The perils confronting college study-abroad programs
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Harvard chemistry chair arrested over China ties
Nanotechnology innovator charged over alleged links to Chinese state-run academic talent programme, in expanding federal crackdown
Confucius Institute at Mizzou closes after pressure from Washington
The University of Missouri is the most recent American university to shutter its Confucius Institute.
‘Fixing Science’ conference called ‘dangerous’ for discussing problems with faculty research
The National Association of Scholars is facing accusations of harboring a “white supremacy agenda” and of being “dangerous” over the group’s upcoming conference that will explore how a massive amount of scientific findings published in peer-reviewed journals cannot be reproduced.
Lack of education, a way out of poverty, could ‘kill rural America’
The squeals of elementary students at recess and the occasional hiss of a tractor-trailer’s tires on the main drag serve as the only soundtrack as a quartet of high school students head for some fun away from school.
Growing Student Debt Burden for Parents
With federal Parent PLUS loans now accounting for a quarter of borrowing for undergraduates, new data reinforce concern about parents' ability to repay the loans.
Ring doorbell ‘gives Facebook and Google user data’
Ring doorbells are providing customer data to companies such as Facebook and Google, an investigation suggests.
US universities reject campus facial recognition systems
Facial recognition systems are hitting a wall of opposition on US university campuses, with the colleges that have tried the technology backing away and many others vowing not to allow it.
Mizzou students required to install location tracking app so college can ‘pinpoint’ them
The University of Missouri has started using an app in order to track students’ locations to measure attendance in classes.
Nearly $3 million is unaccounted for in UCLA’s student government
At the University of California, Los Angeles, nearly three million dollars in student fees used by two major student government organizations has gone unaccounted for in public records.
