Philadelphia prosecutors offer college classes instead of trial
Philadelphia prosecutors have announced a pilot program that gives people charged with nonviolent felonies a chance to attend college classes as an alternative to going to trial.
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Fall of a For-Profit
After years of allegations of deceptive marketing practices, for-profit Westwood College is no longer accepting new students after another multimillion-dollar settlement with a state attorney general.
Royal Society to make scientific IDs mandatory for its journals
In a bid to eliminate confusing academic social networks and name mix-ups, the Royal Society has announced today that authors submitting to its journals will have to provide a scientific passport.
Rubio wants to expand for-profit schools’ role in higher ed
On the presidential campaign trail, Marco Rubio likes to poke fun at a higher education system that he says churns out droves of liberal arts majors saddled with student loan debt and dim job prospects.
Orphaned planet and twin Earths that ‘could share life’ revealed
From a world 11 times more massive than Jupiter to a pair of Earth-like planets that may house life, scientists have revealed a host of fascinating new findings about our galactic neighbors.
Social media companies step up battle against militant propaganda
Facebook, Google and Twitter are stepping up efforts to combat online propaganda and recruiting by Islamic militants ...
Liberty University president urges students to be armed
At a time when most college campuses prohibit guns, Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. thinks the opposite should be the case -- urging his school's students to be armed ...
Private universities ‘only way to meet demand’ in emerging economies
Private, for-profit universities are the only way to meet the huge demand for “good, not great” higher education in emerging economies, it has been argued.
The Right to Write History
Japanese and American professors clash over a textbook's depiction of the Japanese government's involvement in a system of sexual slavery during World War II.
Canada’s indigenous bands rise up against a Tar Sands pipeline
TransCanada, the company behind the now-defunct Keystone XL, is proposing another pipeline that would ship Alberta tar sands oil to Canada’s Atlantic coast.
