Having more female classmates ‘helps women complete PhDs’
Completion rates improve as number of women in a programme increases, US study finds
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Georgetown prof: ‘Kreepy Kavanaugh,’ ‘GOP doesn’t care about women…F*** them’
A Georgetown University professor went on a profanity-laced Twitter tear to voice her opposition to Supreme Court Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh, who has been accused of sexually assaulting a woman more than 30 years ago.
Lourdes U. set to offer wine making, brewing and distilling major
Crafting alcoholic beverages isn't normally something you go to college for, until now.
Multiple Measurements to Predict Success
Going beyond placement exams allows more community college students to take and pass gateway math and English courses, but some worry about students who need remediation.
Internet regulator considered for UK
The UK government is considering "all options", including a regulator, as part of new legislation governing the internet.
ACLU says Facebook allows employers to post discriminatory ads
Facebook's ad targeting system is being used by some employers to unlawfully discriminate based on gender, a new complaint says, the latest in a string of allegations of discrimination being allowed in Facebook ads.
Shift towards precarity predicted in US and Australia, but not UK
Major new survey of world university leaders finds widespread acceptance that casualisation will increase
Subnational adoption of bolder science-based targets is surging
Growing numbers of businesses around the world are pledging to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions in line with recommendations from climate scientists.
An Elite Online Bachelor’s Degree
Several Ivy League universities offer online degrees at the graduate level -- but few have ventured into online undergraduate degrees. The University of Pennsylvania could lead the way.
Purdue University is shutting down Netflix in lecture halls
Purdue University has decided it will be blocking popular streaming websites in the school’s largest lecture halls. Reason being? They want students to have more reliable connections to academic sites instead.
