Federal Innovation Grants Unveiled
The Obama administration announced Tuesday that it will award a total of $75 million to 24 colleges to support innovations in higher education.
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Things that could only happen in a Hong Kong protest
Tear gas, pepper spray, feelings of anger and betrayal, crowds forced to run from riot police...
The for-profit college that’s too big to fail
For years students flocked to schools run by Corinthian Colleges (COCO), one of the largest for-profit education companies in the U.S.
Women’s Colleges, Global Context
A study of women’s colleges and universities was, in many ways, a perfect intersection of academic interest and passion for Kristen Renn.
Beyond Treaties: A new way of framing global climate action
As negotiators look to next year’s UN climate conference in Paris, there is increasing discussion of a new way forward that does not depend on sweeping international agreements
The audacious optimism of Climate Week
Amid the hoopla about climate marchers and international convenings, a modicum of progress could be found in New York last week in addressing our growing climate challenges.
U. of Chicago ends China-funded program over academic freedom
China’s soft-diplomacy push hit a speed bump this week when the University of Chicago decided to pull the plug on renewing a controversial Beijing-funded Confucius Institute.
Managing Competency-Based Learning
Southern New Hampshire University, seeing an opening in the market for a learning management system designed around competency-based education, is spinning off the custom-made system it built to support College for America
Open access threat receding, suggests briefing
The threat posed by open access to the profits of the world’s largest scientific, technology, engineering and mathematics publisher is fading ...
Complex organic molecule found in interstellar space
Scientists have found the beginnings of life-bearing chemistry at the centre of the galaxy.
