Some hires by DeVos stark departure from her reputation
Since her confirmation as the education secretary, Betsy DeVos has been the Trump cabinet member liberals love to hate ...
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Build universities on ‘actual condition’, says China expert
"To build a top ranking university, colleges and universities should work on the basis of their actual conditions," said Mei Guoping, president of Jiangxi Normal University and an NPC deputy.
Cal State University considers requiring an extra year of high school math
California high school students may eventually have to forget about taking a year or two away from math classes before college.
Rutgers-Camden to hold college fair for unauthorized immigrants
The state's largest university is offering help for unauthorized immigrant students who want to attend college in New Jersey.
Over 9 million students sit gaokao
Students arrive for the first day of the national college entrance exam, or gaokao at a high school in Beijing
UNC system weighs development of an online bachelor’s degree
Chairman of the UNC Board of Governors Louis Bissette and Vice Chairman Roger Aiken were having dinner in Davidson, N.C., earlier this year and got to know their waiter.
College won $900K grant to fight extremism. Trump administration won’t send the money
In January, the Department of Homeland Security announced 31 winners in a controversial grant program to fight violent extremism.
‘Innovation Places’ contest draws millions in private investment
Two teams made up of well-known Greater Hartford companies, colleges, nonprofits and other institutions last week aired plans to invest millions of dollars in new economic development initiatives with the hopes of winning matching funds from the state's Innovation Places competition.
A University of Minn. ethics scandal turns into a business opportunity
Brian Herman, the University of Minnesota's former VP of research, met Columbia University psychiatrist David Strauss during the implosion of the U's worst ethics scandal in recent memory.
Australian universities admitting 56 per cent of students without ATAR
More than half of all students starting a bachelor degree at an Australian university are now admitted on a basis other than their Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR), despite this cohort having one of the highest dropout rates.
