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.
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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 ...
Is ‘Trump-effect’ to blame for US students fleeing to Canada?
Canadian universities have seen a rise in applications from US students since the election, school administrators say.
Google pushes virtual reality harder with new phones from partners
Alphabet Inc's Google quickened the pace of its push into virtual and augmented reality this week as its hardware partners announced new devices featuring the company’s technology at the CES electronics show in Las Vegas.
Steelworkers boosting tech skills to get back to work
President-elect Donald Trump has promised to bring back manufacturing jobs, but many of those who’ve been laid off in recent years find themselves lacking the qualifications for jobs that are already coming back.
Georgians shielded from deportation may pay in-state tuition
Georgia residents who have received a special reprieve from deportation from the Obama administration may begin paying in-state tuition here under a state court ruling released Tuesday.
