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ProPublica<p>New Uvalde Records Reveal Details About School Safety Concerns and Shooter’s Behavioral Issues<br>—</p><p>The release is part of a settlement agreement in a lawsuit that news organizations brought against state and local governments. The fight continues to get the Texas Department of Public Safety to release its own records.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/uvalde-records-shooting-campus-safety-concerns?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">propublica.org/article/uvalde-</span><span class="invisible">records-shooting-campus-safety-concerns?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Uvalde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Uvalde</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SchoolShooting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SchoolShooting</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/School" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>School</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Safety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Safety</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Students</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Lawsuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lawsuit</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>Japanese students are increasingly looking away from London and New York in favor of places such as Seoul and Taipei when considering their plans to study abroad, due to economic reasons. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/12/japan/japanese-students-asia/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/</span><span class="invisible">12/japan/japanese-students-asia/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>universities</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>students</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/taiwan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>taiwan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/malaysia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>malaysia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/singapore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>singapore</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/southkorea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>southkorea</span></a></p>
PrivacyDigest<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Students</span></a> Have Been Called to the Office - Or <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Arrested" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arrested</span></a> - for <a href="https://mas.to/tags/FalseAlarms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FalseAlarms</span></a> from AI-Powered <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Surveillance</span></a> Systems - Slashdot <br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/artificialintelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artificialintelligence</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/biometrics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biometrics</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/rights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rights</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/08/09/0624254/students-have-been-called-to-the-office---or-arrested---for-false-alarms-from-ai-powered-surveillance-systems?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&amp;utm_medium=feed" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.slashdot.org/story/25/08/</span><span class="invisible">09/0624254/students-have-been-called-to-the-office---or-arrested---for-false-alarms-from-ai-powered-surveillance-systems?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&amp;utm_medium=feed</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2319020/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2319020/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Local TSTC student shines after switch to Technology program <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/america" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>america</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>community</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Students</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStatesOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStatesOfAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Mark Carrigan<p><strong>The gap between student GenAI use and the support students are&nbsp;offered</strong></p><p>I argued a couple of days ago that the <a href="https://markcarrigan.net/2025/08/08/are-uk-universities-ready-to-cope-with-generative-ai-in-the-25-26-academic-year/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">sector is unprepared</a> for our first academic year where the use of generative AI is completely normalised amongst students. HEPI found <a href="https://www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/02/26/student-generative-ai-survey-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">92% of undergraduates</a> using LLMs this year, up from 66% the previous year, which matches AdvancedHE’s finding of 62% using AI in their studies “in a way that is allowed by their university” (<em>huge caveat</em>). This largely accords with my own experience in which it appeared that last year LLMs become mainstream amongst students and this year they it to become a near uniform phenomenon. </p><p>The problem arises from the gap between near uniform use of LLMs <em>in some way</em> and the the lack of support being offered. Only 36% of students in the HEPI survey said they had been offered support by their university: <strong>a 56% gap</strong>. Only 26% of students say their university provides access to AI tools: <strong>a 66% gap</strong>. This is particularly problematic because we have evidence that wealthier students are tending to use LLMs more and in more analytical and reflective ways. They are more likely to use LLMs in a way that supports rather than hinders learning. </p><p>How do we close that gap between student LLM use and the support students are offered? My concern is that centralised training is either going to tend towards banality or irrelevance because the objective of GenAI training for students needs to be <em>how to learn with LLMs rather than outsource learning to them</em>. There are general principles which can be offered here but the concrete questions which have to be answered for students are going to vary between disciplinary areas: </p><ul><li>What are students in our discipline using AI for, which tools, at what stages of their work?</li><li>Which foundational skills and ways of thinking in our discipline are enhanced vs threatened by AI use?</li><li>When does AI use shift from “learning with” to “outsourcing learning” in our specific field?</li><li>What forms of assessment still make sense and what new approaches do we need in an AI-saturated environment?</li><li>What discipline-specific scaffolding helps students use AI as a thinking partner rather than a thinking replacement?</li></ul><p>Furthermore answering these questions is a <em>process </em>taking place in relating to changes in the technology and the culture emerging around it. Even if those changes are now slowing down, they are certainly not stopping. We need infrastructure for continuous adaptation in a context where the sector is <em>already </em>in crisis for entirely unrelated reasons. Furthermore, that has to willingly enrol academics in a way consistent with their workload and outlook. My sense is we have to find ways of embedding this within existing conversations and processes. The only way to do this I think is to genuinely give academics voice within the process, finding ways to network existing interactions in order that norms and standards emerge from practice rather than the institution expecting practice adapts to another centrally imposed policy. </p><p></p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://markcarrigan.net/tag/higher-education-2/" target="_blank">#higherEducation</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://markcarrigan.net/tag/technology/" target="_blank">#technology</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://markcarrigan.net/tag/university/" target="_blank">#university</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://markcarrigan.net/tag/academic/" target="_blank">#academic</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://markcarrigan.net/tag/students/" target="_blank">#students</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://markcarrigan.net/tag/generative-ai/" target="_blank">#generativeAI</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://markcarrigan.net/tag/malpractice/" target="_blank">#malpractice</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://markcarrigan.net/tag/llms/" target="_blank">#LLMs</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://markcarrigan.net/tag/hepi/" target="_blank">#HEPI</a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>Parents of 88 stranded students in Cyprus appeal to Zamfara govt <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/1273519/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/1273519/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Cyprus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cyprus</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DaudaLawal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DaudaLawal</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Debts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Debts</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/IbrahimTudu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IbrahimTudu</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NigerianNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NigerianNews</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/premiumtimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>premiumtimes</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>students</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/zamfara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zamfara</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> issued a directive that would require <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/colleges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>colleges</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>universities</span></a> to submit reams of new data on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>students</span></a> to check whether they are complying with a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> decision that ended race-based <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AffirmativeAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AffirmativeAction</span></a>. The White House also intensified its campaign against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UCLA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UCLA</span></a> which it stripped of hundreds of millions in research funds over a list of issues.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extortion</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a></p>
earthling<p>Gaza students due to study in the UK cannot process biometric data for visas</p><p>“We are hard workers, smart people in Gaza; over 40 people in [the] Gaza Strip … got scholarships, and they were stuck in Gaza just because of biometrics.”</p><p>Governments of other countries provided students in Gaza with predetermined visas or visa deferment until they reached a nearby country where they could continue the visa procedures. </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>students</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/visas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>visas</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biometrics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biometrics</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>The Vätternrundan — Sweden’s Legendary 196-Mile Bike Race <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/1269245/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/1269245/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Arts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arts</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Children</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CurrentEvents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CurrentEvents</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ela" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ela</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/english" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>english</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EnglishLanguageArts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnglishLanguageArts</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/kids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kids</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/KidsNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KidsNews</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/KidsNewsArticles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KidsNewsArticles</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reading</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>students</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Sweden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sweden</span></a></p>
Christophe Bousquet<p>1. Today is the last day of the Konstanz School of Collective Behaviour 2025 (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/KSCB2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KSCB2025</span></a>) and all <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>students</span></a> presented what they have been working on during the last 2-3 weeks.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/cbehav.bsky.social" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>cbehav.bsky.social</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://www.exc.uni-konstanz.de/kscb/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">exc.uni-konstanz.de/kscb/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>New UK university partnerships create affordable pathways for Thai students <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/1266719/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/1266719/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GreatBritain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreatBritain</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>students</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/thailand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thailand</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>Belleview business hosts backpack giveaway <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/1261634/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/1261634/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/backpack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>backpack</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Belleview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Belleview</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/giveaway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>giveaway</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MarionCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarionCounty</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ncfl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ncfl</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>students</span></a></p>
Dr. rer. pol. Fabian Walke<p>🎓🤖 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗔𝗜 – 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗸? Excited to share that our paper "Generative AI Usage of University Students: Navigating Between Education and Business" has been accepted for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WI2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WI2025</span></a> Conference! 🎉</p><p>Picture credit: informatik2025.gi.de</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/generativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>generativeAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/genAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/businessinformatics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>businessinformatics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wirtschaftsinformatik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wirtschaftsinformatik</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/university" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>university</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artificialintelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artificialintelligence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>students</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/learning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>learning</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>International students are struggling to secure visas as the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump aggressively moves to curtail immigration, threatening college budgets across the United States. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/06/world/politics/trump-visa-students-stranded/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/</span><span class="invisible">06/world/politics/trump-visa-students-stranded/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/worldnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>worldnews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>universities</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>students</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/us" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>us</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/donaldtrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>donaldtrump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>republicans</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>Azerbaijani students to join digital tech training in China <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/1259678/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/1259678/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Azerbaijan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Azerbaijan</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DigitalTechTraining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalTechTraining</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Huawei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Huawei</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RepublicOfAzerbaijan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicOfAzerbaijan</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>students</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SummerCamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SummerCamp</span></a></p>
Delphi<p>Are <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/student" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>student</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/assignments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>assignments</span></a> which used #<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/grammarly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grammarly</span></a> or <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChatGPT</span></a> as worthy of the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/scores" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scores</span></a> as <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/work" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>work</span></a> which didn't have that help?<br>If both cases are treated as <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/equal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>equal</span></a> we are <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>teaching</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>students</span></a> that there's no point in <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/learning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>learning</span></a>. <br>It already happens including <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/university" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>university</span></a> level.<br>We are <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/dumbing_down" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dumbing_down</span></a>. <br>What happens if the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/digital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digital</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/assistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>assistance</span></a> stops?<br>Would digitally supported students be able to work things out for themselves?<br>Will the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/future" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>future</span></a> need to be oversimplified?<br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/criticalthinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criticalthinking</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…The exodus will hamper its ability to carry out essential functions, such as battling <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SexualHarassment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SexualHarassment</span></a> in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a> against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disabled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disabled</span></a> people, &amp; the improper use of restraints &amp; seclusions against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>students</span></a> in schools, said Omar Noureldin, a fmr snr atty in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> Division &amp; President Joe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> appointee who left in Jan.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EqualRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EqualRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Prisoners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Prisoners</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MentalIllness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MentalIllness</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MentalHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheCrueltyIsThePoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheCrueltyIsThePoint</span></a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Notre Dame News: Institute for Educational Initiatives launches free math app to help teachers strengthen students’ understanding of numbers and operations. “Researchers at the University of Notre Dame’s Institute for Educational Initiatives have launched the Number Sense Assessment, a free, research-based math app now available to educators nationwide. The app helps teachers in grades […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/04/notre-dame-news-institute-for-educational-initiatives-launches-free-math-app-to-help-teachers-strengthen-students-understanding-of-numbers-and-operations/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/04/notre-dame-news-institute-for-educational-initiatives-launches-free-math-app-to-help-teachers-strengthen-students-understanding-of-numbers-and-operations/</a></p>
Nathaniel Gregory<p>We want to start off this <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/semester" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>semester</span></a> by making it clear that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>students</span></a> at <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EKU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EKU</span></a> make up the very demographics that are targeted by these policies, &amp; that we do not stand for it. They can’t keep pushing us &amp; expect us to be idle!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Liberals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Liberals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Conservatives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vote</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DemocraticParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticParty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RepublicanParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicanParty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KamalaHarris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KamalaHarris</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TimWalz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TimWalz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BernieSanders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BernieSanders</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AOC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AOC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FraudSquad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FraudSquad</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Progressive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Progressive</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Protest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Activism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Protesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Protesters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kentucky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kentucky</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KY</span></a></p>
Nathaniel Gregory<p>In addition to this, there was recently a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tuition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tuition</span></a> increase, making the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/campus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>campus</span></a> which calls itself a “place of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opportunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opportunity</span></a>” for first year <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>students</span></a> from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Appalachia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Appalachia</span></a> even more innaccessible to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workingclass</span></a> people looking for an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Liberals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Liberals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Conservatives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vote</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Election</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DemocraticParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticParty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RepublicanParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicanParty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KamalaHarris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KamalaHarris</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TimWalz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TimWalz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Progressive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Progressive</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Protest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Activism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Protesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Protesters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AbolishICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbolishICE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kentucky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kentucky</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KY</span></a></p>