Academics ‘regularly lie to get research grants’
Scholars in the UK and Australia contemptuous of impact statements and often exaggerate them, study suggests
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China to deliver five-year plan on education
China will release its 13th five-year plan on education this year to deepen reform and promote the modernization of education, the country's top economic planner said on Tuesday.
Data breach results in misdirected payroll at ISU
Thirteen faculty and staff members at Illinois State University were the apparent victims of an information breach that allowed someone to divert their direct-deposit payroll payments to another account, according to university officials.
Rethinking Gen Ed
Amid concerns that requirements may not mean much to students or professors, Harvard and Duke Universities both look to curricular changes to improve undergraduate education.
End of grants ‘likely to force thousands more students to work’
The loss of student maintenance grants this autumn is likely to force thousands more undergraduates to live at home and take longer hours of paid work, a survey suggests.
‘Performance-based funding’ proposed for Illinois higher education
While Gov. Bruce Rauner is calling for a 20 percent cut in guaranteed state support for public university operations next year, his budget proposal would spend an additional $50 million on “performance-based funding.”
The Shrinking Humanities Major
Number of bachelor's degrees awarded fell 8.7 percent between 2012 and 2014, study finds.
Has Twitter transformed the PhD experience?
Just a few weeks after Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey sent the platform’s first tweet in March 2006, the social media network gained its first PhD student.
University of the People founder: others ‘will emulate model’
President of free online university says universities will be forced to change either their price structure or their offering
Palestinian teacher awarded $1M prize
An elementary teacher who grew up in a Palestinian refugee camp has won a $1 million prize recognizing the "outstanding contribution" she has made to her profession.
