After Charlottesville and Trump, renewed focus on statues of racists
At some colleges, a debate is revived. In some states, laws will make change difficult.
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University fossil fuel divestment total tips £80 billion globally
UK universities have emerged as world leaders on fossil fuel divestment as the total value of funds being withdrawn by higher education institutions globally tips £80 billion.
Acosta calls for national apprenticeship programs
Apprenticeship programs jointly developed by community colleges and businesses – and scaled up on a nationwide basis ...
Cleveland Cannabis College curriculum expanding this fall
A year shy of Ohio’s medical marijuana program becoming operational, Cleveland Cannabis College is expanding it’s curriculum in the hopes of helping to fill the thousands of jobs that could be created with the budding industry.
North Korea’s ‘Western’ university at risk as tensions rise
North Korea’s only Western-run university may be forced to shut down when the US bans its citizens from travelling to the secretive state, one of its senior academics has warned.
How Tenn. plans to use its FAFSA strategy to boost college grad rates
Tennessee notched another win for its approach to financial aid last week, but exemplary performance in that arena has done little to solve a more persistent challenge students face on college campuses.
Ready to Go Expat?
Britain, Canada, France and Germany all launch funding programs to recruit foreign researchers. Will they succeed in capitalizing on perceptions of the U.S. as a less attractive place for research?
Scholars still using new technology ‘to do the same damn thing’
Gregory Crane is an academic whose work combines some of the oldest and youngest branches of human knowledge: ancient Greek and Latin, and computer science.
The Great Conference Con?
Article sparks new round of criticism of the costs associated with academic conferences.
University of Arkansas reaccredited by Higher Learning Commission
The University of Arkansas continues to be an accredited institution of higher education, following a decision by the Institutional Actions Council of the Higher Learning Commission.
