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Gonzaga ‘tunnel of oppression’: ‘Tear down the walls’
A Washington State school hosted an event aimed at showcasing different kinds of oppression.
Experimental colleges: an idea whose time has passed?
Struggles of Hampshire College suggest to some that students may be reluctant to shape their own degrees in a debt-heavy, career-focused higher education sector
What does net zero mean?
In order to keep the rise in global mean temperatures "well below 2 degrees Celsius" above pre-industrial levels and to try to limit global warming to 1.5 C, the Paris Agreement commits to net-zero emissions globally in the second half of this century.
Barr ensures Congress can’t stop Trump now
Donald Trump was right: He can get away with almost anything -- a factor that is likely to mean an even more unchained presidency over the next 18 months.
Google to ‘auto-delete’ web tracking history
Google is to offer users the option of automatically deleting their search and location history after three months.
Scholar takes students’ phones and makes them read for four hours
David Peña-Guzmán says philosophy undergraduates have enthusiastically embraced experiment designed to ‘reignite their love of attentive reading’
Warming up to educating inmates
Signaling its interest in finding ways to better prepare inmates for successful re-entry into society, t
Pedigree and Productivity
New study of computer scientists says that when it comes to research output, where Ph.D.s get hired matters more than where they trained.
Nearly half of all N.Y. college students go hungry
In the coming weeks, thousands of college students will walk across a stage and proudly accept their diplomas. Many of them will be hungry.
