As college costs rise, some Texas students go hungry. Will food scholarships help?
Students at many Texas colleges struggle to find enough food to eat — and struggle academically as a result
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Report lifts lid on cost of subscription deals with publishers
European universities and research organisations could save hundreds of millions of euros a year by switching to an open access publishing system, a new analysis of subscription deals with publishers has concluded.
‘Legal Sci-Hub’ journal access tool set for major expansion
A new online platform dubbed the “legal Sci-Hub” is set for major expansion, promising to offer academics “one-click access” to millions of journal articles and research papers.
Students scramble, AG pledges inquiry, after Mount Ida announces closure
The state’s attorney general pledged over the weekend to examine the planned closure of struggling Mount Ida College, which will merge with UMass Amherst, as students and parents grappled with an uncertain future.
No Deal on Business Major
Chicago's proposed undergraduate business major was short-lived, but the economics faculty found a way to save it, as a new "track."
Building skills outside the classroom with new ways of learning
What differentiates the Mayfield Innovation Center from traditional classrooms is evident not just in the virtual reality technology, the 3-D printers or the open architecture that make the two-floor, 30,000-square-foot building seem less of a secondary school than a Google satellite office.
This college wants to be the first 100% renewable campus in the U.S.
In 2015, the state of Hawaii committed to converting 100% of its energy supply to renewables by 2045.
Justice Department Investigates Early-Decision Admissions
Focus appears to be how some colleges share information about those admitted early. Common App asks applicants to consent to the practice.
French say ‘no deal’ to Springer as journal fight spreads
Research institutions, first in Germany and now in France, are finding that publishers do not cut off access to journals – even when they stop paying
Tenured Ky. professors could be fired under a late addition to the state budget
College professors in Kentucky are furious after learning language was reintroduced in the state budget that would allow universities to fire tenured faculty when making financial cuts.
