Black students ‘50 per cent more likely to drop out’
Higher proportion of black students in London may contribute to capital’s higher dropout rates, says SMF
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Japan to set aside $36 billion for education, growth steps in FY2018 budget
Japan will set aside roughly 4 trillion yen ($35.6 billion) in the next fiscal year's state budget for measures that focus on education as part of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's strategy to spur growth
Brexit department lacks scientific adviser as talks get under way
Researchers have expressed concern about the UK government’s decision to start negotiating the country’s exit from the European Union while the department in charge of talks remains without a chief scientific adviser.
Ph.D.-Level Position, $28K Salary
University of Illinois-Chicago ad for language program director draws outcry.
Cheyney, a state-owned university, may soon lose its accreditation
One of the state-owned universities is at risk of losing its accreditation.
One in four Norwegian humanities researchers ‘never publishes’
More than a quarter of humanities researchers in Norway have never published, according to the first evaluation of the discipline in the country for 30 years.
Critics Dismissed at Sierra Nevada
Six full-time professors -- including leaders of efforts to question administration -- lose jobs.
You can now major in social media at this Pa. college
What if you could major in Facebook and Instagram?
Chinese scholars ‘win up to £127,000’ for papers in top journals
Chinese scientists can win awards of up to $165,000 (£127,000) from their universities for publishing in leading scientific journals, according to research that exposes the country’s system of “cash for articles”.
Kaplan-Owned Coding Boot Camp Will Close
Dev Bootcamp, a coding boot camp that Kaplan acquired three years ago for an undisclosed sum, this week announced that it will shut down this December.
