Robot dons gown in virtual graduation ceremony
A robot has been used to confer degrees on three students who were unable to attend their graduation ceremony.
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Guess which state beats every other in campus free speech
North Carolina has more "green light" institutions than any other state.
Colleges look to be partners, not competitors
Four Southeast Minnesota colleges are working together to “regionalize” the delivery of higher education in the region.
Rutgers researchers learning how to use improv, other games to share their work with others
Person A is a time traveler from 300 years ago. Person B is expecting a phone call — and must explain how cellphones work before the time traveler accuses them of being a witch.
Israel-Palestine talk gets canceled amid ‘bias’ concerns
A Syracuse University senior says a planned dialogue about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was canceled after students protested the event.
Ganging up on a student journalist?
LIU Post student government association demands that President Kimberly Cline and the other officials publicly apologize for berating a co-editor of the student newspaper for its coverage of anonymous pamphlets targeting Cline and others.
Va. College students left with questions about their futures after abrupt closure
Brittany Grant always dreamed of helping others. "I remember when I was seven, gluing baby dolls back together, wanting to be in the medical field," Grant remembered.
Slight Dip in Ph.D.s Conferred
Are numbers of doctorates awarded finally starting to reflect the poor academic job market? New data show decline in nonscience and engineering degrees. Women continue to make gains.
YouTube deletes cheating videos after BBC investigation
YouTube has deleted thousands of videos promoting academic cheating in the last week after a BBC Trending investigation.
Fewer students are majoring in history, but we’re asking the wrong questions about why
The number of history BAs awarded each year has dropped more steeply since 2011 than any other undergraduate degree measured.
