On slopes of Kilimanjaro, shift In climate hits coffee harvest
Rising temperatures and changing precipitation are taking a toll on coffee farms worldwide, including the plantations around Mount Kilimanjaro.
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Merriam-Webster’s word of the year sums up 2016
Dictionary Merriam-Webster has named "surreal" as its word of the year.
Kicking the Habits
With reaccreditation at risk, Alamo Colleges drop course based on the 7 Habits self-help book that board had approved to replace a humanities requirement.
Here’s how to outsmart fake news in your Facebook feed
Just because it's on the internet doesn't make it true.
Facebook groups ‘may help students enjoy their course’
A study into lecturer-led Facebook groups suggests they could improve how students perceive their course material and their lecturer
Think tank to study educational barriers
Adams State University hopes to become a leader in cracking a national problem that also hits close to home.
University of Oregon’s federal research funding in doubt
Trump’s Cabinet picks and unscientific claims concern UO researchers; the school could lose as much as $100 million a year from the federal government
China’s Navy seizes American underwater drone in South China Sea
A Chinese warship has seized an underwater drone deployed by a U.S. oceanographic vessel in the South China Sea, triggering a formal diplomatic protest and a demand for its return,
Rise in UK student visas for Indians ‘important breakthrough’
Closer partnerships between UK and Indian universities and transparency over visa processing cited as potential factors for first increase in the third quarter since 2009
New Scrutiny for a Ph.D.
Stony Brook may be reviewing scholarship behind dissertation approved in philosophy for figure active in white nationalist circles. Some worry about academic freedom implications of such a review.
