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The Energy Secretary Is Wrong: The Grid is Ready for Renewables
U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry is expected to issue a report saying renewables pose a threat to the electricity grid.
Silence From the Secretary, Despite Major Rules Changes
It has been a month since Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has spoken publicly about higher education.
‘Fear of Looking Stupid’
Anthropologist offers explanation for why faculty members hesitate to adopt innovative teaching methods.
The politics of math: Is algebra necessary to obtain a college degree?
If you can’t simplify the following operation, chances are the state won’t let you graduate from community college:
China’s ‘dockless’ bike sharing could be coming to a street near you
Chinese startups want to export their bike-sharing revolution all around the world.
Would Trump’s tweets get him suspended if he were in school?
Any parent of a middle or high school student is probably familiar with their child's school's anti-bullying policy.
Petya hackers issue fresh ransom demand
The perpetrators of a recent cyber-attack that disrupted businesses across the world appear to have accessed the ransom payments they raised.
IFS: English student loan changes ‘hit poorer graduates hardest’
Changes to student loans after 2012, principally the freezing of the repayment threshold, have increased the “burden” of repayments “most for low and middle earners”, according to a new Institute for Fiscal Studies report.
SEC settles fraud charges against defunct for-profit college company ITT
The Securities and Exchange Commission has settled its fraud case against ITT Educational Services, but it continues to pursue top executives from the defunct for-profit college firm for allegedly deceiving investors about high rates of late payments and defaults on student loans backed by the firm.
