Stopping Stop-Outs
Improving economy leads to lower enrollments at community colleges, report shows. Can online programs help stanch the flow?
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The new Kindle Oasis is Amazon’s radical e-reader redesign
The wedge-shaped Kindle Oasis is a petite and pocketable new e-reader from Amazon that sacrifices a bit of battery life to fit in the palm of your hand.
WADA makes meldonium U-turn, could affect Sharapova ban
Athletes who tested positive for meldonium before March 1 could have bans overturned less than four months before the Rio de Janeiro Olympics after WADA said it was unable to establish how quickly the drug, outlawed since Jan. 1, cleared the human body
How satellites and big data can help to save the oceans
With new marine protected areas and an emerging U.N. treaty, global ocean conservation efforts are on the verge of a major advance.
Peabody’s coal bankruptcy and the new clean industrial era
Peabody Energy has filed for Chapter 11 U.S. bankruptcy protection, dealing a further blow to a global coal industry already reeling from low prices and tightening environmental regulations.
Tennessee Promise boasts 80 percent retention rate
More than 80 percent of Tennessee Promise students who went to college in the fall returned for their second semester...
MOOC With a Community College Twist
The steep investment is preventing two-year institutions from creating massive open online courses, but SUNY Broome Community College found a way -- and a purpose for one.
£6m EU project aims to stamp out cheating in online assessment
'Tesla’ initiative will combine anti-plagiarism software with facial, voice and keystroke identification technology
Why Namibia’s lions and leopards take prey from racist farms
At first sight it seems like an utterly bizarre observation, but dig beneath the surface and it makes a surprising amount of sense
New College of the Humanities offers its first MA
The New College of the Humanities is launching its first postgraduate degree this September at the same time as cutting its undergraduate fees from £18,000 to £12,000.
