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How the opioid crisis is blowing a hole in small-town America’s finances
As deaths mount in America’s opioid crisis, communities on the front lines face a hidden toll: the financial cost.
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Google’s search for business value in circular cities
Today, at VERGE 17, Google and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation are launching a report on Cities in the Circular Economy: The Role of Digital Technology.
Is China Punishing a U.S. University for Hosting the Dalai Lama?
Chinese scholars may have more difficulty coming to the University of California, San Diego, after the university invited the Tibetan religious leader to deliver a commencement speech.
Purdue bid to buy online university Kaplan clears federal approval hurdle
Purdue University says the U.S. Department of Education has signed off on the college's plan to buy Kaplan University, a for-profit, online school. ...
Stanford professor wins inaugural $4 million Yidan Prize
A Stanford University professor has been named the winner of a new $4 million (£3 million) education prize in recognition of her research on the malleability of intelligence.
‘Remove racist’ Native American tapestry from public display
A British tapestry depicting Native Americans as "subhuman, warlike savages" should not be put on public show, campaigners say.
The world is running out of antibiotics, WHO says
Too few new antibiotics are under development to combat the threat of multidrug-resistant infections ...
Could Chinese demand plug Taiwan’s higher education hole?
Taiwan hopes that attracting students from further afield, particularly mainland China, will help to address its higher education crisis.
More Scrutiny of Colleges’ Finances? Education Department Says No
Even as GAO and others say department needs to do more to monitor institutions for financial risks, department doesn't plan changes.
New effort underway to enroll more Calif. students tuition-free
California's community college system wants to boost the number of low-income students taking advantage of the state's free tuition option.
