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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

Can ‘Science Diplomacy’ Work?

Advocates see great need, but some wonder if the concept can survive in the current era.

First published by | June 6, 2019 | Education | 0 responses

Australian universities cap international student numbers

Administrations ease back on foreign fee splurge to avoid financial overexposure and to protect student experience

First published by | June 6, 2019 | Education | 0 responses

Judge tosses out UT-Austin free speech lawsuit

A district court judge tossed out free speech nonprofit Speech First's lawsuit against the University of Texas at Austin.

First published by | June 6, 2019 | Education | 0 responses

Billionaire offering his employees generous education benefit

Tom Siebel, whose fortune Forbes pegs at $2.9 billion, is announcing today that his company, C3.ai, will cover the total cost for employees to earn a master’s degree in computer science online.

First published by | June 6, 2019 | Education | 0 responses

Lawyers For College Admissions Scam Parents Claim Payments Weren’t Bribes

Nearly 20 parents have pleaded not guilty, including “Full House” actress Lori Loughlin and fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli.

First published by | June 5, 2019 | Education | 0 responses

Coding Curriculum in a Box

CodePath.org, a nonprofit boot camp, offers ready-made, industry-approved coding courses to colleges and trains students to teach them for credit.

First published by | June 5, 2019 | Education | 0 responses

UMich ‘History of the American Right’ course ponders if we’re seeing ‘new face of fascism’

A University of Michigan history course will study the "History of the American Right."

First published by | June 5, 2019 | Education | 0 responses

Plan U: funders urged to mandate immediate preprint publication

Shifting towards open access journals will only achieve so much when review and editing processes take so long, scientists say

First published by | June 5, 2019 | Education | 0 responses