Elon Musk explains what’s wrong with math class
For any kid who feels bored in math class, Elon Musk sympathizes with you.
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A Punishment That Doesn’t Work
A new research paper finds that excess credit hour policies don’t lead to completion, just more student debt.
Students caught in the middle of for-profit college debate ask, ‘What now?’
Rule revisions set to take effect July 1 were put on hold by the Department of Education, offering a reprieve for some institutions that feel maligned but leaving students expecting assistance with loans feeing uncertain about the future.
Generational and class gaps in attitudes on fees, polling finds
There is deep unhappiness with England’s current system of tuition fees among the young people most likely to be facing repayments under the status quo, with a generational gulf evident in attitudes to university financing
HSBC Global Report: Parents in China will spend $100K on children’s higher education abroad
Parents in China are willing to spend $100,000 on their children's higher education abroad, according to The Value of Education: Higher and Higher report by HSBC.
The Culling of Higher Ed Begins
The number of colleges and universities eligible to award federal financial aid dropped by 5.6 percent in 2016-17. The vast majority of disappearing institutions were for-profit colleges, but more than 30 private nonprofits were among them.
Drop algebra requirement for non-STEM majors, Calif. community colleges chief says
The chancellor of the California Community Colleges system says intermediate algebra should no longer be required to earn an associate degree — unless students are in the fields of science, technology, engineering or math.
Black students ‘50 per cent more likely to drop out’
Higher proportion of black students in London may contribute to capital’s higher dropout rates, says SMF
Japan to set aside $36 billion for education, growth steps in FY2018 budget
Japan will set aside roughly 4 trillion yen ($35.6 billion) in the next fiscal year's state budget for measures that focus on education as part of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's strategy to spur growth
Brexit department lacks scientific adviser as talks get under way
Researchers have expressed concern about the UK government’s decision to start negotiating the country’s exit from the European Union while the department in charge of talks remains without a chief scientific adviser.
