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China will ratchet up efforts to nurture strategic emerging industries such as artificial intelligence and smart cars, in its latest push to hone its tech and industrial prowess amid challenges and external uncertainties, the country's top industry regulator said on Thursday. Read more
The King’s College has ended an opaque partnership with Primacorp Ventures, a Canadian for-profit education company, that has been accused of contributing to the destabilization of the private evangelical college in New York City, which is currently fundraising for its survival. Read more
Twitter gave a fake Disney account verification status at the weekend. Read more
Over the past 20 years or so, individuals and organizations both at an institution and outside have sought retribution against a scholar for something they said at an alarmingly increasing rate. In the last three years specifically, sanctions have exploded, according to a new report by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education. Read more
Students report that difficult course materials and exams, required attendance and deadlines are all impediments to their college success, according to a nationwide student survey recently conducted by Inside Higher Ed. Read more
Key Trump adviser warns party backers about the dangers they now face from easier registration and voting processes on campuses Read more
The Society of Pediatric Psychology recently held its annual conference in Chicago. Materials and presentations given to attending child psychologists taught them how to be political activists. Read more
Connecticut’s regional university and college system could eliminate more than 3,500 full and part-time jobs — including 654 layoffs — while boosting student tuition and fees by as much as $1,000 by 2025, based on funding in the latest state budget proposal. Read more
Divided University of Arkansas system trustees vote down affiliation with the for-profit giant, appearing to nix a possible arrangement. Read more
A recent, rapid heating of the world's oceans has alarmed scientists concerned that it will add to global warming. Read more
