Chinese Academy of Sciences Halts Funding for High-Cost Journals, Sending Shockwaves Through International Publishing
China’s largest research institution, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), has notified its internal researchers that, starting March 1, 2026,…
China’s International Undergraduate Admissions Enter the Era of Unified Assessment
Starting in 2026, all international students applying for undergraduate programs under the Chinese Government Scholarship will be required to submit…
Hundreds of Chinese students have had their admissions to Purdue University revoked without cause
Numerous faculty members and students stated that Purdue has an “informal policy” that, through university-level approval mechanisms, significantly reduces graduate…
PhD Students No Longer Need to Write Dissertations: China’s Engineering Doctoral Education Undergoes a Structural Shift
In recent years, China’s engineering doctoral education has undergone a milestone reform: students are no longer required to write and…
Stanford’s AIMES Initiative: How a Leading University Is Preventing AI from “Dumbing Down” Students
Confronted with the near “ground-up upheaval” that generative AI (GenAI) has brought to the foundations of traditional teaching, Stanford has…
Research or PR Campaign? Major Undisclosed Big Tech Ties Found in Elite Journal Publications
Roughly half of the authors of social media–related research published in top academic journals have disclosable industry ties—most of which…
AI Can Now Masquerade as Human Respondents, PNAS Study Warns, Putting Online Surveys at Risk
For a long time, online survey research has been regarded as a foundational tool of modern social science, public policy…
Dark-Horse STEM Schools Outperform the Ivy League: Unveiling the 2025 U.S. College ROI Rankings
Recently, a research team at Georgetown University released a landmark report titled “2025: Ranking 4,600 Colleges by Return on Investment.”…
Does “Winning at the Starting Line” Really Matter? Science Answers with Data from Over 30,000 Elite Performers
For decades, a belief has dominated education systems, athletic training programs, and elite selection mechanisms with little serious challenge: the…
How Do We Prove That a PhD Is “Qualified”?
How do we prove that a PhD is “qualified”? In China, the answer is increasingly tilted toward administrative authority, relying…