Quality questions in US shift towards competency-based assessment
Trump administration plans to allow universities to attract federal funding for students based not on the amount of time they spend studying but on measurements of their ability
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Google launching its own computer science courses on campuses
Early next year, twenty students will have the opportunity to study machine learning for 10 weeks with Google engineers, college professors and coaches—free of charge.
Students’ view of PhD’s value drops as course progresses
Satisfaction with postgraduate research declines significantly over course of programme, survey reveals
Prof lectures about ‘honorary whites’
Amherst American Studies professor Pawan H. Dhingra lectured on the belief that there are three racial categories: whites, "honorary whites," and "collective blacks."
Self-driving school bus test halted in US
French-based transport firm Transdev has been ordered to stop an "unlawful" test of a driverless school bus in Florida by US regulators.
Forget lazy rivers. Does your College offer a concierge?
New Mexico State University has launched a "campus concierge" to alleviate student stress. Services are expected at more campuses.
100 percent of SMU administrators, 98.8 percent of faculty donate to Dems
A Campus Reform analysis has found that an overwhelming majority of faculty and administrators at Southern Methodist University contributed financially to Democrat candidates and causes from 2017-2018.
New York City Sues For-Profit College
City's consumer affairs agency's unusual lawsuit accuses Berkeley College of improper recruiting and lending practices.
CU Boulder guarantees admission for high school students who study education
Some Colorado high school students can now guarantee their admission to the University of Colorado's School of Education for next year.
China’s civil service to open 14,500 vacancies in annual intake
China plans to recruit over 14,500 civil servants to work for 75 central government agencies and 20 institutions directly under them in the 2019 civil servant intake, the State Administration of Civil Service said Sunday.
