Student pedals bike 4,300 km to start university
A freshman was so excited to be admitted to a university this year that he rode a bike more than 4,300 kilometers across the country to his university in 22 days.
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Reviewer criticises ‘no publication after preprint’ rule
An academic is boycotting peer review for a scholarly journal after it turned down a manuscript that had previously been published on the website of an education centre.
The White Face of Library Leadership
An Ithaka S+R survey of research libraries reveals a lack of racial and ethnic diversity in the profession, particularly at the upper levels.
Campuses tackle the opioid epidemic
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College (A-B Tech) in North Carolina was devastated by a fatal overdose on campus last month.
Why Female Students Leave STEM
Paper finds that bad grades on their own aren’t enough to prompt a change of major, and neither is the environment, but problems arise when those factors compound one other.
Hundreds crowd WSU administration building during sit-in protest
Hundreds of students crowded the French Administration building on Friday for a sit-in protest amid racial tensions on campus.
The R-factor: a new way to rate journal articles?
Researchers have launched an ambitious new metric to rate the reproducibility of a scientific paper ...
Experts discuss promoting Chinese books globally
A symposium on translating and publishing children’s literature abroad was held at the Beijing International Book Fair (BIBF)
Liberty’s Disclosure Headache
University says it did not need to break out home sale to Trey Falwell, a top administrator who is son of the president, after allegations in an article that also detailed his ownership of a Miami hostel.
Paying former gang members to go to college?
Who would pay former gang members to help them go to college?
