Saying No to the Majors
Faculty and student groups pushed against proposal from Oakland Athletics to build new ballpark on college property. And their board listened.
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Chinese power ‘may lead to global academic censorship crisis’
China’s “new era” of increased global power poses a threat to academic freedom across the world and could result in global university leaders seeking to appease the country’s Communist Party, experts have warned.
Jerusalem is Israel’s capital, says Donald Trump
President Donald Trump has announced that the US now recognises Jerusalem as Israel's capital, overturning decades of official US policy
The quest to create carbon-negative concrete
Some sources of carbon dioxide emissions are set in stone, somewhat literally.
Germany edges towards brink in dispute with Elsevier
Publisher and research community remain divided over question of access to international publications
DeVry University has new owner
Adtalem Global Education, a global education provider, said it has signed an agreement to transfer ownership of DeVry University and its Keller Graduate School of Management to Cogswell Education LLC, a company that has significant experience in higher education.
Rising waters: Can a massive barrier save Venice from drowning?
A huge barrier designed to protect Venice from sea level rise and storm surges is set to be operational next year.
References and Citations for All
Scholars push for free access to online citation data, saying they need and deserve access to the reference data they helped create.
Google is hiring 10,000 reviewers to clean up YouTube
Google is hiring 10,000 reviewers to clean up YouTube
‘Fraud and Misconduct in Research’
Using a database of 750 cases of research fraud from around the world, professors examine fraud as a phenomenon, tracing its history and trajectory and looking at what can be done about it.
