UI’s entrepreneurship degree may be first in country
Engineering students with the next great idea for a "Guitar Hero" spinoff or a portable solar lamp can soon get a first-ever degree in entrepreneurship at the University of Illinois.
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The common European academic landscape is under threat after Brexit
Now we know it. Brexit is a fact. It sadly shows what populism can do, not only in the UK.
USC hosts ‘boot camp’ for vets to ease culture shock of college life
Charena Lafayette served in the U.S. Marine Corps for 13 years, but no amount of military training prepared her for the challenge of completing a rigorous four-year college program
When Professors Say the Wrong Thing on Race
Comments about NFL player who started national anthem protest cost a Concordia (Mich.) instructor her job; Virginia professor keeps his job but plans a leave amid criticism of Facebook post about Black Lives Matter.
Print This Efficiency, at Scale
Competency-based education can save money for colleges and students, a new report finds, but the efficiency gains won't come easily or without worries about the impact on academic quality.
Patagonian fossil leaves reveal rapid recovery from dinosaur extinction event
Ancient feeding marks from hungry insects in South American leaf fossils are shedding new light on the mass extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs.
Complaining of bias on campus, Republicans push for ‘intellectual diversity’ at UW schools
Conservative critics of higher education in Wisconsin have opened a new chapter of their long-running complaints about institutions such as UW-Madison ...
Brand advocacy vs. activism: Swinging the pendulum on climate policy
It’s been a rough couple of months for those of us who particularly enjoy living on a habitable planet.
The long and winding road to sustainable tourism
Earlier this year, Hilton trumpeted the arrival of its latest hotel brand, one comprised of unique properties with especially close ties to the communities in which they are located — the foundation for a sustainable relationship.
China’s $11B app that wants to organize the world’s information
A wildly popular Chinese news app is fast becoming one of the world's hottest upstarts.
