Frigid Pluto is home to more diverse terrain than expected
The most detailed look at Pluto's surface to date has revealed an unexpected range of mountains, glacial flows, smooth plains and other landscapes
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Taking on Mandatory Arbitration
Education Department may restrict common practice of for-profit colleges that prevents their students from suing them.
Harvard Law School is ditching its controversial crest
Harvard University will replace the official shield of its prestigious law school which features the family crest of an 18th century slaveholder, after students objected to its racist associations
Universities spending millions helping academics buy homes
Spiralling house prices in Oxford, Cambridge and London mean that universities are spending tens of millions of pounds to help academics buy homes, Times Higher Education has discovered.
Pirating Papers
Study looks at the reasons why people pirate scholarly articles from peer-to-peer research sharing communities -- it's more convenience than ideology.
Chinese universities must forge own path on teaching enterprise
Chinese universities need to “break away from the utilitarian view of entrepreneurship” in order to create enterprising students who start their own businesses, an education professor in the country has claimed.
On burning ground: The Human cost of India’s push to produce more coal
As part of India's modernization program, Prime Minister Narenda Modi has called for doubling the nation’s coal production by 2020.
Delaware State cuts more than a quarter of its majors
Delaware State University has cut 23 low-enrollment academic programs – more than a quarter of its offerings – to invest in higher-growth areas that are expected to bring in more students and revenue.
Grand Canyon University execs net millions in stock sales
A week after Grand Canyon University said its efforts to convert to a non-profit school were scuttled, top executives with the for-profit company sold stock options that netted them a combined $5.6 million, records show.
Apple fight could escalate with demand for ‘source code’
The latest filing in the legal war between the planet’s most powerful government and its most valuable company gave one indication of how the high-stakes confrontation could escalate even further.
