New rules allow Florida freshmen final say on remedial classes
College freshmen — not test scores or advisers — soon will have the final say in whether students need academic help.
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Americans’ Views of Online Courses
A majority of Americans believe online instruction is at least as good as classroom-based courses in terms of providing good value ...
The ambitious restoration of an undammed western river
With the dismantling of two dams on Washington state’s Elwha River, the world’s largest dam removal project is almost complete.
Over 1,600 migrants rounded up after ethnic riots in Moscow
Russian police rounded up more than 1,600 migrants on Monday in Moscow after rioting swept through a southern neighborhood a day earlier over a fatal stabbing of a Russian that many residents blame on a man from the Caucasus.
Trash-talking Starbucks’ reusable cups
I have a long-standing gripe with Starbucks' Environmental Affairs Director Jim Hanna and up until now I’ve tried to keep quiet about it.
These degrees may have gone cold in Pennsylvania’s higher education system
The new head of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education was ominous in his remarks on Thursday regarding the future of the 14 universities he oversees.
Bringing high school classes to campus is latest technique in college recruitment
For most of his 17 years, Jordan Alexander has thought of Covenant College as the place he and his family "go to sled when it snows."
When Does a Scientist Get Called a Whore?
Before this weekend, the top discussion topics on the forum of Biology-Online -- which describes itself as the "world's largest and most comprehensive biology discussion board," were on mutations and body temperature.
Test-riding the bicycles of the future
Companies are shrinking personal transport into ever-more compact models.
China’s environment index measures green growth
China's Green Development Index Report for 2013, measuring green development in 30 regions aand 100 cities was released on Sunday.
