Will ‘anti-science’ Trump harm US research?
The next US president’s scorn for American research bodies and his anti-climate change stance has worried many scientists
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The next US president’s scorn for American research bodies and his anti-climate change stance has worried many scientists
Presidents of tiny liberal arts colleges work to make themselves heard above talk of mergers and large institutions.
Critics fear focus on research impact in next funding programme could lead to a REF-type exercise
Donald Trump provided relatively few clues to what he might do as president, but he'll probably try to reverse some of President Obama's priorities, rolling back regulations, creating new political opening for for-profit colleges and curtailing collective bargaining rights.
The city needs to align itself with a university partner to attract millennials, who will bring innovation and entrepreneurship.
Universities should make it a priority to equip graduate students with academic writing skills or they run the risk of greater numbers failing to complete master’s courses and PhDs, according to the author of new research.
Many academic leaders fear the president-elect could scare off foreign students, encourage discord on campuses and promote the anti-intellectualism that won him broad support from non-college-educated males.
Language experts have hit out at a professor’s “unwarranted” and “premature” dismissal of linguistic bias against academics who speak English as a second language.
Hocking College has pulled in grant funding for new courses, balanced its budget and calmed a campus that was filled with student protests a year ago.
New company hopes to increase number of community college transfers by offering a marketplace for students and four-year institutions to better understand degree paths.