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Google has 3.8 million GB of our photos
Since debuting in May, Google Photos has gobbled up 3,720 terabytes of pictures and videos -- a staggering stash of personal memories that now live in the cloud.
SAT’s Racial Impact
Large and growing gaps in SAT scores, by race and ethnicity, are nothing new.
FBI opens probe of violent arrest of black South Carolina student
Federal authorities launched a civil rights investigation on Tuesday into a white deputy's arrest of a black high school student in South Carolina
Hundreds of UK academics pledge to boycott Israeli universities
More than 300 UK academics have pledged to boycott Israeli academic institutions in protest at what they describe as the country’s “intolerable human rights violations” against Palestinians.
New York State streamlines approval of college degree programs
The state Education Department has streamlined how it reviews new academic programs proposed by colleges and universities ...
Checking in to Japan’s robot hotel
From robot receptionists to robot porters, everything at Japan's Henn na or "Weird" hotel is handled from check-in to check-out.
Help poorer students to ‘navigate’ university, says Harvard professor
US universities must provide more “navigational” support to help students from poor backgrounds succeed in higher education, according to one of the world’s leading authorities on social mobility.
Can a Professor Be Forced to Assign a $180 Textbook?
The choice of a single textbook for one section of a course at one university might seem like a decidedly local issue.
A delicate balance: Protecting Northwest’s glass sponge reefs
Rare and extensive reefs of glass sponges are found only one place on earth ...
