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Jobs at risk as UK Open University announces £100 million cuts
The Open University is to cut £100 million of annual spending in a radical overhaul that is likely to lead to course closures and significant job losses.
Australian universities admitting 56 per cent of students without ATAR
More than half of all students starting a bachelor degree at an Australian university are now admitted on a basis other than their Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR), despite this cohort having one of the highest dropout rates.
A University of Minn. ethics scandal turns into a business opportunity
Brian Herman, the University of Minnesota's former VP of research, met Columbia University psychiatrist David Strauss during the implosion of the U's worst ethics scandal in recent memory.
The fate of global corporations in an anti-globalist world
Is the post-war ascendance of multinational corporations irreversible?
Failure to Report
Colorado chancellor suspended for 10 days for not telling authorities of allegations of domestic violence by assistant coach. Athletics director, head coach ordered to each pay $100,000.
China’s $11B app that wants to organize the world’s information
A wildly popular Chinese news app is fast becoming one of the world's hottest upstarts.
Israeli academics threatened with ‘political opinion ban’
Israeli researchers have warned of the “chilling effect” of a proposed ban on academics expressing political opinions.
Trump travel ban suffers new court defeat
A US appeals court has upheld a decision blocking President Trump's revised "travel ban" on people from six mainly Muslim nations.
The long and winding road to sustainable tourism
Earlier this year, Hilton trumpeted the arrival of its latest hotel brand, one comprised of unique properties with especially close ties to the communities in which they are located — the foundation for a sustainable relationship.