Wisconsin Tenure Wars: Part Two
Faculty members within the University of Wisconsin System lost a key battle when Governor Scott Walker and fellow Republicans in the Legislature removed tenure protections ...
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A tale of two northern European cities: Meeting the challenges of sea level rise
For centuries, Rotterdam and Hamburg have had to contend with the threat of storm surges and floods.
Tweeting philosopher launches book of short-form musings
It was while he was in a tenure-track position in the German department at the University of Pennsylvania that Eric Jarosinski discovered Twitter
The Sushi Project: Farming Fish And Rice in California’s Fields
Innovative projects in California are using flooded rice fields to rear threatened species of Pacific salmon ...
Toilet paper equality row at Canadian university
As exposés go, it may not rank up there with the Pentagon Papers, but student journalists have captured the attention of Ryerson University in Canada
Students with disabilities enrol online ‘to avoid stigmatisation’
Many students with disabilities are attracted to online learning because they feel less stigmatised than they do in the classroom, a study suggests.
Language of Protest
All six editors and all 31 editorial board members of Lingua, one of the top journals in linguistics, last week resigned to protest Elsevier's policies on pricing ...
A for-profit empire, Dade Medical College, tumbles down
Dade Medical College, the homegrown for-profit school that rose from humble origins to become an educational juggernaut, announced Friday it is closing its doors, effective at the end of the day.
Mermaid school seeks students to create Singapore’s first pod
"We're all weird here," ...
