Continental European university model ‘under pressure’
Elite continental European universities could find it “increasingly difficult to compete” with their US and UK counterparts ...
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Gates Foundation joins shift towards open access platforms
One of the world’s biggest funders of scientific research is to establish an open access platform that will allow its grant winners to publish their findings...
To boost its economy, Tennessee is creating more college grads
Amy Haddock, a 41-year-old stay-at-home mom, may not seem like a mechanically minded tinkerer, but she wants a career.
Turning Down Top Choices
About 40 percent of students who decided not to go to their college or university of first choice cited reasons related to costs.
The Free Certificate Movement
Indiana moves to focus on job training through nondegree programs.
Global higher education ‘faces anarchy’ after unchecked expansion
The expansion and differentiation of global higher education without a well-defined strategy means that the sector faces a “period of anarchy”, a study warns.
Google opens Howard University West
Google will open "Howard West" on its campus in Mountain View, Calif., a Silicon Valley outpost for the historically black university where computer science majors can immerse ....
Careers modules and work placements ‘should be compulsory’
Taking careers classes can improve students’ chances of finding graduate employment by 40 per cent, research suggests.
Spanier Conviction Renews Debate on Penn State Post-Sandusky
Former president of university found guilty of child endangerment. Leader of outside investigation questions whether institution has learned lessons from the scandal.
Union and Ithaca agree on contract, strike canceled
Ithaca College and the Ithaca College Contingent Faculty Union reached a tentative agreement on a labor contract
