Challenges of an Accreditor Crackdown
The Education Department says it's going to get tougher with college accreditors.
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Three-year grad plan offers some Texas students fast path to college
The Hutto school district is working on a new cure for senioritis — that fit of indolence that strikes fourth-year high school students as they breeze past their graduation requirements — by offering top students a three-year path through high school.
Concern for ‘world’s rarest penguin’
Conservationists in New Zealand say nest numbers for one of the world's most endangered penguins have plummeted to a 25-year low.
Deforestation: Give credit where credit is due
Kindled by the heat hazes of southeast Asia, and stoked by the imminence of the climate negotiations in Paris, there has been lively debate in recent weeks about how far large companies are honoring their commitments to "no deforestation" and supply chain improvement.
Going Beyond the Pilot Project
A national association of public universities is throwing its weight behind the use of adaptive courseware, an emerging form of online course delivery that responds to students’ learning styles and levels of achievement.
University of York apologises over ‘crass’ celebration of International Men’s Day
The University of York has been forced to issue an apology on its website after receiving a social media backlash for deciding to mark International Men’s Day.
Rare giant dinosaur footprint discovered in SW China
A rare giant dinosaur footprint has been discovered in SW China's Sichuan province,
Ithaca college protesters 1 day after solidarity walk: Rochon must go
One day after a student solidarity walk at Ithaca College that called for the school’s president, Tom Rochon, to leave his post
Cambridge ‘haemorrhaging millions of pounds a month’ on £1 billion building project
The University of Cambridge’s £1 billion North West Cambridge development is “haemorrhaging millions of pounds a month”, a member of the institution’s council has suggested as academics debated a projected overspend.
U. of Maryland eyes fundraising record for innovation plans
The University of Maryland has quietly started its next capital fundraising campaign with an eye on raising more than $1 billion.
