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Northwestern Kellogg’s Class of 2025 reported a median total compensation of $200,500—matching its record high—as base salaries and signing bonuses recovered even while early hiring timelines...

ShanghaiRanking’s 2025 subject rankings placed European and Chinese institutions at the top of Business Administration, with Copenhagen Business School ranked No. 1 and several U.S. heavyweights...

Coursera’s CEO and industry hiring data contend that microcredentials are becoming decisive in employer selection: Coursera reports employers prefer candidates with professional certificates,...

Silicon Valley leaders are publicly rethinking the return on a traditional college path as AI alters startup economics and labor demand. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said he envies Gen‑Z college dropouts...

Researchers warn that AI‑generated deepfakes and voice clones have reached realism that can routinely fool non‑expert viewers and institutions, forecasting a surge in synthetic fraud and...

The Environmental Protection Agency cut Marina Vance’s grant aimed at helping homeowners mitigate wildfire smoke exposure, telling the researcher the project was “no longer consistent” with agency...

Jeffrey R. Holland, the longtime member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and former Brigham Young University president, died at 85, leaving a vacancy that affects governance of the LDS...

The Florida governor’s allies completed a rapid overhaul of New College of Florida, removing gender-studies offerings, prescribing required reading such as The Odyssey, and approving plans for a...

Coursera’s CEO Greg Hart told employers and students that microcredentials—short, employer-aligned certificates—will be decisive for hiring in 2026. He cited Coursera data showing heavy employer...

Two new ranking releases prompted debate over how to evaluate business schools globally. One compendium reviewed 2025 business‑school rankings and criticized overreliance on inputs like GMAT...

Northwestern’s Kellogg School reported a rebound for the Class of 2025: median total compensation returned to a record $200,500, driven by a median base salary of $175,000 and steady signing...

A new study finds more distressed student-loan borrowers are successfully shedding debt through a simplified bankruptcy process, and researchers say the approach could help larger numbers of...

A debate over early‑decision admissions reignited after a guest essay called the policy unfair, prompting widespread reader responses. Critics framed early decision as privileging affluent...

Environmental Protection Agency officials cut a grant supporting wildfire-smoke mitigation research led by Marina Vance, telling the researcher the project was “no longer consistent” with agency...

Malcolm Gladwell urged prospective STEM students to avoid elite institutions like Harvard unless they can place in the top quarter of their class, arguing the risk of being a low‑performing...

New York Assemblymember Alex Bores called for broad adoption of cryptographic provenance standards (C2PA) to label media origin, arguing the method can make deepfakes a solvable...

A machine‑teaching pioneer argued enterprises must train AI agents like teams—structured roles, repeated practice, and evaluation—rather than expecting single models to generalize across complex...

Two new rankings-related releases reshaped the global MBA conversation this week. ShanghaiRanking’s subject list named Copenhagen Business School the top Business Administration program globally...

Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management reported a rebound in outcomes for the Class of 2025, with median total compensation climbing back to an all-time high. The school said median base...

New research shows a growing number of distressed student-loan borrowers are discharging debt through a streamlined bankruptcy process. The study found that borrowers using the simpler procedure...