Cancel Culture Critic To NYU Grads: Protect Your Attention, Do Hard Things

Controversial commencement speaker Jonathan Haidt urges graduates to delete social media apps on their phones and invest in real-world relationships.

This Billionaire Thinks Big University Donors Should Spur Innovation

Investor Kenneth Hao’s $100 million gift to UCSF targets AI and collaboration. But he warns philanthropists can’t solve all of higher education’s funding challenges.

US lawmakers demand answers from Instructure after Canvas data breaches

U.S. House lawmakers want to know how hackers broke into education tech giant Instructure twice, and stole reams of data from students who use the company’s flagship student data software Canvas.

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After The Canvas Hack, Here’s What Students And Colleges Should Do Next

While students change passwords and watch out for imposter scams, schools should start scrutinizing their third party providers and practice for the next hack.

Hackers deface school login pages after claiming another Instructure hack

The cybercrime group ShinyHunters claimed to have hacked Instructure again, defacing the login pages of several Instructure customer schools with an extortion message.

Hackers steal students’ data during breach at education tech giant Instructure

The data breach at education tech giant Instructure includes students’ private data, according to a sample of the allegedly stolen data seen by TechCrunch.

Record $125 Million Gift To Case Western Boosts Humanities In Age Of AI

The Mandel Foundation, started by three brothers on the first Forbes 400 list, is giving $125 million for, among other things, interdisciplinary studies such as the ethics of robotics.

AI learning app Gizmo levels up with 13M users and a $22M investment

Gizmo, an AI-powered learning platform, has attracted more than 13 million users and just secured $22 million in Series A funding.

The New Ivies: 20 Great Employer-Friendly Colleges Embracing AI

The job market has already been hit by artificial intelligence tremors. These 20 colleges—10 public and 10 private—are graduating the talent that employers will seek in this new era.