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Getting Tough With a Gatekeeper
Education Department staff proposes termination for ACICS, threatening access to federal aid for the 243 institutions -- many of them for-profit -- the national accreditor oversees
Maps have ‘north’ at the top, but it could’ve been different
Imagine looking at the Earth from space. What is at the top of the planet? If you said the North Pole, you probably wouldn’t be alone. Strictly speaking, you wouldn’t be right either.
London traders brace for biggest night since ‘Black Wednesday’
The world's biggest banks including Citi and Goldman Sachs will draft in senior traders to work through the night following Britain's referendum on EU membership, set to be among the most volatile 24 hours for markets in a quarter of a century.
Obama goes on tirade against Trump over ‘dangerous’ Muslim ban, ‘radical Islam’
President Barack Obama lit into Donald Trump Tuesday, turning the tables to make the impassioned case that Trump is the one who's un-American.
Focus on research ‘excellence’ is ‘damaging science’
For researchers, it has become impossible to escape from the word “excellence”. The government’s new higher education White Paper uses it 115 times. T
Protecting Values in Overseas Ventures
Universities that set up shop globally should work to uphold principles such as academic freedom, gender equity and freedom of speech ...
Obama administration issues rules to overhaul student debt forgiveness
Students will have a clearer path to loan forgiveness if they are defrauded or misled by their colleges. ...
Why Apple’s new energy business should scare utilities
Backing large-scale solar farms in locales like California, Mongolia, China and Nevada may have just been a warm up for Apple's foray into clean energy.
Oxford told to address fears over ‘excessive’ student workloads
The University of Oxford has been told by the Quality Assurance Agency to address students’ fears that “excessive” workloads are dragging down educational standards at the prestigious institution.
