Univ. charges for ‘intercultural competence’ assessment as students drown in debt
UC-Boulder is charging students for an "intercultural competence" assessment.
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Oberlin, U. of Chicago and other elites extend app deadlines
The deadline to apply for admission to Oberlin College was Jan. 15. Until it wasn’t.
CVs and interviews axed as universities ‘de-bias’ recruitment
Recruiter and ex-Sussex chair Simon Fanshawe aims to tackle biases around gender, ethnicity and university background
Trump tells US spy chiefs: ‘Go back to school’
President Donald Trump has called US intelligence agencies "naive" on Iran and also dismissed their assessment of the threat posed by North Korea.
An Online Tax for Rural Students
High tuition fees for distance education courses are keeping some community colleges in Colorado afloat. But should rural students pay the price?
Melting glaciers in the Canadian Arctic have revealed landscapes not seen in 40,000 years
Glaciers in the Canadian Arctic have melted enough to reveal land that was hidden for the last 40,000 years or more, researchers say.
GWU prof slams sororities offering ‘snowflake’ students coloring books, stress balls to ‘decompress’
GWU law professor John Banzhaf bashed sororities for 'wussify[ing]' students.
Copenhagen rector laments impact of international student cuts
Henrik Wegener says Danish businesses and domestic students will suffer as a result of government reforms
U. of Utah announces financing program to help students finish degrees
The University of Utah announces the launch of Invest in U, a pilot program designed to help students pay education-related costs.
Businesses join the drive to push rural residents toward college
When the Chemours chemical plant in New Johnsonville, Tennessee, needed workers to maintain its high-tech machinery, it advertised for them as far as 90 miles away in Nashville in one direction and 150 miles away in Memphis on the other.
