amid uncertainty about federal science funding.

US PhD admissions shrink as fears over Trump’s cuts take hold

Welcoming Four New Members to the CS&S Board of Directors

Oct 15, 2025 - The new class of board members brings financial expertise, human resources leadership, legal and policy perspective, and experience as part of the fiscally sponsored project program to the CS&S Board of Directors.

Welcoming Four New Members to the CS&S Board of Directors

Former Climate.gov team building Climate.us—a new bridge between scientists and the public

Oct 21, 2025 - Rebecca Lindsey shares their team's plans for Climate.us, especially their rescue of the Fifth National Climate Assessment.

Former Climate.gov team building Climate.us—a new bridge between scientists and the public

It’s Here! Check Out the 2025 CRA Academic Member Book

Oct 21, 2025 - The Computing Research Association (CRA) is thrilled to celebrate the release of the 2025 Academic Member Book!

It’s Here! Check Out the 2025 CRA Academic Member Book

CERP Pulse Survey: A Snapshot of 2025 Undergraduate Computing Enrollment Patterns

Oct 21, 2025 - This article explores current enrollment trends across computing subdisciplines and considers the unique changes within computing relative to institutional enrollment patterns.

CERP Pulse Survey: A Snapshot of 2025 Undergraduate Computing Enrollment Patterns

CRA Update: Navigating the Changing Landscape of Computing Education — Together

Oct 21, 2025 - Many academic units are feeling the ripple effects of the recent headlines through declines in undergraduate enrollments.

CRA Update: Navigating the Changing Landscape of Computing Education — Together

‘Who’s Afraid of AI?’: UToronto event asks what kind of AI future we want

Oct 17, 2025 - The rapid advance of artificial intelligence has so far been met with a mix of optimism and fear – but relatively little insight into what this potentially smarter-than-us technology actually means for our lives.

‘Who’s Afraid of AI?’: UToronto event asks what kind of AI future we want

From facing federal scrutiny to being a ‘good actor’: U.Va. and the Trump administration

Oct 20, 2025 - Although the University ultimately chose not to sign an agreement from the Trump administration, Interim University President Paul Mahoney left open the possibility of future collaboration and alternative approaches in his letter to the Education Department.

From facing federal scrutiny to being a ‘good actor’: U.Va. and the Trump administration

Notre Dame Editorial: AI-proof the Core Curriculum

Oct 17, 2025 - The Core Curriculum is an essential part of a Catholic education that must be saved from AI.

Notre Dame Editorial: AI-proof the Core Curriculum