Post-Recession Borrowers Struggle to Repay Loans
Borrowers, especially those who attend less selective institutions or who drop out, increasingly struggle to pay back loans.
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BPP shuts dental course as regulator raises safety concerns
BPP University has shut a dentistry course after it failed to meet General Dental Council standards, leaving new students unable to start and existing undergraduates facing an uncertain future.
Publishers seek removal of millions of papers from ResearchGate
Leading publishers are stepping up their fight against ResearchGate by ordering the academic social network to take down papers that they say infringe copyright.
Google’s unveils new Pixel phones, speakers, futuristic headphones
Google has pulled the curtain off a whole collection of new gadgets.
Tillerson denies resignation rumours, but not ‘moron’ remark
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has denied rumours of a rift with Donald Trump, amid media reports he had called the president a "moron".
Nature speaks, cities listen
Appropriately and poetically, Mother Nature shouted for attention last month on the lead-up to this year’s Climate Week NYC — an annual event focused on driving climate action forward ...
Nuclear proliferation research ‘low on cross-border working’
With every day seemingly bringing an escalation of tensions on the Korean peninsula, the academic field of international relations and study of nuclear weapons proliferation is as important as ever.
Southeast education student teaches math with robotics
Southeast Missouri State University senior Tyson Roth of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, is fine-tuning his math teaching skills with the help of robots.
Another small University closing
Enrollment dropped by 100 this year, making it hard for leaders to see a path forward despite relocation plan.
Beyond ‘Bad Apples’
Do explosive corruption charges involving the basketball programs at six universities make it harder to ignore the possibility that the problems are systemic? University presidents weigh in.
