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California Ditched Remedial Math — and 62,000 More Students Are Now Completing College-Level Courses
California community colleges now send 62,000 students per term through transfer-level math — more than double the pre-reform number — after ditching placement tests and remedial course sequences in favor of direct enrollment with corequisite support.
Why IT Students Should Struggle More Before Turning to AI
Research from Carnegie Mellon, MIT, Oxford, and UCLA found that even brief AI use measurably reduces students' ability to persist and perform without it — a warning sign for any IT program that hasn't built 'struggle first' requirements into its curriculum.
An AI Tool Called Einstein Is Logging Into Canvas and Doing Students' Homework — Here's What Colleges Are Doing About It
An AI agent called Einstein offered to attend class, write papers, and submit homework for students without their professors knowing — and no major LMS has a reliable way to stop it.
You're Not Behind After Graduation — You're Just Quieter Than the People Making Noise
A 2025 Frontiers in Psychology study links passive social media use to spiked anxiety during uncertain transitions — which is exactly why your post-graduation feed feels like evidence you're failing when it isn't.
Why You're Really Procrastinating (It's Not Laziness)
Procrastination can be a psychological refuge — Flinders University psychologist Dr. Gareth Furber explains why 'I'm a procrastinator' can feel safer to your nervous system than submitting work and finding out where you actually stand.
Why You Feel Lonely This Summer (Even When You're Texting Everyone)
57% of college students report feeling lonely, per a 2024 Active Minds survey of 44,000 — and summer makes it worse because campus infrastructure, not willpower, is what makes friendship easy.
Eight WPI Students Died by Suicide in Four Years. Their Parents Are Demanding a $100 Million Response.
Eight WPI students died by suicide in four years, prompting grieving parents to demand a $100 million university-led mental health task force — and the resignation of the school's president.
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