U.S. delays ‘quiet car’ rules for hybrids, electric cars
U.S. regulators are delaying rules that would require electric and hybrid cars to alert sight-impaired pedestrians and bicyclists until at least mid-March
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Measuring Competency
A preliminary snapshot of the academic skills of students who are enrolled in a new, aggressive form of competency-based education is out, and the results look good.
Can you do the Asian squat?
Squatting is a familiar posture for a lot of Chinese people.
Canada refugee plan revives concerns over porous U.S. border
Standing two feet from Canada on windswept Montana prairie land, U.S. Border Patrol agent Andrew Herdina looks out over a line of crooked old fence posts with no wire between them -- the international border.
OECD: England gets extra spending under £9K fees – and world’s most expensive public universities
England’s higher education spending increased in the first year of £9,000 tuition fees and its financing system allowed it to “raise spending in difficult times”, unlike European rivals, but the country has the most expensive public universities in the world.
‘MOOCs, High Technology and Higher Learning’
Author discusses book offering a critical analysis of massive open online courses from a social science perspective.
Chrysler expands free tuition program to include employees’ families
In May, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) made news by announcing it would offer all employees free tuition at Strayer University.
For storing electricity, Utilities are turning to pumped hydro
High-tech batteries may be garnering the headlines. But utilities from Spain to China are increasingly relying on pumped storage hydroelectricity ...
India’s women students rebel against university curfews
Twenty-year-old zoology student Rani Choudhary left her family home in Bihar for the bright lights and freedom of the Indian capital.
How a 6 month ‘degree’ could put you ahead of the competition
While college degrees take years to complete and cost many thousands of dollars, Google is now backing a scheme to get people a "nanodegree" in just six months.
