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GAME OVER: RAs call the COPS on students playing video game

Resident assistants called the police on a group of University of Maryland students playing the video game “Quiplash.”

First published by | June 11, 2019 | Education | 0 responses

Anger as US funding for fetal tissue research curtailed

Private funders and charitable foundations urged to support vital studies

First published by | June 10, 2019 | Education | 0 responses

Hampshire College ‘in danger’ of having accreditation withdrawn

New England’s regional accreditation body for higher education has voted to issue a public notation that Hampshire College is “in danger” of being found in violation of the agency’s standards, though it has deferred formal judgment on the school’s status until November.

First published by | June 10, 2019 | Education | 0 responses

Is College worth it? Yes

New study shows that, from a financial standpoint alone, earning a bachelor's degree is on average a sound investment.

First published by Kevin | June 10, 2019 | Education | 0 responses

Al Gore calls Trump ‘would-be-autocrat’ in Harvard speech

First published by Kevin | June 10, 2019 | Education | 0 responses

Nearly a dozen U.S. senators sponsor campus free speech resolution

A campus free speech resolution hit the Senate floor on 2019.

First published by | June 7, 2019 | Education | 0 responses

Millions of Chinese students sit national college entrance exam

China's annual college entrance exam, known as the gaokao, began Friday as an estimated 10 million students sat the critical exam needed to pursue their higher education.

First published by | June 7, 2019 | Education | 0 responses

College Students Enlist in Fight Against Looming Abortion Restrictions

Despite restrictive abortion legislation adopted in Georgia and other states, local abortion-rights advocates are making sure college students understand the new ban is not yet in effect and encouraging them to join efforts to fight the prohibition.

First published by | June 7, 2019 | Education | 0 responses

Senate Negotiators Slog Through Higher Education Act Updates

DON'T EXPECT TO SEE A draft anytime soon of the Higher Education Act rewrite that Sens. Lamar Alexander and Patty Murray have been negotiating for the last three months.

First published by | June 7, 2019 | Education | 0 responses

Academic uses film to raise plight of Sierra Leone diamond miners

Researcher hopes showing at United Nations will spur further action to help the most disadvantaged artisans

First published by | June 7, 2019 | Education, Environment, Lifestyle | 0 responses