3+ hour, 58+ min ago   (400+ words) sara.custer@in… [Thursday, August 6, 2026 - 03:00 AM]Thu, 08/06/2026 - 03:00 AM Byline(s) IHE Staff The Key Podcast: How AI Can Help Researchers Fail Artificial intelligence has supercharged many elements of the research operation: Scientists can write more papers, analyze more data more…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (514+ words) At the Fields Medal press conference, I watched some journalists miss the story unfolding in front of them. Jenny Kim / Inside Higher Ed The International Mathematical Union has bestowed 68 Fields Medals in its 90-year history. Deng and Wang bring China’s…...

2+ week, 3+ hour ago   (725+ words) Calculus can derail STEM pathways. Twelve colleges are redesigning gateway math courses to help more students persist. Every Learner Everywhere launched a new initiative aimed at helping more students succeed in Calculus I and II. Calculus has long been one of…...

1+ mon, 3+ hour ago   (75+ words) Community colleges would make natural homes for applied three-year bachelor’s degrees. Math is full of life lessons. For example, mathematically speaking, subtracting a negative number has the same effect as adding a positive number. Anyone who has managed groups knows…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (750+ words) The rapid development of technology is outpacing any attempts to reform assessment systems, researchers warn. By Seher Asaf for Times Higher Education The rise of more sophisticated artificial intelligence agents poses an “existential threat” to the way research funding is…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (285+ words) Automation might be to blame for Springer Nature’s retraction of two papers that a Nobel Prize winner published more than a century ago. Science reported last week that both papers written by Max Planck, who won the Nobel Prize for…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (137+ words) Corequisite support was found to be more effective in English classes. New research by the Brookings Institution out of Kentucky raises questions about how effective corequisite support—in which an underprepared student takes a college class while also receiving additional…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (114+ words) In an era of big data and big telescopes, college observatories remain essential. Astronomy is entering an era of billion-dollar telescopes and massive data pipelines. But as the field scales up, something essential risks being lost: the hands-on experience of…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1209+ words) Stevens Institute of Technology’s newly launched AI in Biology and Chemistry Community helps students explore AI’s role in health care, biotech and ed-tech careers. Students at Stevens Institute of Technology, Hudson County Community College and Saint Peter’s University learn how…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (287+ words) Words alone are not enough to mobilize stakeholders around an institution’s approach to AI. Sustained, multichannel communications and visible actions are essential for building momentum. Universities must develop an adaptive and clearly communicated approach to AI. Typically, university decision-making operates…...