England will not take part in OECD’s ‘Pisa for universities’
Doubts now raised over future of project billed as having potential to shake up hierarchy of world higher education
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NEC to guarantee admissions of CC transfer students from out of state
New England College will now accept all transfer students from community colleges in all states ...
Race in a Ph.D. Program
An essay -- "Why I No Longer Eat Watermelon, or How a Racist Email Caused Me to Leave Graduate School" -- starts by describing that incident, from 2011.
Brooklyn law school offers a safety net for new students
Shelley Friedman, 21, who recently started a two-year program at Brooklyn Law School, is not too concerned about how she will fare in the job market after she earns her degree ...
Fraud frenzy? Chinese seek U.S. college admission at any price
Jessica Zhang, a 21-year-old Chinese student from Jiangsu Province, says her English wasn't strong enough to fill in her U.S. college admission form.
Underwater volcanoes discovered off Australia
A team of researchers has unexpectedly discovered four extinct underwater volcanoes off the coast of Sydney in Australia.
Businesses ‘forced to provide basic skills training for graduates’
More than one in five businesses have had to provide remedial support to bring graduates’ basic skills up to an acceptable level in the last year, a study says.
Bank and university partner to close the skills gap
An innovative partnership between Bangor Savings Bank and the University of New England was announced in Portland on Thursday.
Forced to Choose
Bethel College, in Indiana, last month adopted a new policy on the creation of the Earth and humanity ...
Beyond the Transcript
Most people in higher education agree that the old-school college transcript fails to adequately capture what students learn and do during their time in college.
