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Grade Inflation, Higher and Higher
The most common grade is A -- at all kinds of colleges. But while grade point averages are increasing at four-year institutions, that's not the case at community colleges.
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef hit by ‘worst’ bleaching
Evidence that Australia's Great Barrier Reef is experiencing its worst coral bleaching on record has renewed calls for the UN to list it as "in-danger".
UMd. won’t give up study documents until review is complete
University of Maryland says it will not release records related to a study linking a specialty chocolate milk to faster concussion recovery until an internal board has completed a review of the issue ...
Professor ‘must apologise over blog post to keep job’
A year ago, Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, moved to revoke the tenure of and fire a controversial professor for statements he made about a graduate instructor, with her name, on his blog.
Louisville students could get up to $5K for college
About 90 kindergartners and first-graders at Portland Elementary could graduate high school with as much as $5,000 to put toward higher education, thanks to a new college fund announced Monday.
Competency for the Traditional-Age Student
Accreditor approves Purdue's new competency-based bachelor's degree, which blends technical disciplines with the humanities ....
Singapore aims to become the world’s first smart city-state
From the glass-walled conference room overlooking a minimalist two-story office just across the street from Facebook-owned virtual reality company Oculus Rift, the space would fit any number of well-heeled startups in San Francisco.
China welcomes foreign talents in polar research
China's top polar research institute expects to recruit foreign talents to help the country advance its research work in the polar regions ...
Is climate change putting world’s microbiomes at risk?
Researchers are only beginning to understand the complexities of the microbes in the earth’s soil and the role they play in fostering healthy ecosystems.
