RIGGED VOTE? Georgetown students speak out after reparations fee passes
Two Georgetown University students have filed a complaint alleging misconduct in a recent student referendum vote.
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The 5 things you need to know about chemical recycling
There’s been a noticeable uptick lately in buzz around chemical recycling, and the promise of technologies that can fix the broken recycling system.
Under-18s face ‘like’ and ‘streaks’ limits on social media
Facebook and Instagram face limits on letting under-18s "like" posts on their platforms while Snapchat could be prevented from allowing the age group to build up "streaks", under new rules proposed by the UK's data watchdog.
Microsoft’s AI research with Chinese military university fuels concerns
Microsoft has been collaborating with researchers linked to a Chinese military-backed university on artificial intelligence, elevating concerns that US firms are contributing to China’s hi-tech surveillance and censorship apparatus.
Plastic bag bans can backfire if consumers just use other plastics instead
Governments are increasingly banning the use of plastic products, such as carryout bags, straws, utensils and microbeads. T
Nearly a third of all college students still don’t have a degree six years later
America’s higher education problem is not a college enrollment problem.
Debt Without Default
Some experts think it's time to rethink how the government collects on defaulted student loans, moving away from punitive measures that may not help borrowers make progress toward paying debt.
U.S. immigration police broke Facebook rules with fake profiles for college sting
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) violated Facebook policy by creating fake social media profiles tied to the University of Farmington, a sham university it created to identify people committing immigration fraud.
US public universities eye big move into online education
After the collapse of for-profit colleges, big state universities see need and opportunity
Universities should be working for the greater good
Friendly competition can push us all to do better. But when the competitiveness that fuels excellence and prestige becomes based in the logic of the market, universities lose sight of their true purpose
