Facebook scam-busting service goes live
Scammers are being targeted by a new tool for UK Facebook users that allows the reporting of fake adverts.
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LGBT activists permitted to break rules at Baylor University, conservative students are not
In the wake of Matt Walsh’s pro-traditional morality speech on campus last April, Baylor University has been pressured to charter an LGBT student organization, Gamma Alpha Upsilon, or GAY.
Toxic technology: How social media is making us dumb, angry — and addicted
A few years ago, I noticed that I really enjoyed reading on airplanes and wondered why.
New law could pave way for future college students to major in marijuana
Some community colleges and four-year universities in Illinois are exploring the possibility of launching educational programs to train people in the business of growing and marketing marijuana in light of a new state law legalizing adult-use recreational marijuana.
California sees profit in solely student-funded master’s degrees
UC system looks to job-focused courses to ease budget woes, but critics see erosion of HE as public good
Concerned Over Process
Faculty members at the University of South Carolina passed a resolution calling for a new presidential search as the university's Board of Trustees may consider a secretive option.
Facebook ‘to be fined $5bn over Cambridge Analytica scandal’
US regulators have approved a record $5bn (£4bn) fine on Facebook to settle an investigation into data privacy violations, reports in US media say.
What happened to the $10,000 degree?
Rick Perry had just been elected to a third term as governor of Texas when he issued a call to the state’s public colleges and universities in a 2011 speech.
The Downside of Reduced Student Borrowing
New research shows more student borrowing is connected to greater academic success -- at least at community colleges -- and indicates reduced borrowing could lead to higher loan defaults.
Fmr. GOP gov. withdraws from Harvard fellowship after students, profs throw a fit
Former Michigan Republican Gov. Rick Snyder withdrew from a Harvard research fellowship after the university received backlash for offering him a job.
