UC-Davis shrugs shoulders after student group attacks fallen police officer
A student group at the University of California, Davis deleted its Facebook page after posting an attack on a fallen police officer.
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Academics hit by book publishing delays in US
Paper shortages and printer closures blamed for backlog
A class registration bot backfires
A student believed he was hacked when all of his classes were mysteriously dropped. But what actually happened is more complicated.
Editorial Mutiny at Elsevier Journal
Following in the footsteps of linguistics journal Lingua, the editorial board of the Elsevier-owned Journal of Informetrics has resigned and launched a rival journal that will be free for all to read.
Trump is bigger ‘national emergency’ than border crisis, students say
A Harvard professor recently said that President Donald Trump is more of a "national emergency" than the situation on the southern border.
Online university courses for the masses fail to materialise
In five years, Moocs go from dream of universal education to limited service for higher-end customers
Worries grow about outsourcing of College degrees
Proposal to lift cap on college programs offered through unaccredited entities stirs concerns about giving companies back door to federal student aid.
Applying to college amid the Harvard admissions lawsuit
High school seniors across the country have just wrapped up their college applications, and are undoubtedly anxious for decision time this spring. This year, some students worked hard to present themselves a little differently, amid an ongoing suit against Harvard University, which claims Harvard’s admissions policies unfairly discriminate against Asian American applicants.
Login Subscribe French female recruitment quotas backfire after male ‘backlash’
Having more women on appointment committees has dramatically cut the number of female academics getting hired, according to analysis
A closer look at debt among students of color
Four U.S. Senate Democrats — including expected presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren (Massachusetts) — are seeking feedback from more than 100 stakeholders on how to improve federal policies for student borrowers of color and make access to higher education more equitable.
