Journal Retracts 29 Articles, Explaining Little
Violations of policies on peer review are cited, without saying what the violations were.
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Student protesters: Armed police ‘endangers many’
Students protested at The Evergreen State College and University of Rochester over the hiring of armed security guards.
Academics cite work ‘they don’t know particularly well’
Survey also reveals citations have little influence over the content of a paper, raising questions over citation metrics
Facebook ads urge its staff to leak secrets
A campaign group advocating the break-up of Facebook has subverted the social network's advertising tools to tempt its employees into leaking information.
‘Rhino Coin’: Can a cryptocurrency help save Africa’s rhinoceroses?
South African ranchers who raise rhinos are supporting a virtual currency, backed by stockpiles of valuable rhino horn, to fund protection of the threatened animals.
Swastika defaces Duke mural
A mural at Duke University — created to honor the victims of last month's Pittsburgh synagogue shooting — was vandalized with a Nazi symbol over the weekend.
Betsy DeVos sued again over delays in student debt relief
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos was hit with another lawsuit Tuesday claiming she failed to cancel student debt owed by people whose for-profit colleges have been shut down.
J-School Leaders Say It’s Time to Speak Out
After remaining fairly silent about Trump's repeated attacks on the press, journalism school leaders are starting to speak up.
Thanksgiving a ‘celebration’ of ‘genocide,’ say campus groups
University of Oregon student groups are holding an event titled “Thanks But No Thanks-giving: Decolonizing an American Holiday.”
They’re prepping for a race war. And they see Trump as their ‘ray of hope’
Late on August 22, US President Donald Trump launched into some trademark Twitter diplomacy. After apparently watching a segment on Fox News, the President felt moved to instruct Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to “closely study the South African land farm seizures and expropriations and large scale killing of farmers.”
