Upgrading all borderline students’ degree classes ‘unacceptable’
UK universities must ensure that their policies on borderline scores do not in effect lower the thresholds for degree classifications, sector bodies say.
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Default Crisis for Black Student Borrowers
Half of all black students who took out federal student loans defaulted in 12 years, according to two analyses of new federal data on student borrowers.
This venture cap fund taps university students to find the best on-campus investments
Eric Tarczynski spent two years traveling around the country to put together a team of about 100 students at 50 campuses.
Central European University faces further year of ‘legal limbo’
The threatened Central European University may face a further year of uncertainty over its future in Hungary, after the government extended the compliance deadline for its higher education act to 2019.
WC swears in Grizzard, talks student hunger
When Weatherford College swore in new trustee member Roger Grizzard at a meeting Thursday, there was no time wasted in addressing another need — student food insecurity.
Publication by chance
New simulation study says peer review is better at assuring quality research than random publication choices, but some systems of review are significantly better than others. Editors seen as more effective than peer-review panels alone.
Whittling Down Wisconsin’s Colleges
Professors fear an ambitious systemwide merger plan is rushed, but system president argues it is necessary amid tight budgets and declining enrollment at Wisconsin's two-year colleges.
Mich. needs more college advisers, and recent grads are helping
Kasceen Anderson has a bunch of college options. Will it be the California performing arts college that requires an audition?
Apple CEO Tim Cook launches Oxford hub for entrepreneurship
A new entrepreneurial hub for University of Oxford students will help to ensure that the next Steve Jobs or Sheryl Sandberg will come from the UK, its vice-chancellor predicts.
Emerson College looks abroad for expansion
Emerson College is crafting a landmark agreement with the Paris College of Art in the French capital and is eyeing expansion to Hong Kong and Australia ...
