Publishing’s Prestige Bias
Study suggests top humanities journals favor research by professors working at or who earned Ph.D.s at elite institutions.
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MIT president: Trump ‘will not change our mission’
The leader of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has said that Donald Trump’s presidency “will not change” the university’s mission and values, claiming that the worst-case scenario is that the institution will have to find new sources of funding.
Syria: IS destroys part of Palmyra’s Roman Theatre
Militants from the Islamic State group have destroyed part of the Roman Theatre in the ancient city of Palmyra.
‘It’s made in Vietnam!’ At inauguration, origin of red Trump hats shocks many
One of the biggest cheers President Donald Trump received from supporters watching his inaugural address on Friday was his call to "buy American and hire American."
MOOC enrollment drops at HarvardX and MITx
An internal study of the massive open online courses (MOOCs) offered by Harvard and MIT shows a serious decline in the number of students choosing to enroll and certify via these internet-accessible classrooms.
CFPB sues student loan company Navient
Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is suing the nation’s largest servicer of both federal and private student loans for systematically and illegally failing borrowers at every stage of repayment.
Beginning of a Movement
Tens of thousands of students and academics join Women’s March on Washington.
Dutch PM Rutte: ‘If you don’t like it here, then leave’
Weeks before Dutch voters go to the polls, Prime Minister Mark Rutte has said that anyone who rejects the country's values should leave.
China fortifies Great Firewall with crackdown on VPNs
China is making it harder to get around its Great Firewall
Ball State complains about government regulations
Ball State University presented the Indiana House Ways and Means Committee with a list of more than 100 government regulations it must comply with at an estimated cost of 11 percent of the school's operating budget.
