Should scientific misconduct be a crime?
Amid growing concern about fraud in research and the challenges of reproducing the results of scientific trials, these questions were hotly debated at the World Conference on Research Integrity
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‘Academic Terrorist’
Months after deleting controversial lists of “predatory” journals and publishers, the librarian behind them still faces anonymous harassment online.
When the Left Turns on Its Own
Bret Weinstein is a biology professor at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Wash., who supported Bernie Sanders, admiringly retweets Glenn Greenwald and was an outspoken supporter of the Occupy Wall Street movement.
Student ‘graduates’ on the subway
Jerich Alcantara, a 22-year-old student, decided to perform a makeshift graduation after the subway train's emergency break was pulled and he missed his actual ceremony.
Debt fears deter poorest from applying to UK university, study says
Large numbers of young people from poorer backgrounds in England are being deterred from applying to university because of fear of incurring student loan debts, a major study has revealed.
Second Thoughts About Higher Education Decisions
Most former college students say they would change either their major, college attended or credential pursued if they could do it all over again, survey finds.
University of Arizona adding more overseas sites
The University of Arizona is branching out across the globe to offer more of its degrees on more foreign campuses.
Boston program offers chance at free ride to degree
Low-income public, parochial and charter high school students in Boston who graduate in 2017 will be able to earn a bachelor’s degree without having to pay tuition and mandatory fees under a pilot program announced yesterday.
Degree Plus?
Not every student walking away with a liberal arts degree from the University of Utah -- or any other institution, for that matter...
Oxford academics challenge ‘compulsory retirement’ rules
Academics at the University of Oxford are attempting to abolish a rule that forces them to retire at the age of 67 amid growing unrest over what they have called “unfair” and “unlawful” age discrimination.
