Purdue Tackles Job Training
University touts new deal to train for IT outsourcing firm’s U.S. hiring push, but faculty balk at lack of control over curriculum.
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World’s first internet court goes online in Hangzhou
Hangzhou Court of the Internet, set up to handle the soaring number of online disputes, has gone online in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province
Malala Yousafzai ‘so excited’ to go to University of Oxford
Malala Yousafzai says she is "so excited" after being accepted to study at the world famous University of Oxford.
Trump defends ‘beautiful’ Civil War statues
US President Donald Trump has denounced the removal of "beautiful" Confederate statues amid a heated national debate about US race relations.
Fla. universities hiring hundreds of faculty in push for smaller classes, more prestige
Ambition defines the University of South Florida, where enrollment has surged so fast that the number of professors has not kept pace.
After Charlottesville and Trump, renewed focus on statues of racists
At some colleges, a debate is revived. In some states, laws will make change difficult.
University fossil fuel divestment total tips £80 billion globally
UK universities have emerged as world leaders on fossil fuel divestment as the total value of funds being withdrawn by higher education institutions globally tips £80 billion.
What is climate gentrification?
In East Oakland, a few blocks from the home of the champion Golden State Warriors basketball team, a series of geometric buildings and well-tended green spaces cut a striking contrast to the overgrown vacant lots ...
Trump disbands business councils after bosses resign
President Trump has said he is scrapping two business councils after more bosses quit over his handling of violent clashes in Virginia.
A Tool for Whistle-Blowers
Union of Concerned Scientists has launched a tool for federal employees to report political meddling in science and research. It’s the latest way science advocates are responding to what they see as the Trump administration’s anti-science policies.
