Chinese kids descend terrifying cliff face to school
Some kids will do anything to get out of school. Others risk their lives to get there.
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This industry helps Chinese students cheat into, through U.S. college
The advertisements were tailored for Chinese college students far from home, struggling with the English language and an unfamiliar culture.
Hillary Clinton’s Focus on Students Who Are Single Parents
As a model for a federal initiative, she points to a program she helped start in Arkansas.
FutureLearn launches first Moocs offering academic credits
FutureLearn, the UK’s massive open online course platform, is launching its first programmes that allow students to earn credits towards a university degree.
Chinese student market: can the West weather a perfect storm?
In the late 1970s, Marguerite Dennis was a young admissions officer at Georgetown University in Washington DC. At the time, Iranians were the most populous group of international students on campus.
When Protests Obstruct Free Speech
Recent incidents at DePaul and UC Irvine raise the question of what obligations a college has to make sure that protesters -- while objecting to an event -- can't shut it down or block its ideas from being heard.
Billions at stake in university patent fights
A powerful and inexpensive technique for rewriting snippets of DNA — known as CRISPR-Cas9 — has two research institutions locked in a bitter patent battle.
Portland schools tried to change how they teach climate change — and ignited a firestorm
This winter, a small group of advocates, teachers, parents and students began meeting each week at a church in Portland, Ore., to figure out how their schools could do a better job of preparing the next generation to fight climate change.
High technology tightens China’s gaokao anti-cheating measures
High-tech measures, such as face recognition and fingerprint verification systems, will be used for the first time in many places for this year's gaokao, or Chinese national college entrance exam, which will start within a fortnight
Pledging to Graduate on Time
The State University of New York at Buffalo has made big gains on its graduation rates, thanks in part to a "Finish in 4" pledge that features real commitments by students and the university alike.
