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Amazon sweeps U.S. market for voice-controlled speakers: study
Amazon.com Inc is dominating the nascent market for voice-controlled speakers, research firm eMarketer said on Monday.
After Outcry Over Rejected Grants, DeVos Forbids Formatting Rules
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and her department faced public criticism following news reports that the department had flat-out rejected dozens of colleges’ Upward Bound grant applications based on minor line-spacing and font-size errors.
The New Student ID
Despite questions about privacy, colleges using biometric authentication such as iris scans say they are mostly concerned with getting students into campus facilities as quickly as possible.
Tech challenger universities lead the way on industry links
The major problem faced by higher education in the developed world – particularly the West – in the past decade has been adapting to the erosion of public funding as governments, both regional and national, face a cash crisis.
Holy Cross College told to produce plan to get out of financial hole
Facing financial pressures, like some other small liberal arts colleges across the country, Holy Cross College has been ordered by an accrediting agency to develop a four-year plan to get out from under increasing yearly borrowing and the need to eliminate positions during the summer to balance its budget.
Germany’s plan to kill online registrations
This could be the beginning of the end for all those mind-numbing online account registrations.
Bill Clinton pens first thriller novel with James Patterson
Former-president Bill Clinton is writing a novel about the White House, publishers announced on Monday.
7,000 bodies could be buried on UMMC campus
Experts estimate up to 7,000 bodies are buried on the University of Mississippi Medical Center campus.
Will voice of universities be heard in the ‘Brexit election’?
Theresa May has told the people of Britain that a vote for her in the general election will “strengthen my hand and the UK’s negotiating position on Brexit”.