Why women hold the majority of student loan debt in america
America’s student loan debt problem is nearing a full-blown crisis.
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Cardiff plans review after suicide of ‘overworked’ lecturer
Cardiff University has said that it will review the support available to staff after it emerged that a lecturer who took his own life had complained about his heavy workload.
Blue bins overflow with Amazon and Walmart boxes. But we’re actually recycling less
Walk down the street on garbage day in many towns, and evidence of our love affair with online shopping is plain to see.
Private Colleges give ground on student data
Lobbying group for independent colleges says it's open to expanding federal data collection on student outcomes but remains opposed to student-level database favored by public colleges and many policy makers.
Chinese tech executives and their college entrance exams
A total of 9.75 million Chinese high school students have begun to take the 2018 National College Entrance Examination, also known as the Gaokao.
Trump flips US foreign policy upside down
It's tough to be America's friend right now -- but life is good for US adversaries.
Key ‘step forward’ in cutting cost of removing CO2 from air
A Canadian company, backed by Bill Gates, says it has reached an important threshold in developing technology that can remove CO2 from the air.
Comeback in Compton
The athletic field at Compton College is a freshly manicured, lush green with new stadium lights hovering above.
How we can effectively shift to a global circular economy
If you need to skip the straw at lunch today, consider this: Scientists found that even Arctic sea ice — far removed from most major metropolitan areas — is no longer plastic-free.
Scepticism over Google plan to replace labs with virtual reality
Google and a Danish technology firm claim that they have removed the need for biology students to set foot in a laboratory by creating virtual reality simulations of experiments, clearing the way for the world’s first online-only biology degree.
