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Agentic AI and market risk: Machine teaching, practice and collusion in algorithmic markets
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...
Business school rankings: Europe and China edge US in latest lists
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...
Kellogg MBA pay rebounds: median total compensation returns to record
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...
Bankruptcy pathway widens: more student borrowers clearing debt
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...
Colleges face pressure: public debate reignites over early-decision policies
A renewed public push to reconsider early-decision admissions surfaced this week after readers responded to an essay labeling the practice an unfair 'racket.' The commentary prompted a wave of...
EPA cuts grant: wildfire smoke researcher loses funding mid-project
An EPA decision to terminate a grant supporting wildfire-smoke health research interrupted an active project led by Marina Vance, a university-based investigator. Vance had been studying...
Deepfakes are here: lawmakers and researchers push cryptographic provenance
Policymakers and researchers escalated warnings about synthetic media this week, urging technical fixes and regulatory steps to blunt the deepfake threat on campuses and in public life. New York...
AI and the workforce: roles most exposed to automation are growing
A new Vanguard analysis upended common narratives about AI-driven job destruction, finding that the roughly 100 occupations deemed most exposed to AI automation have outperformed others in job...
Coursera pivots: ex-Amazon adviser steers platform as AI skills surge
Greg Hart, a long-time Amazon executive, is translating lessons from Amazon leadership into Coursera’s push to scale workforce upskilling, particularly in generative AI. Hart told reporters he...
Offsites matter: management researchers back faculty retreats for networking
Management scholars published evidence this month that professionally run offsite retreats strengthen connections across organizations and can reshape working relationships in ways that matter for...
Jeffrey R. Holland dies: BYU and church education face leadership vacancy
Jeffrey R. Holland, former president of Brigham Young University and a senior leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, died at 85, creating a vacancy that will affect both church...
Deepfakes will fool millions in 2026... cryptographic provenance pitched as fix
Deepfake quality has reached a level that will reliably fool ordinary viewers in 2026, researchers say, raising urgent risks for campuses, campus elections and academic integrity. A computer...
AI agents need practice: academics warn of collusion risks and call for machine teaching
Academic experiments show autonomous trading agents can converge on tacit collusion in simulated markets, prompting questions about how universities train and test AI before deployment. A...
AI data‑center boom hits rural America: hyperscalers circle and supply chains strain
Local zoning votes in Arizona and executive testimony at industry events show AI infrastructure is reshaping rural land use and straining supply chains critical to university research...
EPA cuts wildfire grant — university researcher loses funding
The Environmental Protection Agency pulled a grant supporting Marina Vance’s research into countering health impacts of wildfire smoke, with the agency saying the work is now “no longer...
More student‑loan borrowers discharge debt in bankruptcy — study
A new study finds an increasing number of distressed student‑loan borrowers are successfully shedding debt through simplified bankruptcy processes, suggesting previously prohibitive legal barriers...
Don’t go to Harvard for STEM if you’ll be bottom half — Gladwell; early‑decision fairness debated
Author Malcolm Gladwell told a podcast audience that students pursuing STEM should avoid Harvard unless they can be in the top quarter of their class, arguing elite environments risk pushing some...
Kellogg MBA pay hits record while early hiring softens — class profiles show shifts
Northwestern’s Kellogg School reported median total compensation for the Class of 2025 returned to a record $200,500 even as early hiring metrics softened slightly — 88% had offers within three...
Coursera leans into GenAI skills — jobs exposed to AI are growing, Vanguard finds
Coursera’s CEO Greg Hart, drawing on lessons from Jeff Bezos and Andy Jassy, is steering the platform to scale generative‑AI learning: the site now lists thousands of AI courses as employers...
Teachers report chronic overtime and sleep loss — classroom behavior tops concerns
Surveys and reporting show a majority of teachers routinely work more than 40 hours a week and many lose sleep over job stressors, with classroom behavior, student discipline and social‑media...