A new kind of date makes personal to-do lists a reason to get together with friends

Life tasks like paying bills, canceling subscriptions and answering overdue emails are becoming a reason to socialize for ...
EdTech Magazine

K–12 Data Analytics: Turning District Data Into Student Success

K–12 districts are flush with data. Throughout a given school year, educators and district employees work with attendance ...
Columbia University School of Professional Studies

Beyond the Spreadsheet: Applied Analytics Alum Nora Yang on Data and AI-Driven Strategy

In this Q&A, Yang discusses the role of communication in analytics, lessons from working across industries, and the growing influence of AI on business decision-making.
The Harvard Crimson

We Analyzed a Decade’s Worth of Harvard Grades. Here’s What We Found, Department By Department.

Harvard’s new grade cap is meant to curb a decade of rising A’s — but confidential course-level data shows the policy will ...
Psychology Today

How 'Date-Flation' May Affect Your Dating

The rising U.S. Consumer Price Index, which jumped up by 3.8% from April 2025 to April 2026, has given rise to a new social ...
NPR

What to know about the Canvas hack of student data

Millions of students in universities and K-12 districts had their data compromised this week as a hack took down Canvas, a classroom management tool used all over the country. Millions of students in ...
TechCrunch

Hackers steal students’ data during breach at education tech giant Instructure

Education tech giant Instructure has confirmed a data breach affecting students’ private information. The hacking and extortion gang ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for the breach. The hackers ...
eSchool News

The hidden cost of fragmented student data in K–12 schools

In many K–12 schools today, fragmented student data has quietly become one of the most significant barriers to effective decision-making and day-to-day operations. While digital tools have expanded ...
OPB

UO research shows booze binges can derail college students’ brain functions

The campus social scene sees many students ready to “party hearty” with alcohol, from keggers and cocktails to Jell-O shots and BORGS (“blackout rage gallons”). Taken to extremes, problem drinking has ...
The Harvard Crimson

Deming Pledges to Cut Back-Office Functions Over Student Programming as College Faces Budget Cuts

Harvard College Dean David J. Deming said Thursday that he would cut administrative functions before scaling back student-facing programming as the College braces for significant reductions tied to ...
The Stanford Daily

Friend Drop founder posed as Stanford student, accuses Date Drop of intellectual property infringement

Friend Drop founder Margarita “Maggie” Sanchez Parra has feigned being a Stanford student since February 2026, and now claims that Date Drop copied her business model. Date Drop had said they ...
EdTech

AI in Higher Education: Protecting Student Data Privacy

While artificial intelligence has long supported higher education research initiatives, it’s now expanding into areas that touch student data. Examples include face recognition in surveillance cameras ...