Maitland Jones, an acclaimed professor of organic chemistry who taught at New York University (NYU), was recently terminated by the university’s deans. This move stunned faculty, alumni and even the 82 of his 350 students who...
Read MoreLife has become gamified. In order to receive a loan, one needs a high enough credit score, a point system that reduces a complex idea like financial credibility down to a single number. Posts on Twitter are measured by likes...
Read MoreThe novel coronavirus has officially taken over. Universities are closing down dorms, mandating online education and essentially ending all student activities on campus. The Olympics are postponed, over half of the states across...
Read More2.46. 2.55. 3.65. Since its founding, Harvard University (Mass.)’s grade point average (GPA) has increased by more than one full point. Yet most of this increase has happened in the last few decades, and it’s part of a broader...
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Last week, around 4,000 soon-to-be freshmen received acceptance letters inviting them to join the...
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