As regulators tackle AI safety, they should also consider bias.
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Posted inHigher Education
How Universities Won Their Battle with Trump
And why they have been able to resist his authoritarian demands while the business world capitulates.
Posted inHigher Education
The Higher Education Accreditation Wars Are Heating Up
As the Education Department, wisely, tries to reform the opaque, little-known accreditation world with proposed rules—and key negotiations this month—some stakeholders worry that the Trump administration will go too far.
Posted inGovernment
The Miracle and Mystery of Artemis II
A NASA-led mission that showcases competence and collective purpose—launched, improbably, under a government that rewards neither.
Posted inPolitics
“Executive Orders Are Not Laws. . .They Can Be Undone Quite Easily”
Channyn Lynne Parker, the CEO of Equality Illinois, on threats to civil rights, Chicago’s presidential wannabees, JB Pritzker and Rahm Emanuel, plus why you don’t start a fire if you’re sitting farthest from the exit.
Posted inMagazine
How Trump Learned to Stop Worrying and Love DEI
The administration that vowed to end identity politics has simply changed the beneficiary list.
Posted inHigher Education
The Quiet War on Hispanic-Serving Colleges
Trump’s bid to strip race from policy has landed squarely on the institutions educating the country’s future.
Posted inLaw and Justice
In NIH Funding Case, the Supreme Court Makes Up the Rules as It Goes Along
Chief Justice Roberts joined the liberals in a shadow docket ruling that was muddled even by the justices’ feckless standards.
Posted inPolitics
Trump’s Definition of DEI Is a Disaster for Disaster Management
Twenty years ago, Katrina taught America devastating lessons. The administration’s policies against strategizing to protect society’s most vulnerable are a recipe for a repeat.
Posted inBooks
Diversity Without Racial Preference
Richard Kahlenberg has long championed race-neutral means to achieve liberal ends. His new book meets the moment.
