Eluding the Endowment Tax
Despite unknowns, colleges and universities are looking at investment and spending strategies to dodge a new tax on net investment earnings.
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Women ‘more likely to be pressured to add authors’ to papers
Female academics are much more likely to feel obliged to award authorship credit to other researchers even if they did not make a significant contribution to the paper, a new study reveals.
South Korea seizes ship it claims transferred oil to North Korea
South Korea has seized a Hong Kong-registered ship that allegedly transferred oil to a North Korean vessel in violation of United Nations sanctions.
The man who can’t face the internet
Earlier this month, Facebook announced it would be using facial recognition to let users know every time a photo of them had been uploaded to the site.
New Austrian government to bring in university tuition fees
Concerns raised over moves to ‘mute’ students’ union and potential for far-Right figures on university boards
Trump’s ambassador to Netherlands in ‘fake news’ blunder
The new US ambassador to the Netherlands has been caught out on Dutch television after a journalist quizzed him about comments he had made about Islamic extremism in the country.
Northwestern held food drive for its students in need
During this holiday season, Northwestern College's Bridgeview Campus (7725 S. Harlem Avenue) held a food drive to assist its own students in need.
British University Backs Out of Plans for California Campus
Concept may have been the most ambitious plan by a foreign university to build a branch campus in the U.S.
Oxford project’s ‘balance-sheet view’ of colonialism criticised
A University of Oxford project that rejects the blanket assertion that imperialism is “wicked” has attracted widespread criticism.
Saudi Arabia casts an allure for sustainability
When U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry signed a memorandum of understanding with Saudi Arabia recently to collaborate on technologies to reduce emissions in the kingdom, it was just the latest of many initiatives making the Middle East an attractive place to do green business — with a cautious approach.
