Texas university gets $76M each year to operate in Qatar
The total annual bill for six prominent U.S. universities to run branches in the wealthy Arabian emirate of Qatar comes to more than $400 million.
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Sexism rife in textbooks, says Unesco
Sexist attitudes are "rife" in school textbooks used in developing countries, according to Unesco.
Apple computers targeted in first ‘ransomware’ attack
Mac users might not be as safe as they think.
New or Improved?
There are no easy answers for California's two-year college system as it faces an unprecedented decision to move to a new accreditor, while also debating how to change the current one.
Grand Canyon University’s nonprofit restructuring proposal denied
The Higher Learning Commission denied Grand Canyon Education Inc.'s (Nasdaq: LOPE) request to seek nonprofit status for its Grand Canyon University in Phoenix.
A mysterious new species could be the earliest humans
A new species of recently discovered human has not yet been dated, but some believe it could be one of the earliest humans in our genus
Five men with one mission: Keep women in India safe
In India, a sexual assault occurs every 22.5 minutes.
The new push to rate suppliers on sustainability
Many companies long have evaluated aspects of their suppliers’ environmental, social and governance policies and performance.
UK higher education must recalibrate to register on Asia’s scales
It used to be that to hold out a business card bearing the name of a UK university gained you automatic respect in Asia.
The death of “online” learning in higher ed
As technologies become ubiquitous, familiar labels will vanish
