A university where students could set their own tuition fees
High tuition fees and higher vice-chancellors’ salaries are under attack, but there could be a radical solution.
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A Total Prohibition
Ohio University rushed through a policy that bans all indoor protests, but vehement campus criticism may lead to changes.
South Africa student fights to keep thesis during robbery
The prospect of losing the only copy of her master's thesis during a robbery was just too much for one South African student to bear.
Are rising fees bankrolling growth in vice-chancellors’ salaries?
Since Times Higher Education’s latest annual analysis of the pay packages of UK vice-chancellors was published, the focus on leaders’ remuneration has ratcheted up a fair notch or two.
Can farmed fish save aquaculture?
Eleven thousand years ago, the invention of agriculture made stable food supplies possible for the first time. In a relative blink of the eye, farming whisked aside 2 million years of hunting and gathering.
California lawmakers pledge $30 million for young immigrants
California Gov. Jerry Brown and top lawmakers announced Tuesday that they plan to spend $30 million helping young immigrants with legal services and college financial aid.
The Bermuda Triangle of Credit Transfer
Three reports highlight different ways that changing colleges is difficult. Bottom line (in one expert’s words): transferring students are “abused.”
Facebook: We won’t allow users to profit from fake news and violence
Facebook is making it harder to profit off of smut, vice and fake news
Kuala Lumpur school fire kills students and teachers
At least 24 students and teachers have died in a fire at a religious school in Malaysia's capital, Kuala Lumpur.
Fifty-fold growth in English-taught bachelor’s courses in Europe
The number of English-taught bachelor’s programmes being offered by European universities has increased 50-fold in the past eight years, according to a major study.
