How a State plans to turn coal country into coding country
Driven by a tech-industry vision of rural economic revival, Wyoming is requiring all of its K-12 public schools to offer computer science.
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Cannabis industry is focus of Doane University’s online program
Doane University plans to offer a three-course online program this fall on the cannabis industry, which produces hemp and marijuana.
Long commutes make students more likely to drop out
Travel time negatively affected progression at three of six London universities studies
Univ. BANS BURGERS to combat climate change. Where could it happen next?
The University of London is banning hamburgers in order to try to combat climate change.
‘Gender stereotypes’: Judge rules Harvard sanctions on single-sex clubs may violate Title IX
A Harvard administrator’s interview with the campus newspaper is now coming back to haunt the elite university.
AI reads books out loud in authors’ voices
Chinese search engine Sogou is creating artificial-intelligence lookalikes to read popular novels in authors' voices.
There will be puppies
No, you’re not dreaming. The American Political Science Association confirmed this week that a “puppy social” advertised in the otherwise quite serious program for its annual meeting -- set for later this month in Washington -- is the real deal.
Controversy Over Western Civilization Funding in Australia
University of Queensland says fixed-term gift will provide rare infusion of support for humanities, but professors and students have concerns about academic freedom and the donor's political agenda.
Chinese kids groomed for studies abroad via overseas summer camps
Zhou Xiaodong, a deputy general manager of an enterprise in Wuhan, Hubei province, has been thinking about sending his son Zhou Zixuan to an overseas university since he was just a seventh-grade student.
University to launch workshop that teaches men about the ‘aesthetics of manhood’
As part of a lineup of health programs, a public university this fall will offer a workshop for “male-identified students” to discuss sexuality, emotional expression, hook-up culture and the “aesthetics of manhood.”
