New law lets Ill. students take unlimited dual-credit classes
A new state law will allow Illinois high school students to take an unlimited number of dual-credit courses and earn both high school and college credits.
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Optimism for Student Voter Turnout
Some lawmakers are making it more difficult for students to vote, but advocacy groups and colleges are pressing ahead with registration campaigns.
Vaping ‘can damage vital immune system cells’
Vaping can damage vital immune system cells and may be more harmful than previously thought, a study suggests.
At WeWork summer camp, there’s no meat, plastic straws or bottled water
Environmental sustainability is a hot corporate trend right now, with one company after another banning plastic straws, offsetting carbon emissions, and taking other steps toward being better planetary stewards.
The limits of data-driven approaches to planning
Our use of data is subject to what we call the "drunk under the streetlamp" problem: An obviously intoxicated man is on his hands and knees on the sidewalk, under a streetlamp.
Video-calling ‘owl’ helps opioid addicts in US
Mental health experts in West Virginia, US, are turning to a video-calling "owl" to run opioid treatment sessions.
Probing students’ claims does credit to college entrance examination
On Saturday night, the provincial discipline inspection commission and supervisory commission of Central China's Henan province released the results of their investigation into claims by four students that their answer sheets in the national college entrance exam (gaokao) might have been exchanged with those for lower points.
Students aren’t prepared for UK master’s level, study finds
Staff say they are having to put in extra hours to bring master’s students’ skills up to scratch
Betsy DeVos’ rollback of Obama’s for-profit college rules is almost complete
Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is rolling back another Obama-era regulation that was meant to protect students from abusive practices by for-profit schools and colleges.
The utter collapse of Donald Trump’s ‘best people’ boast
As a candidate, Donald Trump would famously boast that if elected, he'd "surround myself only with the best and most serious people" -- adding: "We want top-of-the-line professionals."
