High-flying graduates ‘underestimate skill level’
High-achieving graduates tend to rate their skills and abilities lower than those who leave university with weaker grades, says a study on how learning gain might be measured.
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‘No Certificate of Global Citizenship’
Amid turn toward nationalism, global educators consider their work.
Report finds ‘growing’ demand for college program
The Tennessee Higher Education Commission is asking the state to pump more money into a $20 million grant program that partners employers with colleges to develop academic programs tailored to the needs of local job markets.
As Asian luxury market grows, a surge in tiger killings in India
Poachers killed more tigers in the forests of India in 2016 than any year in the last 15.
Speech analysis could now land you a promotion
With fewer humans in human resources, speech analysis software is helping employers hire new candidates, judge suitability for promotion and gauge stress levels among workers.
Is more tech the answer to climate woes? New study says yes
The pace of the global rollout of clean technologies needs to increase tenfold, exceeding the pace of change seen in previous industrial revolutions ....
The Price Women Pay for Co-Authorship
Study of economics faculty members finds that men get credit where women do not.
UK government warned over two-year degree proposal
The UK government has been told to restructure funding for higher education rather than “ply on more debt” for students ...
HE and Research Bill: ‘essay mill’ amendment could stamp out contract cheating
An amendment has been proposed to the Higher Education and Research Bill that would make it an “offence to provide or advertise cheating services”.
Complaining of bias on campus, Republicans push for ‘intellectual diversity’ at UW schools
Conservative critics of higher education in Wisconsin have opened a new chapter of their long-running complaints about institutions such as UW-Madison ...
