Humanities needs overhaul to stress ‘benefits for industry’
The value of the humanities to business is underestimated, but few departments are able to demonstrate relevance of studies to industr
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Online Ed for the Underserved
As the Online Learning Consortium unveiled a $2.5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to reward digital education initiatives that help underserved students ...
Drone technology flies into Bellevue College
A new Bellevue College course is addressing the next wave in technology: drones.
Hands-on programs show why investing in higher education is right for economy
Kyle Metzloff’s “laboratory” at the UW-Platteville is more accurately a foundry, a place where students majoring in industrial technology can learn the fiery secrets of metal-casting.
Inflexible partners ‘can hold back female academics more than children’
Female academics may be held back in their careers more by inflexible partners, and less by the demands of children, than previously thought, a new analysis indicates.
Putting Harassers on Notice
One of the biggest names in astronomy resigned his professorship at the University of California at Berkeley on Wednesday over the fallout from a damning investigation into his conduct with female students.
In wake of school shootings, Gov. Jerry Brown bans concealed guns on California campuses
A week after a gunman killed nine people at an Oregon college, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Saturday that will ban the carrying of concealed guns on school and university campuses in this state.
Melbourne Uni a step closer to divestment
Melbourne University has released a strongly worded draft charter for sustainability which would see the institution become “an international exemplar of a fully sustainable community”.
A New Route to Student Aid
The U.S. Department of Education today announced an experimental pathway to federal aid for partnerships between colleges and nontraditional providers, including ones that run skills boot camps or offer unaccredited online courses.
Hacking Higher Education
While college students hit the books, hackers are stealing their private information. Universities are the third most-hacked industry behind healthcare and retail. Reuters explores the cyber threat across America’s academic landscape.
