‘Confidence Rating’ for On-Time Graduation
U of California at San Diego's new early warning system aims to condense millions of data points into a simple metric showing whether students will graduate on time.
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Brussels attacks: controlled explosion close to university
Security forces carried out a controlled explosion near the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Free University of Brussels) following today's deadly attacks at the city’s airport and metro station.
World Water Day brings a gush of initiatives, investments
On the United Nations' World Water Day on Tuesday, no less than 150 companies and NGOs announced new initiatives towards enhancing water quality, conservation and management at a White House Water Summit.
The hidden psychology of failure
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.
New green challenge: How to grow more food on less land
If the world is to have another Green Revolution to feed its soaring population, it must be far more sustainable than the first one.
Seattle University program hopes to foster a more civil society
Could we all be just a little more civil to each other?
Trump ‘used as taunt in US colleges’
Trump. It’s a name that’s evolved, in only the last few months, from referring only to a billionaire real estate magnate and reality TV star to the name of the leading Republican presidential candidate.
Why there might be many more universes besides our own
Is our Universe one of many?
For Freshmen, Only Full-Time Faculty
There are a lot of reasons to place freshmen in courses taught by tenure-line and otherwise full-time faculty members.
5 reasons community solar is a multi-gigawatt market
The U.S. solar industry has enjoyed impressive growth of late, with strong forecasts for 2016, but it’s been an at-times bumpy ride as the industry has faced unfavorable rulings and stock-market troubles.
